MEDIA ADVISORY

WHEN: Monday, Oct. 22; 1 p.m.

WHAT: “The Lost Bird Project” exhibit creator Todd McGrain and others will unload and install five cast-bronze statues outside the Florida Museum of Natural History in the UF Cultural Plaza. The statues range in height from 4 to 6 feet.

WHERE: Florida Museum of Natural History
University of Florida Cultural Plaza
3215 Hull Road – Powell Hall
Gainesville, FL 32611

DETAILS: “The Lost Bird Project” exhibit consists of statues of North American bird species that have gone extinct: the Carolina Parakeet, Great Auk, Heath Hen, Labrador Duck and Passenger Pigeon. The Florida Museum will display the statues through Nov. 1, 2019. For more information, visit www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/event/lost-bird.

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Contact: Paul Ramey, pramey@flmnh.ufl.edu, 352-213-0999 (cell)