Human evolution exhibitions worldwide

Elisabeth Daynès’ work in hominid reconstruction, from the famous Lucy to homo floresiensis, is commissioned by museums worldwide. Our interactive map shows where to find current exhibitions on human evolution: examples of hominid reconstruction, reconstructions of homo floresiensis and the Australopithecus afarensis Lucy are on show in travelling and permanent displays across the globe.

Austria

• Natural History Museum / Naturhistorisches Museum – Vienna – Five hominid reconstructions

Croatia

• Krapina Site / Muzeji Hrvatskog Zagorja – Gornja Stubica – 17 reconstructions of Neanderthals

France

• Paléosite – St Césaire - Reconstruction of a woman Neanderthal
• National Museum of Prehistory – Les Eyzies-de-Tayac – Four hominid reconstructions
• Museum of Prehistory – Gorges du Verdon – Quinson – Reconstruction of homo erectus and Ötzi, the Iceman
• General Council of the Dordogne – Montignac – Temporary exhibition on Human Evolution “Histoires d’Homme”
• Museum of Prehistory – Le Mas d’Azil – Reconstitution of a camp of Magdalenian people.
• Musée des Merveilles – Tende – Triptych on Ötzi, the Iceman
• European Prehistoric Center – Tautavel – Creation of dioramas and reconstruction of a group of Magdalenian individuals
• The Musée de l’Homme – Paris – Reconstruction of a homo floresiensis
• Museum of Natural History of Toulon and the region of the Var – Toulon – Three hominid reconstructions
• Museum of Natural History – Aix-en-Provence – Temporary exhibition on Lucy

French Polynesia

• Robert Wan Pearl Museum – Papeete / Tahiti – Design of the museum and dioramas.

Georgia

• Georgian State Museum – Tbilisi – Reconstruction of First homo out of Africa (Dmanisi)

Germany

• Department for Culture – City of Erfurt / Old Synagogue – Hyper realistic sculptures of a bride couple at Middle-Age
• Museum of ancient and early history / Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte – Munich – Reconstruction of a Celtic individual
• Westphalian Museum of Archaeology / LWL Museum für Archäologie – Herne – Reconstruction of the Man of Warburg – Exhibition on the process of facial reconstruction
• Spiegel TV – Hamburg – Reconstruction of Klaus Störtebecker
• Federal State Museum of Prehistory – Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte – Halle/Saale – Reconstruction of three homo heidelbergensis
• Neanderthal Museum – Mettmann – Reconstruction of Neanderthals
• Geo Magazine – Hamburg – Traveling exhibition on Ötzi, the Iceman
• State Museum of Natural History / Staatliches Naturhistorisches Museum – Braunschweig – Reconstruction of a Neanderthal
• Westphalian Museum for Natural History / LWL Museum für Naturkunde – Münster – Reconstruction of a couple of Magdalenian individuals and a hunter

Japan

• 2005 World Exposition – Aichi Nagoya – Exhibition of the bust of Toumaï (sahelanthropus tchadensis) in the main pavilion Global House

Mexico

• INAH / National Institute of Anthropology and History – Mexico City – Reconstruction of Lucy

New Caledonia

• Association Salomon – Nouméa – Reconstruction of the Vanikoro unknown man (Laperouse expedition)

Portugal

• Calouste Gulbenkian Fondation – Lisbon – Temporary exhibition on Darwin

South Africa

• Transvaal Museum / Museum of Natural History – Pretoria – Reconstruction of Mrs Ples

Spain

• CosmoCaixa / Science Museum - Barcelona – Traveling exhibition on Einstein
• CosmoCaixa / Science Museum - Barcelona – Room of Anthropology “La Sala de la Materia” – Five hominid reconstructions
• University of Cantabria – Santander – Temporary exhibition “La materia del Lenguaje Prehistórico” – Reconstruction of a Magdalenian
• CosmoCaixa / Science Museum – Madrid – Five hominid reconstructions
• CosmoCaixa / Science Museum - Barcelona – Hyper realistic sculpture of Darwin

Sweden

• The Swedish Museum of Natural History / Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet – Stockholm – Permanent exhibition “The human journey” – Eleven hominid reconstructions

USA

• National Geographic Magazine – Washington – Traveling exhibition « King Tut and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs »
• The Field Museum / Museum of Natural History – Chicago – Reconstruction of Lucy for the permanent exhibition “Evolving planet”