U.S (NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM) : A Museum for the Movement.

 

 

 

 

Friend,      For more than 8 years now, The Natural History Museum has been pursuing a bold vision: to build a museum for the movement. We collaborate with frontline communities, artists, scientists, and scholars to create new narratives about our shared history and future, with the goal of educating the public, measurably influencing public opinion, and inspiring collective action. From last year’s Red Road to DC to our ongoing Words Are Monuments project, our campaigns, exhibitions, expeditions and virtual events could not happen without the dedication and commitment of our collaborators, community partners, and supporters like you. Our team of staff, fellows, and community partners produce award-winning exhibitions and films, participatory experiences, educational projects, advocacy campaigns, and field-building initiatives to support community-led land and water defense and spur scientists, heritage professionals, and museums to advance climate and environmental justice. With this work, we are building a community of practice around a vision for natural history that breaks from natural history’s colonial, imperialist foundations. This other natural history is informed by a non-dominating and non-exploitative relation to life, land, and labor, guided by an obligation to generations past, present and future. It supports the needs of communities that are standing in the way of extraction, making history for the future. All of this is made possible with the support of people like you. As the end of year approaches, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution today. PARROT LEVEL This is worth repeating. Thank you ! Your donation is keeping us mobile, and helping us get the word out. MONKEY LEVEL There are not enough bananas in the world to express our gratitude. This donation will go a long way in organizing our educational workshops. FOX LEVEL Hey foxy donor, thanks to your help we can continue to produce and publish our research ! ALLIGATOR LEVEL  Better sooner than later, gator ! These beaucoup bucks will be a vital contribution to our next exhibition. MANATEE LEVEL This donation befits a creature of your stature ! Thanks to you, we can look forward to more expeditions, camps, and exhibitions. Select a donation amount above, choose your own level of giving, or become a monthly sustainer.   We are grateful for every gift, at every level of support. For the future,          The Natural History Museum Recent Highlights Connecting Indigenous organizers from the Pacific Northwest and environmental justice communities from rural Appalachia and the Gulf South at the Clean Energy Justice Convergence in Pittsburgh, where we shone light on the costs, health impacts and environmental devastation associated with extractive and fossil fuel-based energy initiatives. Training frontline youth in video storytelling skills at the Alliance of Earth, Sky and Water Protectors Summit at the Lummi Nation, which brought together canoe families from across the Salish Sea and dozens of Indigenous and frontline community organizers. Calling for the removal of aging dams on the Snake River, to restore Pacific Northwest salmon and Indigenous sovereignty during the Spirit of the Waters Totem Pole Journey, which visited tribal lands and urban centers in Oregon, Idaho, and Washington State. As part of the journey, we installed our Whale People: Protectors of the Sea exhibition, with a 3,000 pound orca totem pole and salmon carvings by the House of Tears Carvers, and an award-winning IMAX-style film installation. Supporting and giving context to the movement to topple colonial place-names on our maps and federal lands with Words Are Monuments, a new educational website, virtual exhibition and public event series we will be expanding in 2023. Connecting Indigenous fishers, community leaders, and knowledge-keepers from salmon seas in the Pacific Northwest, Alaska, and Russia Far East at the historic International Salmon Seas Symposium, led by our partners at Se'Si'Le and co-sponsored by NHM. Protecting sacred places under threat from mining and oil and gas extraction at the Red Road to DC: A Totem Pole Journey for the Protection of Sacred Places, a cross-country journey, public event series, and campaign that culminated in a rally on the National Mall and our exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. Please consider making a tax-deductible contribution today! Your support goes a long way.