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Indian village to participate in Blue Star museums program

May 20, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village is one of more than 1,800 museums across America to offer free admission to military personnel and their families this summer in collaboration with the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families and the Department of Defense.
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Standing Rock unveils Sitting Bull Visitor Center

May 15, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

FORT YATES A tourist information center honoring a former Dakotas tribal leader is scheduled to open on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation. Continue Reading

SD horse sculpture to be in international exhibit

May 7, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The Horse Effigy dance stick will be included in an exhibit featuring American Indian art from the Great Plains that will be displayed over the two next years at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo.
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Museums, libraries, archives offered help with disaster planning

March 19, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The Dakota Collections Care Initiative has set up disaster preparedness workshops beginning in late April for museums, libraries and archives. Continue Reading

Museums at forefront of Murray County commissioners’ meeting

January 7, 2013 in Worthington Daily Globe

Consensus: Additional promotion is needed
SLAYTON Murray County commissioners met for a third time with members of the public Monday to discuss the organizational structure and future plans for End-O-Line Park and the Murray County Museum. Continue Reading

Bell Museum opens butterfly, moth exhibit

June 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

The Bell Museum of Natural History is opening a new exhibit dedicated to butterflies and moths. The exhibit is called, “Flutter: Butterflies and Moths in Art and Science and Natural Curiosity.” Continue Reading

Smithsonian unveils more modern, diverse US history timeline

April 15, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” have a new home with a diverse set of artifacts in a new timeline of American history that includes a piece of Plymouth Rock, a slave ship manifest, Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone and Kermit the Frog at the Smithsonian Institution. Continue Reading

Academy of Natural Sciences to offer tours of off-limits areas

March 24, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald

In celebration of its bicentennial this year, the Academy of Natural Sciences has finally decided that it’s OK to boast a little. For what’s believed to be the first time in 200 years, curators will bring the public into the labyrinthine museum’s normally off-limits nooks and crannies for daily tours.
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Deadwood museum officials hope to pool resources

March 3, 2012 in The Daily Republic

The boards of directors of the Adams Museum & House which oversees operations at the Adams Museum, the Historic Adams House and the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center and the Days of ’76 Museum have been working together for some time to forge a closer partnership. Continue Reading

How America eats: Smithsonian exhibit tracks evolution of food and cooking

December 1, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald

For Dennis Clark, a walk through the Smithsonian exhibit “Key Ingredients: America by Food,” is a trip down Main Street in the Valley City, N.D., home of his youth.
He recalls occasional family outings to Dolly’s Café, or the A&W Drive-Inn, a popular teen hangout.
“It brings back memories,” said Clark, assistant manager of Icelandic State Park. Continue Reading