Squaw Valley Ski Museum

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By Janet Fullwood Contra Costa Times Correspondent “The upcoming Olympic Heritage Celebration is timed to cash in on public enthusiasm for the 2010 Winter Olympics, opening Feb. 12 in Vancouver, British Columbia. And it’s more than just a nostalgia bash. The underlying goal is to raise funds and support for a ski museum to be built at a yet-to-be-determined North …

“Visiting the Creation Museum”

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A DIFFERENT VIEWPOINT Peter Dodson, left, of the University of Pennsylvania, Michael Foote of the University of Chicago and Jon Todd of the Museum of Natural History in London watching a video at the Creation Museum. By Kenneth Chang New York Times, Published June 30, 2009 Creation Museum 2800 Bullittsburg Church Rd. Petersburg, KY  41080 888-582-4253 http://creationmuseum.org Previous Exhibition Review …

“Extreme Mammals” at AMNH

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Exhibition Review Come Meet Your Folks: Warm Blood Is Required By Edward Rothstein New York Times, May 14, 2009 Raymond McCrea Jones/The New York Times Link to Media “Michael Mesiter, Director of Exhibition Design at the American Museum of Natural History, discusses the Extreme Mammals” exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History.” You don’t usually associate the American Museum …

$24 Per Person!, California Academy of Science

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At $24 per person, the California Academy of Science is setting a tone before you enter the door, two adults and two children, $78 dollars!  for a public institution.  This is a violation of the trust between a learning institution and the public.  That is before we even discuss if the experience is worth it and I would say it …