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Medicinal Plants: Ancient Culture to Modern Medicine at the New York Botanical Garden

April 1, 2010 - March 31, 2012 | Exhibitions
In Spring / Summer 2012, The New York Botanical Garden will present a Garden-wide, multi-element exhibit, entitled "Medicinal Plants: Ancient Culture to Modern Medicine," which will demonstrate how plants have shaped the trajectory of medicine from a historical, humanities-based, and cross-cultural perspective. The exhibition, sited throughout the Garden’s 250-acre historic landscape, including the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, the Everett Children's Adventure Garden, and the permanent collection, will examine the relationship between medicine, people, and culture. Public programs and interpretative materials will help visitors make the connection between plants and nature, and the impact, via medicine, that plants have in their lives.

Funders

NEH
Award Number: GE-50223-10
Funding Amount: 40000

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Susan Fraser
    Principal Investigator
    New York Botanical Garden
  • Discipline: Health and medicine | Life science | Social science and psychology
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Exhibitions | Parks, Outdoor, and Garden Exhibits

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