Darwin Week Schedule

The year 2009 is the 150th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; and February 12, 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and the Humanist Society of Santa Barbara invite you to commemorate and learn about Darwin’s revolutionary impact and legacy on science and society.

• Sunday, February 8 – Darwin Remembers: As Told through Floyd Sandford’s Portrayal
• Monday, February 9 – Reaction to Darwin’s Theory: A Modern Twist on the Wilberforce-Huxley Debate
• Tuesday, February 10 – Teaching Evolution in the 21st Century
• Thursday, February 12 – Biodiversity in Your Own Backyard
• Saturday, February 14 – Judicial Independence: Exploring the Dover Trial
• Now Open thru April 6 – The Evolution of Darwin in the Maximus Gallery