Travelling exhibition
SWS and WWF are proud to present a new exhibition:
"BEARS AND US"
Following the huge success of "Meeting the Bear", which was seen by around 20,000 people at 50 venues in 2005-2009, we have prepared a new exhibition about Europe's largest land-based carnivore.
"BEARS AND US" presents informative facts about bears in an entertaining format. The wealth of photographs is supplemented with a Powerpoint presentation, educational film and plaster casts of bear footprints. A series of attractive banners contain information on what bears eat, why they hibernate and what threats they face. Like its predecessor, an important aim of this exhibition is to explain how problems between bears and people can be reduced, by protecting beehives and crops and learning how to avoid the riskiest situations as well as what to do if we meet a bear.
The content of the exhibition is based on the authors' own practical experience in Slovakia as well as on the advice of the world's leading experts on bears and bear safety.
SWS - bear exhibition
P.O. Box 72
Liptovský Hrádok 033 01
Slovakia
Conditions
To borrow the exhibition the cost is €10 for the first week and €5 for each subsequent week. The price includes lending a DVD of the film "Staying Safe in Bear Country" and as a present you will also receive a set of teaching materials "In the Tracks of Bears" for work with pupils, which is yours to keep. When borrowing the exhibition for at least three weeks we will cover one-way delivery of the exhibition by post or in person.
You can also request a presentation with our expert, who will talk about his experience, news from global research and show items such as casts of footprints or a skull. We also organise creative and educational activities for pupils focused on bears and other carnivores.
The exhibition has already been held at the following venues:
| 4 - 31 October 2012 | Regional Centre for Nature Conservation, Prešov |
| 10 July - 4 August 2012 | Hotel Forton, Stará Lesná, High Tatras |
| 11 - 30 June | Kúpele, Horný Smokovec |
| 1 - 8 June | Považská Bystrica |
| 10 - 31 May | Nové Zámky Municipal Cultural Centre |
| 23 April - 7 May 2012 | Ždiar primary and infant school |
| 28 Nov. - 16 December 2011 | Private secondary vocational school, Giraltovce |
| 15 - 22 November | Forestry Faculty, Technical University, Zvolen |
| 12 November | Horolezecká chata, Horný Smokovec |
| 22 August - 30 September | Vihorlat Museum, Humenné |
| 6 - 13 June | Village Hall, Liptovská Porúbka |
| 10 - 31 May | Pohronské Education Centre, Žiar nad Hronom |
| 6 May | Hotel Mýto, Mýto pod Ďumbierom |
| 4 - 8 April | Hradná grammar school, Liptovský Hrádok |
| 23 March - 1 April | Hradná primary school, Liptovský Hrádok |
| 9 - 11 March | Secondary Vocational School of Forestry, L. Hrádok |
| 10 - 20 January | Poľsko-slovenský dom, Bardejov |
| 22 Dec. 2010 - 6 Jan. 2011 | Town Hall, Liptovský Hrádok |
| 3 - 16 December | SAŽP, Banská Bystrica |
| 29 Nov. - 2 December | OZ Tilia, Rajec |
| 18 Oct. - 19 November | Ján Kollár Library, Kremnica |
| 7 - 9 October | Environmental Education Centre Drienok, Teplý Vrch |
| 23 Sept. - 6 October | Horolezecká chata, Horný Smokovec |
| 4 - 5 September | St. Hubert Days, the Manor House in Svätý Anton |
| 10 Aug. - 3 September | Borová Sihoť hotel and campground, Liptovský Hrádok |
| 7 - 8 August | "Bear Days" Festival, Hrebienok, High Tatras |
| 28 July - 6 August | Sanatórium, Tatranská Kotlina, High Tatras |
| 12 - 25 July | Town Hall, Starý Smokovec, High Tatras |
| 19 - 22 April | Staré Hory school |
| 16 - 30 March 2010 | Regional Cultural Centre, Prievidza |