Current Exhibitions


Located on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove, Florida, The Kampong contains a fascinating array of tropical fruit cultivars and flowering trees. Named for the Malay or Javanese word for a village or cluster of houses, The Kampong is the former estate of Dr. David Fairchild, the famed botanical explorer who traveled throughout Southeast Asia and other tropical regions collecting exotic plants he introduced to the U.S.
The Passenger Pigeon is currently installed in the Urban Bird Habitat Garden at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
In 2015, The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Gardens presented the Carolina Parakeet, Labrador Duck, Great Auk and Heath Hen in the Haupt Garden, a 4.2-acre public rooftop garden between the Smithsonian Castle and Independence Avenue.
Smithsonian Libraries also had a companion exhibit, Once There Were Billions: Vanished Birds of North America, on view at the National Museum of Natural History from June 24, 2014 through October 2015.
The Lost Bird Project is the first major temporary exhibition to be installed on the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s Sculpture Trail.
Past Exhibitions
January 2017 – June 2017
June 2014 – June 2017
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, in concert with Project Passenger Pigeon 2014, commemorated the centenary of the Passenger Pigeon extinction with the installation of The Lost Bird Project sculpture set.
April 2014 – December 2016
The Lost Bird Project was on view at the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Audubon’s first home in North America. The center is located 30 minutes outside Philadelphia.
August 2014 – August 2015
Woodson Art Museum’s exhibit Legacy Lost & Saved: Extinct & Endangered Birds of North America featured artworks from their collection and loans, including three Lost Bird sculptures accompanied by the Passenger Pigeon illustration.
To inquire about hosting an exhibit, please contact us at info@lostbirdproject.org