MAJOR SETON EXHIBITION IN SANTA FE OPENS MAY 23

Opening May 23 at the New Mexico History Museum, Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton dedicates itself to telling the often overlooked story of the conservationist, author, artist, lecturer and co-founder of the Boy Scouts of America. Ernest Thompson Seton’s impact on America’s conservation movement was immeasurable but, today is largely forgotten. Wild at Heart: Ernest Thompson Seton sets out to change that.

The exhibition will run  through May 8, 2011 in the museum’s second-floor Albert and Ethel Herzstein Changing Exhibitions Gallery. It's accompanied by a catalog, Ernest Thompson Seton, The Life and Legacy of an Artist and Conservationist (Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2010), with a foreword written by Sir David Attenborough.

Curated by New Mexico art historian David L. Witt, director of the Seton Legacy Project for the Academy for the Love of Learning in Santa Fe, Wild at Heart marks the first major exhibition about Seton. Most of the art and artifacts – more than 30 original paintings and drawings by Seton, books, personal memorabilia, and photographs – have been seldom if ever seen. Most of the items on loan to the exhibit come from the Academy for the Love of Learning and from the Philmont Museum and Seton Memorial Library at the Philmont Ranch in Cimarron, N.M.

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About This Website

Welcome to The Ernest Thompson Seton Pages!

This site was originally developed by Dee Seton Barber and others associated with the Ernest Thompson Seton Institute.  Dee, the adopted daughter of Ernest Thompson Seton and Julia M. Seton,  passed away in 2006.  She devoted much of her life to preserving the legacy of her father.

The Institute is not currently active, but its aims and interests are continued by a number of individuals with a sincere interest in maintaining and preserving the ideals legacy of Ernest Thompson Seton and the Woodcraft movement. 

I have been fascinated by the life and legacy of Ernest Thompson Seton for about the last 40 years.  It has been my pleasure to meet people throughout the world while following the trail. 

After our recent refreshing of the website, we are able to see a hint of where the website's visitors are coming from.  Remarkably, we've had 222 visitors from 31 countries in just two weeks time. That speaks volumes about the continuing interest of people world-wide in Seton's legacy.

We look forward to expanding the site and adding much more material.  In the near future, we expect to add more graphical material and, hopefully, some sound recordings.  Check back often! 

We invite you to explore the site as well as the links we've assembled.

If you have questions about the site, corrections or comments, please contact us. 

We would further welcome your comments or other material on our blog at www.BlueSkiesToday.org. 

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Ron Edmonds