Orem-Geneva Times | 2007-07-12 | Page 5

Thursday, July 12, 2007 0 R E M TIMES Page 5 NEWS AND IDEAS FROM CLASSROOMS AND EDUCATORS South county museums offer fun I -,M..rn r .n.,. 3 I - rWfflk Louis Crandall is the owner of fie This is the second in a two-part two-part series about activities at local museums. SOUTH COUNTY MUSEUMS I Chieftain Museum 100 West 100 South, San-taquin San-taquin I Hours: by appointment. Contact Annette Bott, 754-3910; 754-3910; Donna Bott. 754-3957; or Idonna Crook, 754-3958 I Admission: free This museum is a delightful place for families. Housed in a school that was built in 1903, the two stories of this building are filled with fascinating artifacts. arti-facts. Visitors can see an early Utah school room, a mining claim, early Utah dining room and bedroom, blacksmith's shop, frontier cabin, "Indian Room," and Veteran's Memorial Memori-al Room. A highlight of the museum mu-seum is a town's main street with a variety of shops candy store, hat shop, saloon, barber shop, jail, trapper's cabin, and doctor's office. Peteetneet Museum and Cultural Arts Center 10 S. Peteetneet Blvd. (600 East), Payson I Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission: free I For museum and event information, in-formation, phone [phone]. I The museum is housed in the old Peteetneet School, which was built in 1901. The museum's largest exhibit is the Victorian home. Each room 8s O pBLTirDo Spring Acres Arts Park 620 S. 1350 E. Springville Tickets $10.00 Tickets are available at the Springville City Offices, online at www.springville.org or at the gate. Gates Open H "'ts include: at 7P.m. Cyf? .... ! Crcmdall Historical Printing Museum in Provo. is furnished to show life in the 1800's to early 1900's. The rooms include kitchen, dining room, bedroom, and parlor. There is also a school room and blacksmith shop from the Victorian era. I Also of interest is the "History "His-tory of Writing" exhibit, which features antique pens, typewriters, type-writers, cameras, telephones, and record players. The "Freedom "Free-dom Room" honors local veterans, veter-ans, and the museum also has a large WWII exhibit. k With its flowers and fountains, a walk through the Peteetneet grounds is also a pleasure. Payson DUP Museum 439 W. Utah Ave., Payson Hours: Mondays 2- 5 p.m. & by appointment For group tours or appointment appoint-ment call Jeane Lundholm, 465-3537 I Admission: free k This museum at the City Center features pioneer photos and artifacts. See how pioneers lived in a completely furnished log cabin. The Historic Utah County Courthouse 1 51 S. University Ave., Provo I Hours: Monday-Friday 8 a.m to 5 p.m. I This stately building is, in itself, a work of art. Taking over six years to build, it features fea-tures some of the West's finest craftsmanship. Its neoclassic design is patterned after the ancient Acropolis at Athens. Built from native limestone r r and granite, it was completed in 1926. The building currently houses offices and is open during dur-ing business hours. In addition to viewing the magnificent architecture, the first floor contains a many paintings and photography by Utah artists featuring Utah landscapes The courthouse grounds and gardens make a refreshing walk. To the west of the courthouse, court-house, stands a beautiful and unique tree the tabletop elm or Weeping American Elm. This tree, a gift to the city of Provo, has spread over 100 feet across. Many of the spreading spread-ing branches are supported by steel posts. This is a lovely and cool spot to enjoy a picnic. Eyring Science Center I BYU Campus (center of campus) Hours: Building is open from 6 a.m.-ll p.m. Admission: free. There's plenty of self-guided self-guided hands on science fun here. See the Foucault Pendulum, Pendu-lum, see optical illusions, make music on the PVC Sewer Pipe Synthesizer, shoot air with the Vortex Cannon, play with the magnetic sandbox, and listen to little sounds on the "big ears'" satellite dish. Crandall Historical Printing Museum 275 E. Center St., Provo Phone: [phone] Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. I Admission: $3, children 12 and under are free X"', u Make It Real You Got It All MATT SMITHDaily Herald Lovers of the printed word will find this museum a fascinating place to visit. The 90-minute tour includes seeing pages being printed on a replica rep-lica of the Gutenberg printing press: Visitors will also see a replica of Benjamin Franklin's press that was used to print "Poor Richard's Almanac," and will view a replica of the Peter Smith Acorn Press that printed the Book of Mormon. Brigham Young University Museum of Art I North Campus Drive, Provo Hours: Monday and Friday 10 a.m.