Co-chair Gaelin Rosenwaks, Museum curator Mark Siddall, and Nicole Mihnovets ©AMNH/R. Mickens

 Museum’s Junior Council Winter Event

    at The American Museum of Natural History

December 5, 2013

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The Junior Council continued its 2013–2014 season on Thursday, December 5, with a private viewing of the new special exhibition The Power of Poison and a cocktail reception in the Hall of Mexico and Central America.

For centuries, humans have marveled at the secrets of poisons and sought to harness their toxic powers. This exhibition explores both the biological basics of poison and the ways in which people have confronted its perils and potential, approaching poison from several different perspectives—as a dynamic defense system used by animals locked in evolutionary arms races with predators; as a compelling thread that runs through familiar legends, myths, and fables; as a promising source for powerful medical treatments; and as a series of mysteries visitors encounter and solve, including what suddenly poisoned Captain James Cook and two naturalists aboard his ship
in the autumn of 1774.

The Power of Poison brings into sharp focus this captivating topic.

CO-CHAIRS : W. Jameson McFadden, Holly and Martin Okner, Lori and Zachary Pomerantz, Robin and Brad Roberts, Gaelin Rosenwaks, Heather and Ross Schulman, Zoe and Iain Wilson

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