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The Marjorie Barrick Museum is the anchor of the Galleries of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Other campus galleries include the Donna Beam Fine Arts Gallery, Jessie Metcalf Gallery in the Richard Tam Alumni Center, the lobbies of the Artemus Ham Concert Hall, the Judy Bayley Theatre, and the Doc Rando Recital Hall located inside Beam Music Center. The Barrick Museum has seen several...
The Lost City consists of a series of archaeological sites that run for 25 miles along the Muddy River Valley near the town of Overton in the Moapa Valley of Southern Nevada. In 1924, brothers John and Fay Perkins from Overton, informed Nevada Governor James Scrugham of the Native American ruins. Governor Scrugham then enlisted the help of archaeologist M. R. Harrington who was at that time...
By Lauren Valone
Since opening on February 14, 2012, The Mob Museum has welcomed nearly a half-million visitors from all 50 states, and nearly three-dozen countries around the world. With its mission of advancing public understanding of organized crime’s history and impact on American society, it is the only museum dedicated to telling the incredible story of organized crime and law enforcement,...
Since opening on February 14, 2012, The Mob Museum has welcomed nearly a half-million visitors from all 50 states, and nearly three-dozen countries around the world. With its mission of advancing public understanding of organized crime’s history and impact on American society, it is the only museum dedicated to telling the incredible story of organized crime and law enforcement,...
Ben Garcia, Head of Interpretation at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology.
By Maraya Cornell
What's it like to work in a museum that's closed for renovation? "It's a real privilege and luxury," says Ben Garcia, Head of Interpretation at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in Berkeley, California. "It's so rare to have time to really think about your practice and be intentional...
By Maraya Cornell
What's it like to work in a museum that's closed for renovation? "It's a real privilege and luxury," says Ben Garcia, Head of Interpretation at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology in Berkeley, California. "It's so rare to have time to really think about your practice and be intentional...
Every workday, Maureen Bourbin, Director of Collections and Exhibits, steps all over her museum's most important artifact. Her office is on the second deck of the USS Hornet, in what used to be the ship's TV station room. As one of only five aircraft carrier museums in the country, this museum is its own biggest and most important object.
The entire collection is housed on the ship as well....
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