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Show .. ( -- .j i.'jjjj; . ". '.vr.Tfr 16 Sun Advocate Price, Utah Thursday October 3, 2002 By RICHARD SHAW Focus pages editor Museums come in all sizes, colon and types. Ifone looks one can find museums that display everything from marbles to : memorabilia of the first atom bomb explosions. Officially a museum is a place or building where works of art, Scientific specimens and other objects of permanent value are stored and displayed. Most museums display only a portion of the collection of objects they own at any one time. Museums are as miu for storing valuable objects and taking care of and presenting them as they are for showing them. But their true mission is to display. Same museums with large collections often have less than 10 percent oftheir collection out for the patrons of the museum to actually see in a display. The museums in the Castle Country area are generally historical museums, pertaining specifically to this area. The College of Eastern Utah Museum is primarily concerned with the early years of the area; from the age of the dinosaurs to the time of the Native Americans dominance of the area. The Museum of the San Rafael is dominated by the natu- ral history of the San Rafael Swell. The Helper Mining and Railroad Museum depicts the time of the early industrial development of the Carbon County area. The John Wesley Powell Museum shows some natural history which ties in with the early explorers of the 18th and 19th centuries, along with more modem developments from the last 100 yean. The Pioneer Museum shows set- the early days of tiers in mostly the Emery County mm museums atm more... non-Indi-an jhaPiiMru fa Castle Dale depicts he ear settlement 8TB2L Each proyideagood outing for family or visitors. Each is well College of Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum Galleiy 155 East Main, Price 435-637-50- 60 Hours: 9-- 5 Monday-Saturda- y Calendar of Events October 1 January 6 - The Arts and Culture of Castle Country Bdiibit October 4 - Reception at 7:00 pm in the Gallery - meet the artists. October 9 - Pottery Demonstration by Blaine Atwood at 6:00 pm October 18 - Talk Burial of Joe Walker by Joel Frandsen 7:00 pm -- . November 6 - Readings by Jan Minich from "The Letters of Silver Dollar"t and Nancy Takacs from Pale Blue Wings (open mike) 7:00 pm November 15 - Musical Jam Session 7:00 pm November 19 - Talk on Wildflowers by Max & Vera Finley 7:00 pm ..U tl A ,,f vv k ) ' r. V' ' u Exhibit made possible in part by agrant from Utah Office of Museum Services 't I. f V- J .. ' ' K..i . . . v'. . 7 i ' . : 1 ' i t ; ' dayT WTTX |