-9 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday, Satur-day, noon to 5 p.m. I Phone: [phone] I Admission: free I The Museum of Art is one of the largest art museums in the mountain west. Displays include in-clude works in the permanent collection and traveling shows. Current exhibits include "American Dream," the museum's muse-um's permanent collection of landscapes and portraits by American artists, and "Splendor "Splen-dor and Spectacle," a collection of lithographs and etchings featuring dance from court ballet to Broadway. Opening July 27 will be an exhibit of Minerva Mi-nerva Tichert's paintings. There is more art outside the museum. Children will especially espe-cially enjoy the small sculpture garden on the south side of the museum. It's a good spot for children to get a few wiggles out as well as explore the various vari-ous sculptures. (mm EBfiBUfiSHiB IIS The Intermountain Utah Valley Internal Medicine Clinic welcomes (lily Ionescu, MD, to its staff. A native of Romania, Dr. Ionescu has recently completed a residency in internal medicine at Norwalk Hospital, a Yale University affiliated program in Norwalk, Connecticut. He graduated from medical school in Bucharest, Romania, where he also did a residency in infectious disease. Dr. Ionescu also holds a master's degree in human nutrition from Andrews University in Michigan. He is pleased to be part of the Intermountain Medical Group. Appointments may be scheduled by calling 357-7323. Most insurance plans accepted including Medicare. BYU Earth Science Museum 1683 N. Canyon Road, Provo Pro-vo (directly across street from the football stadium) I Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. I Phone: [phone] I Admission: free I This museum showcases many fossils from the Jurassic period 210-140 million years ago. The "Touch Table" invites children to explore bones and fossils. Visitors can watch paleontology students at work as they clean, identify, and prepare pre-pare specimens. Monte L Bean Life Science Museum 645 E. 1430 N., Provo (Near Marriott Center) I Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. I Phone: [phone] ) Admission: free I Children (and adults) who love animals will enjoy visiting the Monte L: Bean Life Science museum. Filled with displays on birds, fish, mammals, arthropods, ar-thropods, reptiles, insects & arachnids, and plants, this museum is a wonderful place to explore. The museum collections include approximately 2 million mil-lion insects, 3600 crustaceans, 32,000 shells, 10,900 birds, 30,000 fish, 22,000 mammals, and nearly a half -million plants. A free half-hour animal show is presented weeknights at 7:30 p.m. with an additional show on Mondays at 6:30 p.m., and on Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. Shows feature various animals, including reptiles, birds, snakes, and sheep. The museum Web site at http:ml-bean.byu.eduevents.asp http:ml-bean.byu.eduevents.asp gives specific shows and times. Museum of Peoples and Cultures 1 700 North 100 East, Provo (Allen Hall) Hours: Monday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: [phone] I Admission: free I The Museum of Peoples and Cultures is just the right size for children. The two exhibit ex-hibit rooms are filled with artifacts arti-facts that depict life in ancient America. Two hands-on exhibits exhib-its allow children to create a stencil drawing and coil a pot. Boy and Girl Scouts can fill in a three-page worksheet, available avail-able at the museum, to earn a colorful museum patch. The current exhibits include "Seeking the Divine" which celebrates the variety of prayer, celebration, and traditional tra-ditional way of life in cultures throughout the world. Learn how we are similar and different dif-ferent in our belief, faith, and IS religion. "Touching the Past" shows the traditions of the Casas Grandes culture of Northern Mexico. It is a good lx)k at a culture of people who lived in America before Columbus. Legacy Hall BYU's athletic hall of fame and sports memorabilia museum Student Athletic Center, BYU campus, west side I Hours: Monday-Saturday 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Phone: [phone] I Admission: free I BYU sxrts fans will love the displays of Cougar memorabilia. memo-rabilia. Over 100 BYU athletes, representing 21 sports, have donated to this museum. Here visitors can see Ty I Xt trier's Heisman Trophy. In addition to the vv;ill displays and cases, thirteen video kiosks show some of BYU's great sports moments, Cougar Trivia, player biographies, biogra-phies, and interactive games. Springville Museum of Art 126 East 400 South, Springville Spring-ville I Hours: Tuesday - Saturday : 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.. I Wednesday: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. I Sunday: 3-6 p.m. ) Closed Mondays and holidays holi-days I Admission: free, though donations are welcome Phone: [phone] I The Springville Museum of Art is Utah's oldest museum for visual arts. Works from the museum's permanent collection col-lection of art are displayed on the second fkxr. These include works from Utah artists, chronicling the development of Utah art. A Russian Room features large paintings by Soviet artists. Opening July 21, the main floor will feature the museum's annual Quilt Show. The museum grounds feature a number of sculptures, and many more statues by Utah artists art-ists can be found within walking walk-ing distance of the museum. A handout listing the location of these "Statues to Live By" can be obtained at no charge from the museum's front desk. Provo DUP Museum 500 North 500 West (Provo North Park), Provo I Hours: Wednesday, Friday, Fri-day, Saturday 1-4 p.m. or by appointment I Admission: free I Phone: [phone] I This museum features furniture, clothing, tools, guns, household items, and decorations decora-tions used by Utah pioneers prior to 1900. Most of these artifacts have been donated by Utah County families. GILY IONESCU. MD New patients are welcome. Please call to make an appointment. Intermountain Utah Valley Internal Medicine Clinic 1 134 North 500 West, Suite 102A, Provo 357-7323 Copy wdmdm