AMNH to Display Annual Origami Holiday Tree, 11/23
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Monday, November 23, 2015-Sunday, January 10, 2016 |
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An annual Museum tradition, the delightfully decorated Origami Holiday Tree and two merrily lit 19-foot Holiday Barosaurs welcome visitors to the Museum throughout the holiday season. The theme of this year's 13-foot tree is Mighty and Microscopic Life, with models inspired by the upcoming exhibitions The Secret World Inside You and Dinosaurs Among Us, as well as the current exhibition Life at the Limits: Stories of Amazing Species. Volunteers, including local, national, and international origami artists, fold year round to complete around 1,000 creations that will be displayed on the tree. Each year the tree features a different theme relating to the Museum's special exhibitions or to its collections, which includes more than 33 million artifacts and specimens. Past themes have included Origami Night at the Museum; Wicked, Wild, and Wonderful; The Museum's Biggest and Best; Fantastic Creatures: Mythic and Real; Origami in Flight; Under the Sea; Flowers for New York; Origami A to Z; and Origami Safari. During the holiday season, volunteers will be on hand to teach visitors of all ages the art of paper folding. The two Holiday Barosaurs, which greet visitors to the Museum on the front steps throughout the holiday season, are made of openwork stainless steel and festooned with pine boughs and lights. Illuminated at night, the whimsical dinosaurs flank the Museum's Central Park West staircase and echo the Barosaurus mount in the Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda. |
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The Origami Holiday Tree is located in the Grand Gallery. |
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For more information, please visit amnh.org. |
