Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam features photographs of the Rocky Mountain West by German-born Florian Schulz and documents the ambitious effort to preserve wildlife corridors from Yellowstone National Park to Canada’s Yukon Territories. Such corridors would link existing parks and public lands to ensure the survival of one of the world’s last intact mountain ecosystems.

An award winning nature photographer, Schulz has dedicated ten years of his life to documenting the drama and beauty of North America’s largest wildlife corridor: the Rocky Mountains. His large-format color photographs have captured the drama and beauty of this Western ecosystem and its diverse landscapes, wildlife, and people. Schulz has received honors from the BBC’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year Competition and Nature’s Best International Photography Awards.

The exhibition presents 41 large-format color photographic portraits of the Yellowstone to Yukon ecosystem. Among the exhibition’s eight text panels are an introductory panel with map that acquaints visitors with the Yellowstone to Yukon ecosystem, a biography of Schulz, and an overview of the conservation issues being tackled by the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. Schulz’s photographs are presented in a companion book published by The Mountaineers Books of the same title.

Yellowstone to Yukon: Freedom to Roam was organized by the Burke Museum and The Mountaineers Books in collaboration with the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative. Major support for the exhibition was provided by Tom and Sonya Campion, Hugh and Jane Ferguson Foundation, and Peach Foundation. Additional support was provided by The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, The Boeing Company, The Norcliffe Foundation, and Wilburforce Foundation.

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Exhibit Specifications

Additional Information

Exhibition Support
As a host of Yellowstone to Yukon, you will receive the following:

• Complete registrarial information
• Complete shipping, handling, and installation instructions
• Public relations support in the form of digital press releases, images, and logos; digital graphic templates of promotional materials; and advice on promoting the show
• Educational and programming resources

Registrarial Requirements
This exhibition has been designated Moderate Security. It contains wall-hung elements consisting of 41 framed color photographic prints, text panels, and labels. In order to be hung in 225 running feet, multiple prints will need to be double hung.

Space

• Venues must have a limited-access gallery of sufficient area and wall space to accommodate the exhibition. An open mall, hallway, or lounge area is not acceptable.
• Smoking, eating, and drinking are prohibited in the exhibition area, exhibitor receiving, and staging spaces.
• No part of the exhibition may be stored, crated, or moved off the premises without prior authorization from the Burke Museum. Empty crates for all exhibit contents must be stored in secured, pest-free, and fire-protected storage.

Security

• Trained professional guards and/or personnel must be present in sufficient numbers to protect the exhibition adequately throughout the time it is on site (during truck off-loading, unpacking, installation, deinstallation, repacking, and truck loading) and on view.
• The exhibition area must be locked and secured during closed hours. Alarms and/or guards during closed hours are preferred but not required.
• Functioning fire-prevention systems and other fire-protection devices that meet local ordinances must be available in the exhibition, staging, and storage spaces.

Environmental Controls

• The exhibition, staging, and storage areas should have a temperature range of 68-72 degrees Fahrenheit and a humidity range of 40-60% relative humidity, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Venues without an HVAC system will need to provide climate data that reports consistent environmental conditions.
• The venue must have environmental recording equipment (hygrothermographs or dataloggers) in the exhibition, staging, and storage areas. A member of the collections management or registration staff must make routine checks of the exhibition.
• There must be no direct sunlight in the exhibition, staging, or storage areas. It should be diffused or eliminated. Light levels must be limited to 20 foot-candles. Light must be filtered for UV.

Exhibition Care

• Handling of all exhibit contents during unpacking, installation, deinstallation, and repacking must be done by curatorial, registrarial, or by other trained and experienced museum professionals.
• The exhibition may contain crates weighing up to 400 pounds. Venues will need to have the facility and staff or the ability to hire skilled personnel for crate delivery and movement.
• The exhibition contents must be left in their crates for 24 hours before unpacking.

For more information, please contact:
Mark R. Hand
Traveling Exhibits Coordinator
Phone: 206-616-0268
Email: mrhand@u.washington.edu