Kimberly Flook, Olana Historic Site ManagerI never really grasped the scope of 80,000+ objects until I stood in a room during self-guided touring at Olana. I had worked at Olana for over three years, giving tours and moving through these spaces almost daily, yet, as I stood there, my eye ...Read More

An excerpt from the essay written by Andrea Wulf, author of “The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt’s New World,” for the “Capturing the Cosmos” exhibition brochure Humboldt insisted that traveling provided the knowledge that was needed to understand the natural world. He urged scientists to leave their desks and ...Read More