Rare Air: Connecting with Species of Flight

Rare Air: Connecting with Species of Flight shares original art, Burke Museum collections, and interactive experiences that tell stories of rare and endangered species of flight.

Immersing guests in the world of bats, bees, birds, and butterflies, this all-ages exhibit demonstrates ways in which humans are an inextricable part of the environment and offers strategies — big and small — to slow or reverse the threats to these winged creatures. 

This exhibit is based on the book RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies & Bees, published by Mountaineers Books with additional stories, research and collections created by the Burke and project collaborators.  

About the Artist

Sarah Kaizar is an illustrator and designer based in Philadelphia. Her work has been exhibited nationally in notable galleries and museums including the James A. Michener Art Museum, the Great Plains Art Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the Catalina Museum of Art & History, the Woodmere Art Museum, Delaware Contemporary, and the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Sarah is the author of Hiker Trash: Note, Sketches, and Other Detritus from the Appalachian Trail, an illustrated work based on her experience consecutively hiking 2,200-plus miles from Georgia to Maine. Her second book, RARE AIR: Endangered Birds, Bats, Butterflies & Bees illustrates stories about North American bird conservation and citizen science. This title was recognized as a finalist for Foreword’s INDIES 2023 Book of the Year in the Ecology and Environment category.