Lynx © Berndt Fischer
To introduce people to lynx and The Missing Lynx Project, we created the Missing Lynx exhibition. This free, family-friendly roadshow toured venues across the project area, welcoming almost 10,000 visitors. The exhibition has now finished its current run but may return in the future. Thank you to everyone who came along to discover more about lynx!
The exhibition
The Missing Lynx exhibition brings the lynx to life through interactive displays. Visitors can discover how our wild places have changed over the years, how nature has been lost and how it might fare better in the future. The exhibition charts the lynx’s comeback across Europe and how restoring missing species can help nature to recover. The final installation even offers visitors a chance to immerse themselves in a wilder world, standing side by side with this missing mammal, surrounded by bird song.
Get a feel for the Missing Lynx exhibition in the video below...
Although you can’t currently visit the exhibition, you can find out more about lynx, the project and the UK’s nature crisis on this website. From the average number of kittens that lynx have to the success of reintroductions in Europe, there’s so much to discover!
Previous venues
The Missing Lynx exhibition visited 15 venues across Northumberland, the edge of Cumbria and bordering parts of southern Scotland. From town and village halls to agricultural colleges and iconic local landmarks, we wanted to give as many people as possible in and around the project area the opportunity to visit. Here’s the full list of venues:
- Kielder School
- Tarset Village Hall
- Wark Town Hall
- The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre
- Stapleton Public Hall
- Newcastleton Village Hall
- Bonchester Bridge
- Hexham Abbey
- Great North Museum: Hancock
- Moffat Town Hall
- University of Cumbria
- Northern Stage, Newcastle
- Northumberland College: Kirkley
- Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC)
- Hawick Town Hall