Dec. 18, 2011 - June 24, 2012

Art-Science-Creativity Gallery

The inspiration for da Vinci's Ornithopter flying machine may have come from Greek mythology's Icarus and his constructed wings. Alternatively, inspiration may simply have come from the birds outside of da Vinci's window. In either case, adaptations have always been a source of human fascination, inspiration, and creative thought. In this exhibit, we connect fictional and real technologies to their biological inspiration by using specimens and artifacts from the MSU Museum, the MSU Library's Special Collection for Comic Books, the A.J Cook Arthropod Collection, and miscellaneous pieces from artists, scientists, and designers.