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Unnatural History presents an illuminating look at how people witness wildlife and how civilization could be impacted by our changing environment.

The exhibition features the work of two different artists portraying animals in various man-made settings. Don Simon's fantastic, colored-pencil imagery and Richard Barnes' photographs of natural history museum dioramas inspire contemplation about man's impact on our natural world.

Simon's finely detailed drawings reveal a potential future when animals with no habitat must move into urban environments, where the wild takes back developed landscapes. Meanwhile, Barnes' photographs capture a behind-the-scenes look at the common institutional practice of recreating natural settings to house taxidermied creatures. The images of animals crated in boxes or hanging from wires during exhibition installations expose how out of place the animals really are.

Download the gallery guide for "Unnatural History."

Shown above: "Smithsonian Monkey" by Richard Barnes, 2005.