Petals & Ice: The Adventures of Louise A. Boyd Exhibit

Exhibition Dates:
* March 16 – December 31, 2024

The Marin History Museum recently opened the Petals & Ice: The Adventures of Louise A. Boyd exhibit celebrating the remarkable life of Louise A. Boyd—a polar explorer, adventurer, and photographer.

In addition, for a six-month period, never before seen photographs of the interior of Maple Lawn taken by Ansel Adams are also on display.

While this exhibit chronicles many aspects of Louise Boyd’s life…it most importantly answers why her achievements and contributions are still relevant many decades later.

Some of those include:

1. Louise Boyd was the second woman ever to receive the Cullum Medal of the American Geographical Society.
2. Became the first woman to ever fly over the North Pole at 67 years old… a 16-hour non-stop flight.
3. During WWII, she used these skills in Washington DC as a special consultant to the Military Intelligence Division.