2013 saw 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 that something is missing then please contact George Beccaloni at blaberus1@ntlworld.com
London's 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 with 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.
*PLEASE NOTE: THIS PAGE IS A WORK IN PROGRESS*
Exhibitions
Broadstone Library, Broadstone, Dorset, UK: 'Wallace 100 exhibition'. 7-22 November 2013. Also see THIS.
Dorset County Museum, Dorchester, UK: 'Alfred Russel Wallace: A Centenary Celebration'. 30 September 2013 - 4 January 2014
Dudley Museum, Dudley, UK: ‘The Other Mr Darwin: The life of Alfred Russel Wallace’. 6 July - 31 December 2013.
Hertford Museum, Hertford, UK: 'World of Wallace : Alfred Russel Wallace and his life in the field'. 26 October 2013 - 22 February 2014
Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory,Darwin, Australia: 'Wallace: the rEvolutionary man'. 9 November 2013 - 22 June 2014.
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales: 'Wallace: The Forgotten Evolutionist?' 19 October 2013 – 9 March 2014.
Natural History Museum, London, UK: 'Wallace Discovery Trail'. 1 July - 23 November 2013. For more information click HERE. Download leaflets about the trail HERE and HERE. See a video HERE.
Neath Antiquarian Society, Heath, Wales: Wallace exhibition. 14 - 15 June 2013
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester, UK: 'Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 -1913) The Leicester Connection'
Poole Museum, Poole, UK: Small temporary display. Also see THIS.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, UK: 'The self-taught naturalist - Alfred Russel Wallace and Kew'. 15 April - 20 May 2013.
Singapore Science Centre, Singapore: 'Island Adventurer: Alfred Russel Wallace and the quest for the origins of species'. 30 November 2013 - 30 November 2014. Also see THIS article.
Swansea Museum, Swansea, Wales: 'Wallace: Evolution’s Forgotten Father'. 15 October 2013 - 26 January 2014. To see some photos of this exhibition click HERE.
Village Centre, Hurstpierpoint. 'Alfred Russel Wallace-the Hurstpierpoint connection'. 4 November 2013 - 31 January 2014.
Books
A list of books published about Wallace in 2013 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: 'Alfred Russel Wallace Centenary: Natural Selection and Beyond'. 12 November 2013.
Essex Field Club, Pitsea, Essex: 'Alfred Wallace Centenary Conference'. 5 October 2013.
Indonesian Academy of Sciences, held in the Wakatobi Islands, Indonesia: 'Defining Wallacea'. 10-13 November 2013. To see a flyer click HERE.
Natural History Museum, London, UK: 'Alfred Russel Wallace and his Legacy'. 23 October 2013. (To download a pdf of the conference programme click HERE).
NESCent/BEACON Evolution Symposium, held in Atlanta, USA. 'Wallace, Islands, and Biogeography - 100 Years Later'. 22 November 2013. Download the programme HERE.
Royal Society, London, UK: 'Alfred Russel Wallace and his Legacy'. 21 - 22 October 2013. (To listen to the talks see THIS page).
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia: 'Alfred Russel Wallace- His Predecessors and Successors. Naturalists, Explorers and Field Scientists in South-east Asia and Australasia.' 7-8 November 2013.
Society for the History of Natural History & Linnean Society of London, UK: 'Unremitting passion for the beauty and mystery of the natural world - Alfred Russel Wallace Centenary'. 7 June 2013. Download the abstracts of the talks HERE. Also see THIS.
Other Events
Ancestor's Trail
Consensus Science Talks
Harvard University, USA: 'Alfred Russel Wallace Day'. 26 October 2013.
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico. 'One Hundred Years After Wallace'. 4-8 March 2013.
Oxford University, UK: 'Wallace`s legacy: Evolution, biogeography and modern biology'. 2 November 2013.
'Wallace Week' in Neath, Wales. 15 - 22 June 2013
Wallace in Bristol
Public Talks
Please see the Wallace100 events list which can be seen HERE (it is a pdf file).
Lecture series were organised by the Natural History Museum in London, Cardiff University,