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Bird-watchers say the hobby can help conserve habitats and raise the public's awareness of environmental issues

Openings and Closings: April 21 to April 27 Elizabeth Lanza A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, Volume 6 by George Edwards (1694–1773), 1758–1764. University of Michigan Library Special Collections Research Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan; courtesy of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio We’ve all been in a powder room or two lavishly wallpapered with multicolored birds. But haven’t you ever wondered where this style had its origins? Luckily for us, opening this week at the Toledo Museum of art is an exhibition entitled Rare and Wondrous highlights works produced...

Toledo Museum of Art to open 'Birds in Art and Culture' exhibit The Monroe News The Toledo Museum of Art will present "Rare and Wondrous: Birds in Art and Culture 1620-1820" from April 24 to July 25.  The exhibition, curated by TMA’s Head of Interpretive Projects and Managing Editor Paula Reich, will showcase the Museum’s recent acquisition of the important six-volume series "Ornithologie," written by Mathurin-Jacques Brisson, illustrated by François-Nicolas Martinet and published in 1760. "Rare and Wondrous" will also feature paintings, prints and decorative arts from TMA’s collec...