Roger Tory Peterson Institute Museum Galleries

The RTPI Green Gallery

RTPI is based in the western New York state city of Jamestown, the birthplace of Dr. Peterson, and houses his lifetime body of work for research and education.  A visit to RTPI will reward you with exhibits of Dr. Peterson’s legacy as an artist, educator, and creator of the legendary Peterson Field Guide Series, as well as programs and special events all designed to encourage an increased awareness and appreciation of the natural world.  The entire building is gallery space, and you are free to roam anywhere in the building, upstairs and downstairs.  Be sure to ask a staff member for help if you have any questions.

RTPI Main Foyer and entrance to Anderson Gallery

Since our facility opened in 1993, RTPI has hosted exhibits created by our staff, as well as traveling exhibits from other museums.  Here are some highlights:

• •Art and the Animal – Society of Animal Artists
• •Robert Bateman Art and Nature
• •Nature Photography: A Current Perspective Exhibit and Conference, which led to the creation of North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA)
• •Roger Tory Peterson Angels on Earth: The Original Paintings of Roger Tory Peterson
• •Arthur Morris Photography
• •Peter Marr Photography
• •Vichai Malikul:  Field Guide Art from Peterson Guide to Eastern Butterflies
• •John Ruthven in the Audubon Tradition
• •Original Art from the Peterson Field Guide to Western Trees by Olivia Petrides
• •Nature Defined by sculptor Eric Berg and scratchboard artist and painter Fran Sweet
• •Small World insect photography by Fran Hall
• •Living Light photography by Kevin Schaefer
• •Natural Folds origami by Robert Lang
• •Cranes of Rajasthan photographs by Birgit Freybe Bateman

Please check our calendar for the latest exhibit on display!

Relax and read in our library, or watch the birds feeding just outside the windows.