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Show Unusual exhibit at museum "Six Days Shalt Thou Labor," a new and surprisingly unusual exhibit ex-hibit on work, will open at the Museum Mu-seum of Church History and Art on June 29 and will run through Oct. 5. The exhibit features art, photographs and artifacts from around the world to illustrate various tools and products of labor. Included are a carved canoe from New Guinea, blacksmithing tools from Sierra Leone, baskets from the Philippines, and campaign posters from a member of the British Parliament. Under the direction of museum curator Steven Epperson, who is assisted by Reed Miller, designer; Jennifer Lund, educator, and Kevin Nielson, registrar, the new exhibit presents the "Why" of work, its importance, and its benefits. The exhibit shows the many kinds of work people have done over the years to feed, clothe, shelter and care for the people they love, and what can be accomplished by work. In answer to the question, "Why do Mormon people work?" Epperson Epper-son said, "Work goes hand in hand with godliness. Church members not only work to provide for their own, but to help build the Kingdom of God." Featured in the historical section of the exhibit are a carpenter's workbench and tools, planes, mallets, a cooking stove and various other household implements. The exhibit concludes with a challenge to young visitors to think about what kind of work they are going to do in their lives. Meanwhile, attendance at the museum continues to grow. Figures released by Glen M. Leonard, director, direc-tor, show more visitors came to the museum during this year's January through May period than during the same period in any other year in the museum's history. The total of 103,703 was an increase of nearly seven per cent for 1992's first five months over last year's five-month total. The Museum of Church History and Art is located just west of Temple Tem-ple Square and is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturdays, Sundays and holidays holi-days from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. Admission Ad-mission is free. |