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Event Listing

Behind the Scenes of the Darwin Center with Teva Hesse 82

Behind the Scenes of the Darwin Center with Teva Hesse 82

11 May 2010, 6:30 pm drinks for 7:00 lecture and tour

Natural History Museum nearest tube: South Kensington , meet in the Darwin Center lobby

ONLY FIVE PLACES REMAIN - Tuesday, 11 May 10: Darwin Centre Tour - join Teva Hesse 82 http://bit.ly/88njFK , the architect whose firm designed and built the new Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum, for a special behind-the-scenes tour of the Darwin Centre and a discussion with one of the scientists, Blanca Huertas, Butterfly Curator http://bit.ly/KEIkG . A unique opportunity.

Time: 18:30 drinks for 19:00 lecture and tour

Location: Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum

Nearest tube: South Kensington use the Darwin Centre entrance on Queens Gate

Tickets: Free for dues-paying members, £10 for guests.

To reserve your places please contact Barbara Duvoisin bduvoisin [at] googlemail [dot] com.

Join us for a fascinating evening with Teva Hesse, Princeton Class of 82, who will discuss the evolution of the Darwin Centre from vision to finished structure. Teva is the Head of the London Branch of C.F.Moller Architects and led the successful bid for the project. A senior Museum representative will give a short introduction, followed by Teva and the story behind the project. We will then take a tour of the Cocoon, You may have seen some of the scientists who work in the Darwin Center and Cocoon in the last episode of BBC2 s Museum of Life series catch up on BBC s iPlayer .

About the Darwin Centre Project: The second, £78m phase of the Darwin Centre opened in September 2009. It is the largest extension of the celebrated Natural History Museum since its founding in South Kensington in 1881. Our tour will focus on the architecture of the Darwin Centre which takes the form of an enormous Cocoon encased within a glass enclosure. The Cocoon houses the majority of the Museum's botanical and entomological collections of 17 million insects and 3 million plants. Adjacent to the cocoon are eight floors of offices and laboratories. As a first for the Museum, the public is offered a glimpse behind the scenes to gain an appreciation, not only of the enormous diversity and size of the collections, but also of how this world resource is used for world-leading medical and environmental research.

Don't miss this unique opportunity. Join us for a fascinating look at how this incredible vision was transformed into reality.

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