The Anniversary Season

Roger Tory Peterson Institute

Exhibitions

Art that Matters to the Planet 2024: Clarity

Closing October 27, 2024

Tricks of the Trade: A Corvid’s World

Closing November 17, 2024

Walking in Antarctica: The Art of Helen Glazer

November 9, 2024 — March 16, 2025

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2024 marks the 90th anniversary of the publication of the first Peterson Field Guide and the 40th Anniversary of the founding of RTPI. To celebrate, we’re planning a full season of exhibitions, events and special anniversary programs.

RTPI Anniversary Season

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Featured Programs & Events

Painting Birds with Watercolor II taught by Joseph Grice

September 29, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

The Lodge at RTPI

Tricks of the Trade: A Corvid’s World: Artist talk by Dorie Petrochko

October 10, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Online Program

Art After 5 featuring SON

October 25, 2024 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

The Lodge at RTPI

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The Peterson Collection

Discoveries in the Peterson Collection

Over the course of his storied career, Roger Tory Peterson traveled the world in search of birds and other fauna and flora to paint, photograph, film and document. RTPI has been entrusted with the vast majority of his life’s work.

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RTPI News

Art of the Field Guide — Landmark Exhibition Opens at RTPI

April 27, 2022

RTPI To Host Exhibit by Artist Amy Tan

June 6, 2024

The Post-Journal

RTPI Monthly E-Newsletter

Trained as an artist and impassioned by birds, Roger Tory Peterson was the father of the modern field guide.

As a living embodiment of the Peterson guide, RTPI uses art as the lens through which to inform, inspire, and illuminate about the natural world.

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