ATTENTION: Exhibit changeover will be taking place April 15-19. The ground floor of the museum will be impacted but the museum will remain open. Thank you for your patience as we bring you a new exhibition.

The Anniversary Season

Roger Tory Peterson Institute

Exhibitions

Wildwing: Paintings by Rosalie Haizlett

Closing June 2, 2024

Kevin Ebi: Five Minutes in Nature

April 27, 2024 — July 21, 2024

Amy Tan’s Backyard Birds

June 8, 2024 — August 25, 2024

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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.

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Featured Programs & Events

48th Annual Banff Centre Mountain Film Festival World Tour

April 19, 2024 — April 20, 2024

The Reg Lenna Center for the Arts

Exhibition Opening – Kevin Ebi: Five Minutes in Nature

April 26, 2024 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

The Lodge at RTPI

Five Minutes in Nature with Loud Performance

May 11, 2024 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

The Lodge at RTPI - Nature Trail

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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 Monthly E-Newsletter

Press Releases

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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