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Exhibit gives Brazos Valley
a taste of Serengeti region
BY BRIAN FLEMING
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The above pictures, part of the Serengeti Reflections collection, are on display at the
Brazos Valley Museum of Natural Science.
I n 1991, the Houston Museum of Natural Science
hosted a photographic safari to the Serengeti re
gion of Eastern Africa.
Sixty-four of these photographs, now on display
at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural Science,
feature the people, wildlife and scenery of this re
gion.
Richard Huey, curator of education for the mu
seum, said the photos were taken in a variety of sit
uations.
“On this exhibition, there were five different
tours, and the 63 photographs are from 10 different
photographers.”
“We have the elephants, lions and cheetahs, but
there is also a lot of the geography as well as the
tribes people and their way of life,” Huey said.
Huey said the Museum of Natural Science fea
tures various kinds of exhibits and a wide spectrum
of experiences.
“What we try to do here at the museum is edu
cate people about natural science. That also in
volves culture — not just the straight biology and
geology,” he said.
Huey said what the museum hopes to accom
plish is an educational experience for residents of
the Brazos Valley.
“While our emphasis is definitely [on the] the
Brazos Valley, we feel there is a lot more out there
in the world that we can bring to this community,”
Huey said.
“Even though this material is not Brazos Val
ley, there are people here that are from Africa, go
ing here as either graduate of undergraduate stu
dents at A&M [and people] who have been to
Africa before or are just interested in [the exhib
it].
“This is a great way for people to get a little bit
of exposure to or a little bit of flavor of the
Serengeti.”
Huey said that overall, the photography is phe
nomenal.
“These are not professional photographers —
they are everyday people,” Huey said. “You look
at many of these photographs, and they look al
most professionally staged, but they are not.”
Nivea Maldonado, administrative assistant for
the museum, said the photographs do have a pow
er people enjoy.
One of the photographs that has gotten a great
deal of attention is one of the Daphne Sheldrick Or
phanage in Nairobi, Kenya. The photograph, tak
en by June Holly, shows an orphanage for ele
phants whose mothers have been butchered for
their tusks.
Maldanado said that because the babies do not
have a mother, the orphanage collects them and
cares for them.
“They are raised until they are old enough to not
need their mom’s milk, and they are released,” Mal
danado said. “What is interesting about when they
do finally release them [back into the wild] is that
they release them on the same day at approximate
ly the same time every year and the Matriarch [the
head elephant] comes back every year — the ele
phants remember. ”
Maldanado said this is a popular photograph be
cause the orphanage has been featured on the Dis
covery Channel.
Thomas F. Lynch, executive director of the mu
seum, said he has always found photographic ex
hibits to be quite popular.
Lynch said he tries to schedule at least one oi
two each year.
Lynch also said that photographic exhibits such
as “Serengeti Reflections” have benefits for the mu
seum.
“[Photographic exhibits] occupy walls, so there
is plenty of room for the three-dimensional exhibits
to go in the middle,” Lynch said.
Lynch said the reaction to this exhibit has been
positive.
“A number of people have really liked [the pho
tographs]. The comments have all been positive so
far,” Lynch said.
Lynch said children are especially moved by the
photographs because they are better in quality than
those seen on television.
Lynch said the photographs are also directed by
conservationism.
“They were taken on a photographic safari, not
by hunters,” Lynch said.
For the Brazos Valley, this exhibit at the Muse
um of Natural Science is a way to experience the
people, animals and the places of the Serengeti.
The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Saturday.
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