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Cool Stuff in the Image Archive--Expedition Field Truck

Posted 05/02/2012 by Library | Comments

Museum Field Truck Ready to Go - 1927
Museum employee Frank Figgens sits in the driver's seat of a DMNS field truck outside of the Museum before heading out on an expedition sometime around 1927. Field trips took days and sometimes weeks, and stocking up on supplies was essential. N…
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What is a Pow Wow

Posted 04/27/2012 by Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh | Comments
You have likely heard the term "pow wow" -- but, what is a real pow wow? Join me as I tour the Annual Denver March Pow Wow, and speak with participants about the song, dance, food, and cultures of this unique gathering and celebration. Special thanks to Grace B. Gillette and Denver March Po…
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- Anthropology
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- Native American
Southwest Collections of Arthropods Network funded

Posted 04/24/2012 by Frank Krell | Comments
The Southwest Collections or Arthropods Network (SCAN) is a collaborative project to make arthropod collections from ten southwestern institutions accessible online. It is led by Neil Cobb from Northern Arizona University and involves Frank Krell, Paula Cushing and Jeff Stephenson from DMNS. The fun…
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"Everything Was Carved" Lunchtime Lecture

Posted 04/23/2012 by Isabel Tovar | Comments
Please join the Adult Programs and Anthropology Departments in welcoming Vince Collison on Thursday, April 26th at noon for a special film screening and talk. Everything Was Carved, a film on the behind-the-scenes work at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford with representatives of the Haida Natio…
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Henry W. Toll Collection of Grand Canyon Publications

Posted 04/10/2012 by Library | Comments

In 2010 the estate of Henry W. Toll donated to the Museum's Library his collection of materials on the Grand Canyon. The collection includes 180 books, several large atlases, periodicals, catalogs, river runner guides and logs, and postcards. Most are early works, published from the late 1800s…
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Cool Stuff in Image Archives- Surreal Nature

Posted 04/04/2012 by Library | Comments

Can you Find the Water Ouzel Nest? c. 1918-1935
While the Water Ouzel's nest (also known as American Dippers) is barely seen on the cliff to the right, photographer Robert B. Rockwell unintentionally caught a stunningly beautiful Colorado River scene as well. Rockwell was an early …
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Colorado Legacy Foundation 2012 Summit, Presentation Resources

Posted 04/02/2012 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Resources to compliment the "Taste of Health" presentation at the Colorado Legacy Foundation Healthy School Summit, 2012-04-04 Denver Museum of Nature & Science Info:
- Free Admission for organized school and youth groups /teachers/featured-updates/free-admission/
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- Health Sciences
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- Taste
Classroom Energizer: Colorful Colorado!

Posted 04/02/2012 by Nicole Garneau | Comments
Classroom Energizer! Name of Activity: Colorful Colorado Developed by Nicole Garneau and Tanya Breeling at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, and modeled after "California Dreaming" http://activeacademics.org/LessonIdea.asp?ID=109 http://restlesswestjournal.com/2010/08/01/putt…
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- Education
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- Colorado
Kepler Orrery II

Posted 04/02/2012 by Ka Chun Yu | Comments
Last year, a couple of animations showing solar system candidates from Kepler were posted to Youtube. The sequel is now back! Created by Daniel Fabrycky from the Kepler science team, here are all of the planetary system candidates with more than one planetary companion orbiting the parent st…
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Astro: WISE All Sky Survey

Posted 04/02/2012 by Ka Chun Yu | Comments
All sky surveys provide a sort of fundamental baseline to astronomical observational science. Such surveys are done using the same telescope and/or instrument, or at least instruments that are similar enough that the differences between them are well understood. (The latter occ…
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