“Crown Jewels” Int’l Park Photography Exhibit | Presidio
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Explore the challenges and triumphs of national parks around the world through Crown Jewels, a new exhibit at the Presidio presented by the Presidio Trust.
Crown Jewels showcases five international parks through the eyes of experts, each with a lifetime’s work in that part of the world. Through narratives and striking photographs, learn about the challenges facing protected areas in Tibet, East Africa, Italy, Amazonia, and Australia.
Drop in for free, docent-led tours of the exhibit, then venture out and explore all that the Presidio has to offer. Don’t forget that you can take the free PresidioGo Shuttle to get to the exhibit.
“Crown Jewels” Int’l Park Photography Exhibit
Wednesday – Sunday, February 19 – August 17, 2014 | 11 am to 5 pm
Presidio Trust Headquarters, 103 Montgomery Street, Main Post
FREEThe exhibit is accompanied by a lecture series that invites the public to hear these remarkable stories from the researchers themselves.
2014 “Crown Jewels” Lecture Series
Thursday, February 20 | 7 to 8 pm
The Challenges of National Parks across Time and Space: The Purpose of Crown Jewels
Randolph Delehanty Ph.D., historian, San FranciscoThursday, March 20 | 7 to 8 pm
Is Technology Getting in the Way of the Great Barrier Reef Experience?
Celmara Pocock Ph.D., University of Southern Queensland, AustraliaThursday, April 24 | 7 to 8 pm
Amazonian National Parks, Land Rights and the Future of Indigenous Peoples
Fiona Watson M.A., Survival International, London and Davi Kopenawa Yanomami, Tribal ShamanFriday, May 16 | 7 to 8 pm
Wildlife and Nomads: Conservation Challenges on the High Tibetan Plateau
George B. Schaller Ph.D., Wildlife Conservation Society, New YorkThursday, June 19 | 7 to 8 pm
Pompeii Awakened and Threatened
Judith Harris, archaeological journalist, RomeThursday, July 10 | 7 to 8 pm
What Now? The Uncertain Future of National Parks
William C. Tweed, former Chief Park Naturalist at Sequoia and Kings Canyon, National Park Service