Climate Stories

Climate change affects everyone, but it impacts different communities disproportionately. This exhibit examines the effects of climate change on different areas around the world from both an environmental and cultural standpoint and how it impacts traditional subsistence strategies, resources, material culture traditions and connections to land. Many indigenous communities, particularly islander and coastal communities, are adapting to changing conditions and are also threatened with losing ancestral homelands. The exhibit also explores action being taken now, both globally and at San Francisco State University, encouraging students and visitors to participate in the climate conversation. The exhibit features objects from the Global Museum’s collection, impressive objects on loan from the California Academy of Sciences department of anthropology, specimens from the SF State Harry D. Thiers Herbarium and spotlights on research and projects from SF State faculty and staff. Regular hours: Tuesdays - Thursdays, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Fridays by appointment. Free.