2013 was the 100th anniversary of Wallace's death (he died on the 7th November 1913) and a huge number of events took place around the world to celebrate his life and work. This page aims to list the more notable of these. If you notice something is missing then please contact George Beccaloni at blaberus1@ntlworld.com
The London Natural History Museum played a central role in coordinating, publicising and supporting what it called the Wallace100 anniversary celebrations. It designed the logo seen in the top corners of this page, which it encouraged others to freely use to publicise the anniversary; it hosted an informative blog; it maintained an events page, on which all known Wallace-related events taking place worldwide were listed (this page has been taken down but the list of events can be seen HERE); it organised a conference; a lecture series featuring monthly talks about Wallace; and an exhibition featuring Wallace specimens and artifacts. The Museum launched its Wallace100 events programme on the 24th January 2013, with the unveiling by Bill Bailey of a portrait of Wallace (see a video of this HERE). It ended on the 7th November with the unveiling by Sir David Attenborough of the bronze statue of Wallace which the Wallace Memorial Fund donated to the Museum (see a video of this event HERE).
The Wallace Memorial Fund also played an important role - supplying xx Wallace-related images to xx organisations for use in articles, books and exhibitions worldwide. It also intitiated and led the fundraising campaign for the bronze statue of Wallace, which is now on display at London's Natural History Museum.
Exhibitions
Natural History Museum, London
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Singapore Science Centre
Hertford Museum:
Dorset County Museum
Swansea Museum
Dudley Museum
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester: Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 -1913) The Leicester Connection
Poole Museum: Also THIS.
Broadstone Library, Broadstone, Dorset
Darwin, Australia
Books
A list of book length publications can be seen HERE
Newspaper & Magazine Articles
Online Articles
The London Natural History Museum's Wallace100 blog published 71 posts
Plays & Performances
Films & Videos
Public Artwork
Conferences
American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA: Wallace Centenary, November 12 2013
Other Events
Ancestor's Trail
Concensus Science Talks