New Exhibit Coming to Mill City Museum November 15 - Spirits Dancing: Photographs of the Night Sky by Travis Novitsky
Sunday, November 5, 2023 at 3:45AM
Spirits Dancing: Photographs of the Night Sky by Travis Novitsky
The night sky has enchanted humans for millennia. We marvel at the wonder of the aurora, the glory of the Milky Way, and the peace that comes from stargazing. Travis Novitsky captures these marvels in this exhibit of 15 photographs featured in the new book from the Minnesota Historical Society Press. In Spirits Dancing: The Night Sky, Indigenous Knowledge, and Living Connections to the Cosmos, Novitsky’s photos are paired with insights from astrophysicist Annette S. Lee. The book reveals how the union of Western science and Indigenous knowledge enriches understanding of our place in the universe.
In Spirits Dancing, Travis Novitsky’s photographs portray night time marvels, while astrophysicist Annette S. Lee discusses how Western science and Indigenous knowledge can work together to provide a deeper understanding of our place in the universe. Both authors write of the wonders of starbathing: sitting quietly under the stars, knowing that humans have always done this, knowing that we literally come from the stars. Working together in this remarkable book, they bring the aurora to readers.
The exhibit will be located in the Mill City Museum’s central Mill Commons, and is free and open to the public during regular museum hours through April 7, 2024.
