Coming Soon

Mark your calendars! A new exhibit entitled The Horse is scheduled to open at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on May 17. It will run through January 2, 2009 and according to the website, the exhibit will "examine the powerful and continuing relationship between the horse and humans."

The exhibit promises to examine the origins of the horse family, the interactions with humans that led to its domestication and the role the horse has played in shaping and refining human life. "The Horse will celebrate this magnificent animal while presenting one of the most fascinating stories in the history of life on Earth--the close and complex relationship between horses and humans," notes Museum President Ellen V. Futter.

It is interesting to note that the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage is one of the collaborators of the exhibit, so my guess is there will be some spectacular fossils and artifacts from the glory days of the Arabian as well as some from the Museum's own outstanding collection. It is also interesting to note that this exhibit will run concurrently with the one at the Museum of Racing in Saratoga about the recent developments in equine medicine.

The horse has truly had a long and storied existence, going back over 50 million years. I have to believe that all of this attention is good for the passage of the anti-slaughter legislation. It is hard to argue with history...