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  7. Darkened Waters: Profile of an Oil Spill

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Darkened Waters: Profile of an Oil Spill

December 13, 1991 – April 19, 1992

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This exhibition focuses on America's largest oil spill, the Exxon Valdez disaster off the coast of Alaska in 1989. The exhibition was produced by the Pratt Museum in Homer, Alaska, a community 260 miles "downstream" from the oil spill.

Related publications: In The Wake of the Exxon Valdez; Sea Otter Rescue (children's book); Alaska Fish & Game Magazine


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1st Floor, North Special Exhibitions Gallery

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10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily
Closed Dec. 25

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10th St. & Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

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