April 16, 2018 – A fascinating new exhibition at the New-York Historical Society on the passage of a landmark conservation law features items from Connecticut Audubon Society’s Birdcraft Museum collection related to its founder, Mabel Osgood Wright.
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Connecticut Audubon founder remembered in New York museum show as conservation pioneer
Monday, April 16th, 2018159 Years Ago on This Day: The Birth of Our Founder, Mabel Osgood Wright!
Monday, January 26th, 2015Happy birthday to our founder, Mabel Osgood Wright! She was a true conservation pioneer, not only among women but all people! Wright founded the Audubon Society of Connecticut in 1898 and 16 years later, in 1914, she created Birdcraft Sanctuary, the first private bird sanctuary in the country. It is now a National Historic Landmark. […]
