February 2 - April 20, 2012

Diversity Endangered is a natural history exhibition created by the Smithsonian Institution with a grant from the National Science Foundation. Twelve colorful panels cover every aspect of the effect humans have on the Earth’s ecosystems. The Department of Classics at Furman and the South Carolina Botanical Garden at Clemson are collaborating on a digital library of historical botany, from the ancient Greeks, through the early exploration of the Carolinas, to living plants under curation and in the wild today; and one section of the exhibition will be devoted to this joint effort. Furman's Decorative and Fine Arts Collection and Special Collections and Archives will illustrate the destruction of natural habitats with artifacts and showcase plant and animal species through rare books.