Date: Tuesday 18 November
Time: 6pm to 8:30pm
Location: South Australian Museum
Cost: $15 general, $12 concession, $10 members (+ booking fee)
In January 1947, a chance discovery rocked the world of natural science: thousands of rare and precious butterfly specimens had vanished from Australia's most prestigious museums in Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide.
Join author Walter Marsh as he reveals this extraordinary chapter of history from his latest book, The Butterfly Thief. In a scientific true-crime caper stretching across the globe, The Butterfly Thief pieces together the bizarre story of one of the largest, most systematic, and baffling museum heists in the records of natural history, while reflecting on the value – and the cost – of museum collections themselves.
Ticket includes welcome drink upon entry.
Schedule for the evening:
6:00pm : Doors open, welcome drinks service (Main Foyer)
6:30pm : Presentation begins (Mezzanine Level)
7:15pm : Q & A begins
7:30pm : Book signing opportunity. Books are available to pre-purchase with your event ticket.
8:30pm : Event concludes
About the Sprigg Salon Series
The Sprigg Salon series provides audiences with access to the latest thinking around cultural, scientific, and natural world research and discoveries here in South Australia and around the world. It is named in honour of Dr Reg Sprigg AO, a remarkable South Australian geologist who discovered the world’s oldest fossilised animals in the Flinders Ranges in 1946, now recognised around the world as the Ediacara fossils.
This series of events is proudly supported by Beach Energy.
