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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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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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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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The Konovalenko Project: Day 5 Update!

Posted 03/30/2012 by Steve Nash | Comments
As Rick continues to process his photographs (they'll need more work back in Denver), we thought we would share some more with you so that you can again see the results of his many talents. Today, we send along five photographs: a close-up of the face of the old man in Balilaika…
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The Konovalenko Project: Day 4 Update!

Posted 03/29/2012 by Steve Nash | Comments
Rick and I finished our work with the Konvalenko family today! Rick took photographs of another sculpture, Balilaika Player, which has the oldest character we've seen in the collection. He's a jolly old man, with bony figures and a lively disposition. His face is really expressive, and Konoval…
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The Konovalenko Project: Day 3 Update!

Posted 03/28/2012 by Steve Nash | Comments
Today Rick faced the biggest photography challenge to date, with two really big pieces (photos will follow soon) and three smaller pieces. The Painter is not a typical Konovalenko sculpture -- note the figure is static, not dynamic. The Fisherman is more dynamic, having just lost the big one t…
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The Konovalenko Project: Day 2 Update!

Posted 03/27/2012 by Steve Nash | Comments
Today I conducted more interviews with Ms. Konovalenko, focusing on the Museum's sculptures and family archives. Rick took photographs of a Fisherman statue and various clay sculptures that Konovalenko used as models for the stone sculptures. Note the rabbit -- the pencil marks …
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