Opening of the “LITTERNATURE” Exhibition: Dinosaurs of Yesterday and Today

The University of Montpellier’s Science Outreach Service, the Institute for Development Research , the Occitanie region, and the Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole Media Library Network are pleased to announce the launch of the exhibition LITTERNATURE: Dinosaurs of Yesterday and Today.

The LITTERNATURE project is a science education program aimed at young audiences, whose main objective is to explore biodiversity in children’s literature across all genres. The project aims to bring together the worlds of natural science and literature to raise awareness among young readers about key themes such as evolution, classification, and biodiversity… by inviting children to create a large, participatory inventory of the biodiversity found in children’s literature.

After a first year focused on plants and insects, LITTERNATURE plans to explore two new groups: dinosaurs and birds. The Françoise Giroud Media Library in Castries, part of the Montpellier metropolitan area’s media library network, will host the exhibition’s first installment starting in January 2023. It features numerous items from the University of Montpellier’s paleontological and ornithological collections, explanatory panels illustrated by author and illustrator Gilles Macagno, as well as various museum displays.

On the agenda:

• 3:00 p.m.: Guided tour of the exhibition for the general public.
• 3:30 p.m.: Workshop open to the public, led by CoSciences.
• 4:30 p.m.: A hunt through books.
• 5:00 p.m.: Short film screenings.
• 5:30 p.m.: Official opening ceremony.
• 6:00 p.m.: Guided tour for officials