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Copa Airlines opens “The Human Footprint” exhibition at the Biomuseo in Panama City
- Beginning on September 30, every visitor to the Biomuseo will be able to enter “The Human Footprint” exhibition, sponsored by Copa Airlines, free of charge.
- “The Human Footprint” tells the story of the migration of groups of humans and other species across the Panamanian isthmus, which served as a new corridor for the movement of living beings.
- This exhibition is one of the many initiatives that Copa Airlines has undertaken to further the education of Panamanian children and increase tourism to Panama.3
Panama City, September 30, 2014 - Copa Airlines is joining in the celebrations surrounding the opening of the Biomuseo—the only building in Panama and in Latin America as a whole designed by the famed architect Frank Gehry—with the opening of “The Human Footprint.” This exhibition space was donated to the museum by the airline, and it contains sixteen columns across an open space. These columns tell the story of the migration of groups of humans and other species across the Panamanian isthmus, which served as a new corridor for the movement of living beings.
Pedro Heilbron, the CEO of Copa Airlines, said “We support the mission of the Biomuseo, an icon that represents Panama to the world. And as a Panamanian company, we are proud to have contributed to making this dream a reality. This exhibition helps all of us to understand the essential part that our isthmus played in making our planet the place that we know today.”
Copa Airlines has supported this project, led by the Fundación Amador, since 2006. Copa believes that the Biomuseo offers visitors a unique space, which highlights the importance of the emergence of the Panamanian isthmus as a bridge and a natural hub. The emergence of this isthmus shaped the map of the world as we know it today, by joining two continents, dividing the ocean, and enabling living beings to move between the south and the north.
Copa Airlines notes that “The Human Footprint” is also linked to the company’s corporate social responsibility initiatives. Specifically, the exhibition, which is open to the public free of charge, is intended to encourage all Panamanians to learn about Panama’s natural history.
At the opening of “The Human Footprint,” Anand Devarajan, a partner at Gehry Partners and the building’s designer, and Bruce Mau, who designed the museum’s permanent exhibition spaces, shared details of the Biomuseo’s design and construction with those in attendance. They also shared their satisfaction with the fact that the Biomuseo is located in Panama.
At the opening, Marco Ocando, Director of Marketing and Communications at Copa Airlines, presented the Gehry design team with 3 scale-model Boeing 737-800 airplanes; the model airplanes’ design celebrates the Biomuseo. Ocando said that “this initiative represents the vision that Copa Airlines shares with Biomuseo. We share a vision of supporting actions to strengthen Panama’s identity as a unique and valuable tourist destination.”
The model airplanes that Ocando presented to the Gehry design team are scale replicas, specifically, of the Boeing 737-800 Next Generation painted with an eye-catching design that celebrates the Biomuseo. This design, which has graced the airplane since 2012 as it has traveled the skies of the Americas, was created by Joyce Shin, a member of the Gehry design team.
Ocando added that by sponsoring this exhibition, “Copa Airlines hopes to contribute to education and the culture of environmental conservation in Panama.” He also invited both Panamanian and foreign visitors to come to “The Human Footprint” and the Biomuseo, “to learn, for free, about how something that happened in Panama more than 3 billion years ago helped change our planet’s natural history.”