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Walk down memory lane with us to look at past special exhibits we’ve enjoyed here at the Florida Museum! While this exhibit has moved on to other places, we treasured the opportunity to learn and explore. Find out what exhibits are currently here at the Museum:
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Wicked Plants: The Exhibit
This exhibit was on display May 14, 2016, through January 4, 2017
“Step into a realm where plants hold the power!” Poisonous, carnivorous or just plain nasty, visitors got to experience some of the world’s most diabolical botanicals – without the risk of intoxication, addiction, dismemberment or other danger.
The exhibit featured more than 100 plants and was designed to educate guests about botanicals that are harmful to humans and animals, including evildoers lurking in the home and backyard. The story was brought to life inside an old home, where visitors encountered a deadly dinner in the dining room, terrible toxins in the parlor, social misfits in the bathroom and a crime scene in the laboratory.
This eerie environment educated and entertained audiences with information about some of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations!
Wicked Plants: The Exhibit is funded by the North Carolina Arboretum Society and the Creel-Harison Foundation with contributions from the 150th Anniversary Cultural Plaza Endowment. It is based on Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln’s Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities by author Amy Stewart, Algonquin Press, New York, NY ©2009