AUDUBON DAY IN THE LSU LIBRARIES – May 14, 2011
The LSU Libraries will host a viewing of the famed double elephant folio edition of John James Audubon’s Birds of America (London, 1827-1838). The viewing will be held in the McIlhenny Room of Hill Memorial Library on the LSU campus, on Saturday, May 14, from 10 a.m. till 2 p.m.
In 2008, the Coypu Foundation made a donation of $99,000 to enable conservation of this treasure
by Etherington Conservation Services. After more than a year of painstaking work, conservation of all four folio volumes was completed and the final volume returned to the library of December 28, 2009. A celebratory Audubon Day showing was held on January 23, 2010. Pictures from that event can be seen on the Special Collections blog.
Audubon Day is free and the public is invited, but reservations are required. Viewings of the folio volumes are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 12 noon, and 1 p.m. Only 40 people per hour will be admitted, so that everyone has a chance to view the four folio volumes.
To request a reservation, please click here or call 225-578-6544 during business hours.
Contact:
Special Collections
LSU Libraries
Louisiana State University
225-578-6544
