Earl Bane Gallery
Your museum visit will be enhanced by a stop at the Earl Bane Gallery. This 2,000 sq. ft. room is dedicated solely to traveling exhibits. From wildlife art to muscle cars, this exhibit gallery offers guests something new and exciting four to six times a year.
The opportunity to view any gallery show is included with museum admission.The Wildlife Museum is open 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Summer hours (Memorial Day through Labor Day) 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Admission to the Museum is $9.95 for adults, $8.95 for seniors (65+), and $4.95 for children (3 to 12). Children under 3 are admitted free.
Gallery Schedule:
The Dancer Within
December 13, 2008 - April 5, 2009
Great Ranches of the West
May 16 - July 19, 2009
Art and the Animal
September 5 - November 1, 2009
Paws and Reflect: Art of the Canines
November 7,2009 - January 3, 2010
Great Ranches of the West
May 16 - July 19, 2009
Great Ranches of the West is the culmination of five years of work, during which photographer Jim Keen traveled the West, interviewing and photographing some marvelous characters and beautiful places. It was both a creative and an educational journey. Those of us who live in urban areas will achieve a greater understanding of the challenges that men and women face everyday on the ranches of our country. They are true environmental stewards, while raising the best livestock in the world. A third dimension is also added to the exhibit with displays by local collectors of spurs, saddles, and other tools of the trade. Exhibited in the Earl Bane Gallery, and free with your admission to the Wildlife Museum.
About the Artist
Jim Keen, is a graduate of Brooks Institute of Photography. He is an author, photographer and film-maker. For more than twenty years he owned The Air Castle, a photographic gallery on Monterey Bay, in California. Jim has won close to 100 regional and national awards for his photographic art. His work is in private and corporate collections across the US and in fifteen other countries.
The award-winning coffee table book “Great Ranches of the West”, created and published by Jim Keen, will be available for purchase at Safari Station and the Elephant’s Trunk gift shops during the exhibition.
