September 25, 2021 – February 13, 2022
The National Geographic Photo Ark is an ambitious project committed to documenting every species living in the world’s zoos and wildlife sanctuaries—inspiring people not just to care, but also to help protect these animals for future generations. National Geographic photographer and Explorer Joel Sartore has photographed more than 11,000 species, creating the largest biodiversity archive of its kind.
National Geographic Photo Ark is an inspiring traveling exhibition that showcases this important project. At the MSV from September 25, 2021, through February 13, 2022, Photo Ark features more than 40 of Sartore’s most compelling images and provides visitors with the unique opportunity to come face to face with animals from the Photo Ark project.
National Geographic Photo Ark is organized and traveled by the National Geographic Society and the exhibition’s MSV display is sponsored by Shenandoah Oncology and Shenandoah Country Q102.
An endangered baby Bornean orangutan named Aurora, with her adoptive mother, Cheyenne, a Bornean/Sumatran cross at the Houston Zoo. © Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark.
An endangered Malayan tiger at Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo. © Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark.
A federally endangered Florida panther at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo. © Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark.
A federally threatened koala with her babies at the Australia Zoo Wildlife Hospital. © Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark.
Two Golden snub-nosed monkeys at Ocean Park Hong Kong. © Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark.
A pair of red wolves at the Great Plains Zoo. © Photo by Joel Sartore/National Geographic Photo Ark.
After a photo shoot at the Columbus Zoo in Ohio, a clouded leopard cub climbs on Sartore’s head. The leopards, which live in Asian tropical forests, are illegally hunted for their spotted pelts. © Photo by Grahm S. Jones, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium/National Geographic Photo Ark.
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