BUTTERFLIES
Return to the Museum
September
19, 1998 through January 3, 1999
 After
more than twenty years, 500 rare butterflies
from the celebrated research collection
of Museum founder, Dr. Levi Mengel, will
once again be on view at the Museum. Butterflies
will open on Saturday, September 19 and
remain on exhibit through January 3, 1999
in the newly renovated Central Gallery.
The Mengel collection, one of the rarest
and most extensive in the world contains
over 83,000 moths and butterflies, many
of which are endangered or extinct. The
exhibit was curated by Karl Gardner, president
of the Levi Mengel Natural History Society.
Special precautions have been taken to protect
the fragile and beautiful specimens for
this special viewing.
Robert P. Metzger, Ph.D.
Director, CEO, Chief Curator Reading Public
Museum
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