Join us for the opening reception for the year’s first new exhibition: “Denizens: Wildlife on the Western Frontier.”

Food and drink will be provided and admission is always free. Please share this event listing with anyone who might be interested!

This exhibition of vintage engravings 1770-1902 was curated by Lee Silliman and includes a spectrum of original nineteenth century engravings of wildlife that graced the American West.

Images published in Harper’s Weekly, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, The Illustrated London News, and other historical sources illuminate the native species and their interaction with humans.

The panoply of scenes includes dramatic surprise encounters between man and animal, stealthy approach by hunters, conflicts between predator and prey species, a stampede from a prairie fire, Native American veneration of wildlife, and faunal portraits set in their natural habitat.

More on this year’s exhibitions: http://www.unl.edu/plains/schedule-exhibitions