UO museums offer free admission Saturday.Byline: The Register-Guard The University of Oregon's Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is an art museum located on the campus of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. The original building was designed by Ellis F. Lawrence as part of his "main university quadrangle," now known as the Memorial Quadrangle. will offer free admission Saturday as part of Smithsonian magazine's national "Museum Day." More than 500 museums across the country are participating in the one-day free-admission event. The two UO museums will be open Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The current exhibits at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History include "The Northern Lights - Luminous lu·mi·nous adj. Emitting light, especially emitting self-generated light. Emissaries from the Arctic Arctic area of constant cold. [Geography: WB, A:600] See : Coldness (language, music) Arctic - A real-time functional language, used for music synthesis. ["Arctic: A Functional Language for Real-Time Control", R.B. Skies," "Sharing Traditions, Preserving Culture: Contemporary Native American Weaving weaving, the art of forming a fabric by interlacing at right angles two or more sets of yarn or other material. It is one of the most ancient fundamental arts, as indicated by archaeological evidence. in Oregon," and the state-of-the-art exhibit "Oregon Where Past is Present," which re-creates the sights, sounds, and landscapes of four geographic regions of Oregon. Currently on exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art are "To See Big Within Small: Microcarvings by Chen Zhongsen" and "Faux or For Real: The Art of Researching Art." "The "Faux or For Real" exhibit examines how the scholarship of art history and the application of scientific research can determine the authenticity The correct attribution of origin such as the authorship of an e-mail message or the correct description of information such as a data field that is properly named. Authenticity is one of the six fundamental components of information security (see Parkerian Hexad). of a work of art, answering the question, "Is that a priceless price·less adj. 1. Of inestimable worth; invaluable. 2. Highly amusing, absurd, or odd: a priceless remark. painting by Goya or a copy painted by his studio assist- ant?" Works included in the exhibition are ones attributed to Gerhard ter Borch, Auguste Rodin, Francisco Goya and Edward Weston. For more information about Museum Day and other participating institutions, visit the Web at www.smithsonian magazine.com/museumday. |
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