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What's New
Get ready! #MuseumWeek—the worldwide festival for cultural institutions on social media—returns May 11 through 17. The Interior Museum will be joining hundreds of museums, galleries, libraries and archives across the globe for a virtual showcase of institutions and collections via 7 themes and 7 hashtags over the course of 7 days. Follow along on our Twitter and Facebook accounts (@InteriorMuseum).
 The Interior Museum continues to be temporarily closed until further notice, with no gallery access, building tours, or in-person public programs. Updates will be posted to the museum’s website and on Twitter and Facebook (@InteriorMuseum). We invite you to discover some of our collections highlights and digital exhibitions online and hope you will explore more than 50 past public lectures available on our YouTube channel.
Collections Spotlight
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Monarch Butterfly on a Purple Coneflower in Michigan
Jim Hudgins, 2015
Photographic print
U.S. Department of the Interior Museum, OSAC 07203
In addition to being one of the most recognizable species in North America, the monarch butterfly is also an important pollinator whose population reflects the health of the landscape. Monarchs migrate thousands of miles over several generations from Mexico, across the United States, to Canada. Since habitat loss and fragmentation have occurred throughout the butterfly's range, monarch recovery is among the priorities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Efforts include public education programs and broad-based partnerships encouraging citizen science and habitat restoration.
This colorful, signed photographic print in our art collection is by Jim Hudgins. He began his career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1987 and was most recently the Partners for Fish and Wildlife State Coordinator for Michigan prior to retiring in 2018.
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