Exhibition Information

Painting at the End of the Ice Age Exhibition Description

Science and Art Exhibition

Over 50 years of Rosenthal’s career as a landscape painter, he has observed glacial retreat and the changes in post-glacial landscapes while on scientific research trips in Alaska, Antarctica, Greenland, and the Northwest Passage. He used his artwork to capture the visual story of the changes over time in the glaciers and icefields worldwide. Rosenthals experiencse have given him a chronicle of glacial retreat that is the basis for this exhibit.

Exhibition Space requirements

For the full exhibition, the recommended space is 1500 square feet, including 120 linear feet of fixed wall space and an additional 75 linear feet of moveable wall space.

For smaller spaces, half the exhibition can be shown in 750 square feet, and 120 linear feet of fixed wall space and an additional 35 linear feet on moveable wall panels. Smaller spaces will work if some of the information panels are replaced with QR codes.

Weight of crates for display materials and cubic feet of crates for shipping purposes: Full exhibition is approximately 1000 lbs. consisting of 14 wood crates all under 80 lbs. each. Smaller exhibition is approximately 500-600 lbs. consisting of 8 wood crates all under 80 lbs each.

Preferred shipping method: Air freight and is relatively inexpensive when crates can be picked up from the airport.

Schedule as of February 2025: Anchorage Museum until September 14th, 2025 Exhibit at Museum of the North, Fairbanks, Alaska approx. August 1, 2027 to May 2028

References

Ryan Kenny Deputy Director rkenny@anchoragemuseum.org
907-929-9244
Anchorage, Museum

Jackie Manning Curator
jackie.manning@alaska.gov
907-465-4819
Alaska State Museum

Ashely Biven Director
abivin@cityofcordova.net
907-424-6250
Cordova Historical Museum

Painting at the end of the Ice Age

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