David Hildebrand Wilson Explained

David Hildebrand Wilson
Occupation:	Businessman
Known For:	Museum of Jurassic Technology

David Hildebrand Wilson is the co-founder, along with his wife, Diana Wilson,^[1] of the enigmatic Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California.^[2]

After high school, Wilson enrolled at Kalamazoo College where he majored in urban entomology with a minor in art.^[3] He received an MFA in Experimental Animation from the California Institute of the Arts in 1976.

He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship^[4] and the Creative Capital Moving Image Award in 2001.^{[5] [6]} Wilson and his museum are the subject of the book, Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder, published in 1995.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Museum That Proudly Defies Understanding. 30 January 2014.
2. Web site: Wilson and Wilson: A Dialogue on Museums . USC Fisher Museum of Art . 8 July 2022 . 9 June 2015.
3. Web site: Inhaling the Spore. September 1994. 18 January 2013.
4. Web site: David Wilson - MacArthur Foundation. www.macfound.org. en. 2018-08-13.
5. Web site: Artist Projects - Levsha (The Art of the Microminiature) . 2023-10-12.
6. Web site: Jurassic Genius David Wilson – Offbeat Museum Curator Wins Prestigious 'Genius Grant'. 27 October 2001. NPR. 15 November 2010.
7. Web site: True Lies. Lesser. Wendy. 29 October 1995. The New York Times. 15 November 2010.