The 2012 Philadelphia Shell Show

摘要

The Philadelphia Shell Club presented the 29th Philadelphia Shell Show over the weekend of October 20 and 21, while Hurricane Sandy was still but a wisp out in the Caribbean. Despite a gorgeous day outside and a packed social calendar in the city, over 2,600 people came to the Academy of Natural Sciences to marvel at the wonders on display. This year's show took place partly in the Academy's Ewell Sale Stewart Library, where the high windows provided dramatic natural lighting for both fortuitously sunny days. Portraits of conchological greats including Thomas Say and Isaac Lea gazed approvingly down on this modern-day display of the "citizen science" whose development they did so much'to encourage.