Draper • Beware of "Poison!", a new traveling exhibit that shows how nature produces poisonous specimens.
The exhibit, which opened Thursday in the lobby of the Zions Bank in Draper, displays specimens from the Utah Museum of Natural History Biology Wet Lab, including a live black widow spider, toxic snake venom, foxglove and other surprisingly poisonous garden plants. Students from Lone Peak Elementary helped unveil the exhibit, which will travel to a new Zions Bank location every month in 2016.
As part of the grand opening, students participated in hands-on activities that explore how humans have protected themselves from poisonous elements using amulets to cure snakebites and "tonguestones" or fossil shark teeth to neutralize poisons in drinks.
"Poison!" is part of the long-standing Traveling Treasures partnership between the Natural History Museum of Utah and Zions Bank that brings museum collections and objects into communities across the state. This is the 18th year for the program.
Here is the touring schedule for "Poison!" at Zions Bank branches statewide:
January • Draper, 12271 S. 900 East
February • Kanab, 41 E. Center St.
March • Washington, 865 W. Telegraph St.
April • Enterprise, 25 E. Main St.
May • Monticello, 233 E. Center St.
June • Moab, 330 S. Main St.
July • Salina, 155 W. Main St.
August • Lehi/Timpanogos Highway, 1432 E. 3500 North
September • Roosevelt, 156 N. 200 East
October • Bountiful, 5 N. Main St.
November • Logan/Pioneer, 460 N. Main St.
The exhibit is free and open to the public. Free admission coupons to the Utah Museum of Natural History are available at the exhibit, limited to one per person. For more information, visit http://nhmu.utah.edu/TT.
Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Loveland Living Planet Aquarium ambassador animal coordinator Ashley Kerbs holds a Mexican redknee tarantula as fifth graders from Lone Peak Elementary visit Zions Bank in Draper, Utah to see ÒPoison!Ó a new traveling exhibit that shows how nature produces poisonous specimens sponsored by the Utah Museum of Natural History and Zions Bank Thursday, January 14, 2016.
Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Loveland Living Planet Aquarium field trip coordinator Kirsten Berezay holds up a box containing a molted skin from an anaconda snake so fifth graders from Lone Peak Elementary School can feel it as they visit Zions Bank in Draper, Utah to see ÒPoison!Ó a new traveling exhibit that shows how nature produces poisonous specimens sponsored by the Utah Museum of Natural History and Zions Bank Thursday, January 14, 2016.
Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Fifth graders from Lone Peak Elementary School visit Zions Bank in Draper, Utah to see ÒPoison!Ó a new traveling exhibit that shows how nature produces poisonous specimens sponsored by the Utah Museum of Natural History and Zions Bank Thursday, January 14, 2016. Here students look at shells from cone snails.
Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Fifth graders from Lone Peak Elementary School visit Zions Bank in Draper, Utah to see ÒPoison!Ó a new traveling exhibit that shows how nature produces poisonous specimens sponsored by the Utah Museum of Natural History and Zions Bank Thursday, January 14, 2016. Here students get a close look at a living black widow spider.
Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune Loveland Living Planet Aquarium ambassador animal coordinator Ashley Kerbs holds a Mexican redknee tarantula as fifth graders from Lone Peak Elementary visit Zions Bank in Draper, Utah to see ÒPoison!Ó a new traveling exhibit that shows how nature produces poisonous specimens sponsored by the Utah Museum of Natural History and Zions Bank Thursday, January 14, 2016.
Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune A skiers zip along a section of White Pine Touring's 20 km cross-country trail system in Park City, Utah Friday, January 15, 2016.
Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune A skiers zip along a section of White Pine Touring's 20 km cross-country trail system in Park City, Utah Friday, January 15, 2016.
Steve Griffin | The Salt Lake Tribune A skiers zip along a section of White Pine Touring's 20 km cross-country trail system in Park City, Utah Friday, January 15, 2016.