Audubon Bird Mural Project
(Also available as a one hour virtual walking tour on Zoom-type platforms, featuring over 40 murals! Please contact me for more details.)
The Audubon Mural Project Walking Tour in NYC showcases about 30 stunning murals of North American birds in the Hamilton and Washington Heights neighborhoods where John James Audubon lived for the last decade of his life.
More about this project: The goal of the Audubon Mural Project is to create murals of over 300 birds in the northern Manhattan neighborhoods where the great ornithologist John James Audubon had an estate from 1841–1851.
All of the birds being painted have been identified by the National Audubon Society as being threatened by climate change. So the project is designed not only to help us appreciate the beauty of the birds, but also to make us aware of the challenges that they face. Because the artists have license to represent the birds in the way that they choose, there is tremendous variation in the styles of painting. And the murals range from lovely panels that fill in a former window to spectacular paintings covering the entire side of a building. This is a unique project that is thrilling to see!
More about this tour: In addition to seeing more than 2 dozen murals, we will visit John James Audubon’s impressive gravesite in the Trinity Church Cemetery. Each attendee will receive a handout listing all of murals and birds on the route, including info re addresses, artists and dates.
Time: 2.25 hours
$39 per ticket
My husband and I really enjoyed Leigh’s enthusiasm and personality. We saw/visited sites we would not otherwise have been exposed to. Leigh was very organized and had a great deal of information to share.
