Botany of Nations Opening Celebration
Schedule
Fri, 27 Mar, 2026 at 06:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Pennsylvania 19103 | Philadelphia, PA
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Exhibition Opening and ReceptionFriday, March 27, 2026
6–9 p.m.
Exhibition Public Opening
6:30 p.m.
Opening remarks by Enrique Salmón, PhD
Celebrate the opening of Botany of Nations, where plants hand-collected by Meriwether Lewis during the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery (1804-06) become portals into Indigenous knowledge. Co-curated with ethnobotanist and agroecologist Enrique Salmón, PhD, this groundbreaking exhibition reveals how the “discoveries” of Western science are grounded in millennia of Native Nations’ cultural insight.
Thanks to extensive collaboration with ethnobotanists and Indigenous cultural leaders, Botany of Nations highlights seven plants from the Academy’s historic Lewis and Clark Herbarium. Film, interactive media, sensory experiences and cultural heritage materials convey the natural science context of the Corps of Discovery, as well as the profound cultural and ecological wisdom that Indigenous communities have stewarded for generations.
During an exclusive preview before the public opening, Nez Perce Cultural Resources Director Nakia Williamson Cloud will add the final cultural heritage item to the exhibition.
Later in the evening, join Salmón in the auditorium to learn more about “kincentricity,” the term he coined to convey the interrelatedness of all living things. Enjoy a night full of plant-forward activities and culinary delights throughout the museum.
Pricing:
Members: $15
Non-members: $25
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