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How do older technologies stack up against today’s electronic gadgetry? Find out in an interactive presentation, “How Did They Use That,” with San Bernardino County Museum Curator of History Michele Nielsen at the John Rains House on Friday, February 17 at 1:00 p.m. The presentation is free. “This is a great opportunity for visitors of all ages to explore technology over time,” said Nielsen. “Together we’ll look at historic objects from the museum’s study collections and see just how well they worked for the jobs they were meant to do—tasks that may or may not be part of today’s world....
Andrew Turner will present a guest lecture at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands entitled “Reptilian Symbolism and Cosmology in Ancient Mesoamerica” on Wednesday evening, October 26, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture, open to the public, is free. Andrew Turner received B.A. degrees in Art History and Classics from the University of Arizona and a Master’s in Anthropology from UC Riverside. His research interests include the art, symbolism, and religion of ancient Mesoamerica, the Andes, and the American Southwest, and he has traveled extensively to archaeological sites and collections in Mexico and Peru. Andrew has given several public...
Saturday, October 15th from 8:00 – 12:00 the Glass Museum will hold its Annual Parking Lot Sale. This year the museum is going first class, limiting it sales to glass, china, pottery, silver, art, and jewelry from the museum’s storage attic. The museum will also be selling several pieces of Fostoria’s ‘American’ glass, duplicate pieces from their recent donation of 900+ pieces of American pattern glass. In addition Emmas Trunk and Glass in the Garden will have booths, donating 15% of their sales to the museum. The museum gift shop will be open from 8:00 – 4:00. A one day only 20% discount...
The Victor Valley Museum will offer family-friendly astronomy programs in the San Bernardino County Museum’s portable planetarium, StarLab, this Friday and Saturday, October 7 and 8. Twenty-minute shows will begin on the half hour on Friday from 1:00 to 3:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The programs are included with paid admission. “Our StarLab programs are a great introduction to the most accessible constellations,” said Brian Carr, Museum Education Assistant. “After our programs, visitors can watch the night sky, see the starts and constellations they learned here, and then continue looking for more.” StarLab programs are...
The “Avoid Summer Brain Drain” continues at the San Bernardino County Museum now through Saturday, August 6. Many fun and educational activities are lined up each day at the museum, and all activities are included with paid museum admission. “Avoid Summer Brain Drain” activities will run from 10am to 4pm on Tuesdays through Saturdays. Activities are: Thursday July 21 Creating “Fight for cause” posters Friday July 22 Fossil painting Saturday July 23 Projects using fancy lettering Tuesday July 26 Playing old-timed toys and games Wednesday July 27 Making accordion books Thursday July 28 Painting with watercolor Friday July 29 Color study of birds and bird origami Saturday July 30 Making accordion books Tuesday August 2 Painting with...
Redlands, CA - Huell Howser, will broadcast his second visit to Redlands Historical Glass Museum this weekend. The host of ‘Visiting with Huell Howser’ is pictured with museum docent Linda Makar, Director Frank Herendeen, volunteer Sandie Green, Gift Shop Manager Barbara Soelter, and volunteer Joe Soelter. Howser helped celebrate the museum’s 25th anniversary with a visit to the museum. The visit will be rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m., Sunday, February 6th on KCET-TV.. The museum, located at 1157 N. Orange Street, is open to the public Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 noon – 4:00 p.m. Information http://GlassMuseums.com – 909-793-3333. Redlands Glass Museum is not...
March Field Air Museum Invites Pearl Harbor Survivors To a Fireside Chat Tuesday, December 7, 2010 March Field Air Museum invites Pearl Harbor survivors to share their experiences at an intimate fireside chat on Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 1:00pm. The public is invited and the event is free with paid admission to the museum. Please contact Michelle at 951.902.5204 or Michelle@marchfield.org to participate in the program. March Field Air Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 9:00am to 4:00pm. Admission is $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for children 5 to 11 and children 4 and under are free. March Field...
Learn about ancient elephants from a paleontologist, and learn how to drawn them from a cartoonist in a TalkShop, “Art Meets Science: mammoths and mastodons,” at the San Bernardino County Museum on Friday, October 29 from 3 to 6pm. Reservation is required by October 27. Curator of Paleontology Eric Scott will discuss mammoths and mastodons: their evolution, their relationships with each other and with living elephants, their biology, their extinction, and their historic significance in North America paleontology. He will talk about local discoveries of remains of these prehistoric animals. Darlene Douthit will then lead a Cartoon Workshop...
(Redlands, CA) – Hand blown contemporary glass by Upland glass artist Charles J. Keeling is featured at Redlands Historical Glass Museum. The unique museum of American glass houses one of the nation’s largest collection of glassware by American artists and glass factories. In high school, Charles became interested in traditional Japanese Raku pottery, contemporary sculpture, Impressionist painting, and many of the design movements, especially Art Nouveau and the American Crafts movement. Continuing his education at Cypress College he retained his focus on ceramics while exploring many different mediums and processes. During this time period, the artist taught ceramics and 3-d...
Visitors are invited to participate in art programs at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, July 16, 17, and 18. These Arts, Naturally! programs are sponsored in part by the James Irvine Foundation, and are included in paid museum admission. On Friday, July 16, artist Terry Long will lead three workshops, “Painting Made Simple: Watercolor,” at 10am, 1pm and 3pm. Participants will explore basic concepts of composition and use of the watercolor medium. Long is a professor of art at the University of Redlands and he has been leading art workshops at the museum for several weeks. This workshop is appropriate for children age 5 and up....
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