MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
Since 1993, William Burt’s print exhibitions have rented to some 35 museums and other institutions across the U.S. and Canada - including The Carnegie Museum of Natural History, The New Brunswick Museum, The Calgary Science Center, The Liberty Science Center, The Roger Tory Peterson Institute, The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, and the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
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His currently available exhibition - Water Babies - is described below:
Water Babies
For 40 years, photographer William Burt has chased after the birds few people see: first rails, then bitterns, nightjars, and other skulkers – and now these, elusive creatures of a very different kind: the Water Babies. (*View Book Description).
Water Babies showcases (40) museum-quality pigment prints, all made by the photographer from photographs featured in the book. All are matted and mounted on 4-ply museum rag board, framed (28x33” and 22x28”), and glazed with Cyro OP-3 AR (“abrasion resistant”) museum acrylic. Text and title panels, wall labels, custom built shipping crates, and press materials – all are provided.
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Previous Exhibitions by William Burt:
Marshes: The Disappearing Edens
Marshes is a collection of photographs made in the wildest of North Americas's marshlands, over a period of 30 years. Photographs are accompanied by blocks of text selected from the book of the same title (Yale University Press, 2007).
The show comprises 40 large archival pigment prints of exhibition quality, framed and glazed with Cyro museum acrylic. Text and title panels, wall labels, catalog and press package, instructions for hanging & repacking, and specially designed shipping crates − all are provided.
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Rare & Elusive Birds Of North America
Like the book of the same title (Rizzoli/Universe, 2001), the exhibition features William Burt’s photographs of North America’s wariest, least known and most sought-after birds: the rails and bitterns of the marsh, the nightjars of the moonlit woods and hills, and a selection of elusive “songbirds.”
The exhibition features 20 museum-quality prints of extraordinary detail, framed and glazed with Cyro “OP3 AR” museum acrylic, ready to hang. Included with them are text and title panels, wall labels, catalog, and press materials. Crates for shipping are provided.
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Shadowbirds
(Retired)
After its long travel history (26 museums), Shadowbirds has been superseded by Rare & Elusive Birds of North America.
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Selected (Solo) Exhibitions
The Roger Tory Peterson Institute Jamestown, New York
March 11 − June 5, 2016. “Water Babies.” Forty archival pigment inkjet prints, accompanied by brief quotes from the book.
The Connecticut River Museum Essex, Connecticut
August 1 – October 12, 2015. “Water Babies.” Forty archival pigment inkjet prints, accompanied by brief quotes from the book.
The Reading Public Museum Reading, Pennsylvania
December 13, 2008 − March 15, 2009. “Marshes: The Disappearing Edens.” Forty archival pigment inkjet prints, accompanied by quotes from the new book.
The Houston Museum of Natural Science Houston, Texas
February 15 − May 11, 2008. “Marshes: The Disappearing Edens.” Forty archival pigment inkjet prints, accompanied by quotes from the new book.
The Roger Tory Peterson Institute Jamestown, New York
November 1, 2007 − February 1, 2008. “Rare & Elusive Birds of North America.” Twenty Cibachrome, archival pigment, and ‘Type C’ color prints, accompanied by brief quotes from the (eponymous) book.
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
June 23 − September 23, 2007. “Rare & Elusive Birds of North America.” Twenty Cibachrome, archival pigment, and ‘Type C’ color prints, accompanied by brief quotes from the (eponymous) book.
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum St. Michaels, Maryland
June 30, 2007 − December 30, 2007. “Marshes: The Disappearing Edens.” Forty archival pigment inkjet prints, accompanied by quotes from the new book.
The Carnegie Museum of Natural History Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
March 10 June 16, 2007. “Marshes: The Disappearing Edens.” Forty archival pigment inkjet prints, accompanied by quotes from the new book.
The Chicago Academy of Sciences’ Notebaert Museum Chicago, Illinois
September 30 − December 31, 2006. “Marshes: The Disappearing Edens.” Forty archival pigment inkjet prints, accompanied by quotes from the book.
The Connecticut River Museum Essex, Connecticut
January 29 – May 1, 2005. “Marshes: The Disappearing Edens.” Forty archival pigment inkjet prints, accompanied by quotes from the eponymous book.
The Connecticut River Museum Essex, Connecticut
March 7 – August 1, 2002. “Rare & Elusive Birds of North America.” Twenty Cibachrome and ‘Type C’ color prints, accompanied by brief quotes from the book.
The Arts and Science Center Statesville, North Carolina
July 12 – August 23, 1998. “Shadowbirds.” Thirty-three Cibachrome and dye transfer prints, accompanied by brief quotes from the (eponymous) book.
The Putnam Museum Davenport, Iowa
May 9 – July 5, 1998. “Shadowbirds.”
Dickson Mounds Museum Lewiston, Illinois
January 1 – April 1, 1998. “Shadowbirds.”
Centennial Museum El Paso, Texas
January 1 – March 30, 1998. “Shadowbirds.”
Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
July 26 – August 24, 1997. “Shadowbirds.”
Springfield Science Museum Springfield, Massachusetts
March 15 – June 15, 1997. “Shadowbirds.”
R. S. Barnwell Memorial Garden and Art Center Shreveport, Louisiana
January 27 – February 27, 1997. “Shadowbirds.”
Rochester Museum and Science Center Rochester, New York
December 19, 1996 - April 27, 1997. “Shadowbirds.”
Schiele Museum of Natural History Gastonia, North Carolina
October 1 – December 1, 1996. “Shadowbirds.”
Alberta Science Center Calgary, Alberta, Canada
September 15 – December 30, 1996. “Shadowbirds.”
The New Brunswick Museum Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Mid-June – Mid-August, 1996. “Shadowbirds.”
Dayton Museum of Natural History Dayton, Ohio
Early June – Mid-August, 1996. “Shadowbirds.”
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art Salisbury, Maryland
April 19 – June 10, 1996. “Shadowbirds.”
The Arts & Science Center for Southeast Arkansas Pine Bluff, Arkansas
April 15 - May 30, 1996. “Shadowbirds.”
Buffalo Museum of Science Buffalo, New York
March 12 - June 2, 1996. “Shadowbirds.”
Berkshire Museum Pittsfield, Massachusetts
December 9, 1995 - March 3, 1996. “Shadowbirds.”
Nature Center for Environmental Activities Westport, Connecticut
Early September - Early October 1995. “Shadowbirds.”
Environmental Education Center of Somerset County Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Early July - August 31, 1995. “Shadowbirds.”
Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium St. Johnsbury, Vermont
August 10 - November 10, 1995. “Shadowbirds.”
Stamford Museum Stamford, Connecticut
August 6 – September 4, 1995. “Shadowbirds.”
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Los Angeles, California
May 6 - August 6, 1995. “Shadowbirds.”
Liberty Science Center Jersey City, New Jersey
February 2 - May 9, 1995. “Shadowbirds.”
Harvard Museum of Natural History (formerly “MCZ”) Cambridge, Massachusetts
October 20, 1994 - March 31, 1995. “Shadowbirds.”
Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum Fairfield, Connecticut
October 9 - December 31, 1994. “Shadowbirds.”
The North Museum of Natural History & Science Lancaster, Pennsylvania
April 4 - June 5, 1994. “Shadowbirds.”
The Connecticut River Museum Essex, Connecticut
September 30 - November 30, 1993. “Shadowbirds.”
Lyme Academy Gallery Old Lyme, Connecticut
September 28 - November 10, 1989. “The Rare & Elusive.” Roger Tory Peterson, guest speaker. Fifty-eight black-and-white, Cibachrome, and dye transfer prints.