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A Walk Through Time depicts the 4.6 billion year story of our Earth and progresses from the formation of our solar system to the beginning of life on Earth to the present. The Walk offers a rich context for exploring fundamental issues regarding humanity and the future of all life on Earth. The Walk Through Time exhibit was imagined by physicist Sidney Liebes, who wanted to inspire people with the magnificent story of life on Earth and provide a cautionary tale of how human actions today threaten Earth’s diversity and stability. The University of Montana (UM) has one of the few copies of the physical exhibit and periodically displays it on the UM campus. View the Walk Through Time digital archives to learn more about the exhibit and the individual exhibit panels.

  • Panel 01: A Walk Through Time…From Stardust To Us

    Panel 01: A Walk Through Time…From Stardust To Us

  • Panel 02: We Know So Much … And Yet We Know So Little

    Panel 02: We Know So Much … And Yet We Know So Little

  • Panel 03: Deep-Time Terrain: What To Take With You, What To Leave Behind

    Panel 03: Deep-Time Terrain: What To Take With You, What To Leave Behind

  • Panel 04: Pulse Of The Spheres

    Panel 04: Pulse Of The Spheres

  • Panel 05: Star Stuff Of Life

    Panel 05: Star Stuff Of Life

  • Panel 06: Settling In

    Panel 06: Settling In

  • Panel 07: Rock: Not Always A Hard Place

    Panel 07: Rock: Not Always A Hard Place

  • Panel 08: The Rains Reign

    Panel 08: The Rains Reign

  • Panel 09: Gaia

    Panel 09: Gaia

  • Panel 10: Primordial Soup

    Panel 10: Primordial Soup

  • Panel 11: The Extremists

    Panel 11: The Extremists

  • Panel 12: Life Takes Tenacious Hold

    Panel 12: Life Takes Tenacious Hold