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Those gorgeous floating creatures - Exhibition of the underwater photography

Natural History Museum Rijeka is a cultural institution, a regional specialized museum. Museum’s main activities include collecting, researching and presenting the natural heritage as well as communicating the heritage to the public. With its collections, research and educational programme, the Museum presents a powerful tool which serves to educate audiences about the functioning of the natural world and the environment. The Museum’s purpose is to encourage the public to reflect on nature – its past, present and future. In May 2016 an exhibition of the underwater photography Those, Gorgeous Floating Creatures was opened whereby we marked the important dates: the International Day for Biological Diversity (22th May), World Environment Day (5th June), and World Ocean Day (8th June). The exhibition presents common northern Adriatic macroplancton species, jellyfish and comb jelly. The exhibition was set up at the Rijeka Natural History Museum and at the Fish Market where it was available to the general audience, as well as to those who do not consider visiting the museum. The main goal of the exhibition was to acquire the public through visual attractiveness (underwater ambiental and macro photography) and educate about the macroplancton biodiversity in the Adriatic Sea, the climate changes, marine system functioning, as well as the changes that can be expected in the future. The second aim was to inform the public about the possibility of joining the International CIESM Jellywatch programme which is carried out by the Institute for Marine and Coastal Research, University of Dubrovnik. The exhibition, alongside with accompanied lectures and workshops, were a part of the events, Science Festival programme and the Festival of the Sea Fiumare 2016 which take place in open areas of Rijeka. With mentioned actions and very limited financial resources, we tried to stimulate public debate about our future and equip our audiences at every level with an understanding science, nature and enviroment.

functioning of the natural world ; environment ; underwater photography ; biological diversity ; Adriatic Sea

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