Baracoa, October 28 (RHC-PL) -- Experts from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) announced that the institution is preparing an exhibit dedicated to Cuba's biodiversity to take place next year.

Exhibition curator Chris Raxworth told Prensa Latina news agency that the exhibit will cover the Pre-Columbian era to the present, and most of the pieces to be exhibited will be assembled on the island and then moved to the United States.

The objective of the exhibition is to show Cuba's rich biodiversity, since most people visiting the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) do not know about the country, one the largest in the Caribbean, its natural beauties and diverse endemism.

Chris Raxworth told reporters that people can find lots of interesting things in Cuba, from the world's smallest bird to the biggest owl. Besides, he added, it is important that Cuba's achievements in terms of conservation and organic agriculture are shown to the world.

Raxworth, who is part of the Explore-21 Expedition that along with researchers at the American Museum of Natural History and National Park Alejandro de Humbolt, have been carrying out an inventory of vertebrates and invertebrates in eastern Cuba since October 17th.

The exhibition will be open to the U.S. public in October 2016 and then it will be shown in Cuba.