A day at the museum may be better than summer movie.Byline: Bob Welch There are a number of famous people of this name including:
If you've seen Ben Stiller in "Night at the Museum," you know that history can come alive. Literally. But how do you make history come alive for children when, unlike in the movie, your Teddy Roosevelt wax mannequin Wax Mannequin is the stage name of Chris Adeney, a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. His style has been described as "a hybrid of Bruce Cockburn and Frank Zappa"[1], "Tom Waits and Type O Negative jamming on the early Beatles catalogue"[2] doesn't come alive and, in this case, take a shine to Sacagawea of the Lewis and Clark expedition Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean. ? And Attila the Hun doesn't awaken, only to have an emotional breakdown and admit that his anger and violence were rooted in his being rejected by his father? Lane County's museums hope to do it with an appealing summer program called "Passport to the Past." It represents the first time the county's historical museums - 14 of them are on board - have joined together to be part of a program that'll not only help kids connect with local history but help museums connect with the public. "It's all about travel and exploration in our own geographical backyards," says Robert Hart, executive director of the Lane County Historical Museum and a key in founding the Historical Museums Coalition of Lane County. The Passport program, which started June 1 and ends Oct. 31, provides each participant with a 16-page booklet featuring a page for each of the museums. When a child goes through, say, the Creswell Historical Museum, checking out toys that kids played with nearly a century ago, he gets that page of his passport stamped. Ah, but there's a fun catch: Participants have to correctly answer four "scavenger hunt scavenger hunt n. A game in which individuals or teams try to locate and bring back miscellaneous items on a list. " questions before they get the stamp. When at least eight of the 14 pages are stamped, the young history-seeker qualifies for a drawing for one of 43 prizes to be given out in November at the school with the most students participating. The grand prize? An iPod nano A flash-based digital music player from Apple, introduced in 2005. Like larger iPod models, the nano has a color screen. Although the nano name suggests ultra-small "nanotechnology," the iPod shuffle is actually smaller. See iPod. , complete with accessories provided by The Mac Store. "For the coalition, this is a great start," says Robert Young Robert Young or Bob Young may refer to several different people:
It was Young who suggested the idea for an April 2006, daylong gathering of people running the county's historical museums. Hart loved the idea. The focus: how museums could work together to better reach people regarding history. Realizing that, historically speaking Historically Speaking is a 1951 recording by baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, who is joined by pianist George Wallington. Track listing
But a funny thing happened after the meeting: The representatives wanted to keep meeting and form a coalition - no financial carrots necessary. At one such meeting, Scott Dano, education coordinator for Dorris Ranch, came up with the passport idea. "A lot of kids simply haven't been exposed to history museums," he says. "This is one way of getting them to consider it. And once they're at the museums, they'll discover things that interest them." Soon, it was a done deal - and a great win-win-win, I think, for children, museums and parents worried about stir-crazy kids this summer. Beyond those mentioned, others on board are the Applegate Pioneer Museum, Bohemia Gold Mining Museum, Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). Museum, Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, Historical Society, Wayne Morse Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was a United States Senator from Oregon from 1945 until 1969. In 1953, he made a filibuster for 22 hours and 26 minutes protesting the Tidelands Oil legislation, which at the time was the longest one-person filibuster in Ranch Historical Park, Oakridge Museum, Springfield Museum, Oregon Air and Space Museum, Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. , Siuslaw Pioneer Museum and Shelton-McMurphey-Johnson House. No, unlike what you might see on the big screen, nobody is offering a come-to-life Eugene Skinner shaking his fist at a developer, but the `Passport to the Past' program offers plenty of its own imagination. And who knows? For Lane County historical museums, it may someday prove to be a historic breakthrough. Passports are available at the museums and can be downloaded at www.lanecountyhistoricalsociety.org. |
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