The Prehistoric Museum, USU Eastern: May 2013

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum To Participate In Blue Star Museums

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Writer: Christine K. Trease, 435-613-5757; christine.trease@usu.edu

USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum To Participate In Blue Star Museums

The Prehistoric Museum 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

Price , Utah - May 6, 203 – Today the Prehistoric Museum announced the launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 1,800 museums across America to offer free admission to all active duty military personnel (must show active military ID) and their families from Memorial Day through Labor Day 2013.

Leadership support has been provided by MetLife Foundation through Blue Star Families. The complete list of participating museums is available at www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.

Dr. Ken Carpenter, the museum director and paleontologist said, “It is with great pleasure that we participate in this wonderful program. We thank our military for all that they do. This is just one way of giving back to them. We hope our military families are able to take advantage of this opportunity to see our museum at no cost.”

Prehistoric Museum is located at 155 East Main Street, Price, Utah and the hours of operation are Monday through Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

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Prehistoric Museum

Utah State University – Eastern

155 East Main, Price, Utah 84501 USA

usueastern.edu/museum

Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum Unveils New Archaeology Exhibit

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May 2, 2013

Writer: Christine K. Trease, 435-613-5757; christine.trease@usu.edu

Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum Unveils New Archaeology Exhibit

PRICE, UTAH — The Prehistoric Museum isn’t just about dinosaurs, and the spectacular new archaeology exhibit, “What Is Archaeology,” is a great example of the archaeological exhibits offered at the museum.

As Dr. Riley, the museum’s Curator of Archaeology explains, “Archaeology is more than just collecting artifacts, and this exhibit is designed to show the processes of archaeology from discovery and excavation, through analysis to interpretation and exhibit.” In striving to bring the best possible visitor experience to the public, the new exhibit has hands-on interactives that replicate what professional archaeologists do. How are arrowheads identified? What was a tool used for? An abundance of information, photos and explanations make the new exhibit visually enticing and informative.

As the museum continues to renovate older exhibits and add new exhibits, interactive features will be used whenever possible. “We want the museum to be more than a show place. We want the public to interact with it,” said Dr. Carpenter, the Prehistoric Museum’s director.

In conjunction with Archaeology Week, the unveiling of “What Is Archaeology?” will take place at the museum at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 4^th. What a great way to kick off the museum’s Family Activity Day event.

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