LIFETIME COLLECTION Professor and art collector John Wilmerding gives a personal account of his lifelong enthusiasm for collecting American art. The talk is presented in conjuction with the exhibit “Marks of Distinction,” which celebrates the 20th anniversary of Dartmouth University’s Hood Museum of Art. Tonight, 6:30 p.m., National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Ave. at 89th Street, 212-369-4880, free, reservations required by emailing rallan@nationalacademy.org.

SCULPTURE SESSION Brooklyn artist Matthew Chase, who constructs sculptures from gum, plastic, paper, and other “organic” objects, discusses his work as part the Experimental Space’s Artist’s Talk series. Tonight, 6:30-8 p.m., Juvenal Reis Studios, 43-01 22nd St., room 300, Long Island City, Queens, 646-403-9854, free.

DARWIN’S LEGACY The chief science correspondent for NBC News, Robert Bazzell, moderates a panel discussion on the continued legacy of Charles Darwin, presented in conjunction with the exhibit “Darwin.” The panelists are the author of “The Evolution-Creation Struggle” (Harvard University Press), which explores the similarities between evolutionist and creationist thinking, Michael Ruse; the author of “The Creationists” (University of California Press), Ronald Numbers; the author of “Summer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate over Science and Religion” (Harvard University Press), Edward Larson, and the coauthor of “Darwin” (W. W. Norton), James Moore. Tomorrow, 7 p.m., American Museum of Natural History, LeFrak Theater, 79th Street and Central Park West, 212-534-1672 ext. 1672, $15 general, $13.50 seniors, students, and members.

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