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In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  Research on Electricity, Magentism and the Life Sciences Resumes at the Bakken
An expansion and renovation project at the Bakken Library and Museum in Minneapolis has brought improvements that have significantly enhanced library and museum storage, access, and services.
Completed in 1999, the $6 million project doubled the total size of the Bakken and included the construction of two new classrooms, an education workshop, three exhibit galleries and an aquarium for electric fish.
The focus of the Bakken’s collections is the history of electricity and magnetism and their applications in the life sciences and medicine.
www.aip.org /history/newsletter/fall2000/bakken.htm   (342 words)

  
 Bakken A Library and Museum of Electricity in Life in Minneapolis, MN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Bakken A Library and Museum of Electricity in Life in Minneapolis, MN museumstuff.com :: museums :: Bakken A Library and Museum of Electricity in Life
-- The Bakken is a center for education and learning that furthers the understanding of the history, cultural context, and applications of electricity and magnetism in the life sciences and their benefits to contemporary society.
The Bakken was founded in 1975 by Earl E. Bakken, inventor of the first transistorized cardiac pacemaker.
www.museumstuff.com /rec/org_20020201_10654.html   (324 words)

  
 The Bakken: Research on Electricity and Magnetism and Their Application to Life Science and Medicine
The Bakken Library and Museum significantly enhanced its storage, access and services in 1999 with the addition of a beautiful new reading room and renovation of the existing adjacent library rooms.
Founded in 1975, the Bakken's focus is on the history of electricity and magnetism and their applications in the life sciences and medicine.
The Bakken is located on the west shore of Lake Calhoun at the intersection of West Calhoun Parkway and 36
www.aip.org /history/newsletter/spring2001/bakken.htm   (307 words)

  
 Educational Science Exhibits at The Bakken Museum in Minneapolis Minnesota
Embedded in the lobby floor is a compass rose made of stone, brass, and terra cotta that "orients" the visitor to the Bakken and to the earth's magnetic field.
The Florence Bakken Medicinal Garden recalls an era when plants were one of the principal tools of medical therapeutics.
The Florence Bakken Medicinal Garden was created by integrating medicinal plants that thrive in Minnesota's robust climate with a pre-existing English landscape-style perennial garden.
www.thebakken.org /exhibits/exhibits.htm   (1173 words)

  
 Minnesota Historical Society: Earl E. Bakken | Pioneers of the Medical Industry in Minnesota
February 1, 1998—Medtronic 5800 pacemaker; patent; implantable pacemakers; differing doctor response to internal and external pacemakers; magnitude of health improvement with pacemaker use; public response; different ways to show output; why the first battery operated pacemaker was developed; color and purpose of blinking light; discussion of different models.
Video—May 3, 1999—Bakken addresses a group of students assembled at the Bakken Library and Museum.
Earl E. Bakken was born and educated in Minnesota.
www.mnhs.org /collections/medTech/bio_bakken.html   (371 words)

  
 WAC | Press Release | 1999 | The Bakken Trio
This is her eighth season with The Bakken Trio.
Lin, in her twelfth season as pianist with the Trio, has performed solo recitals in Chicago, Los Angeles, and Pittsburgh and has appeared with the Minnesota Chamber Symphony, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, and the Indianapolis Symphony.
Tickets to The Bakken Trio are $15 ($12 Walker members, students/seniors) and are available by calling the Walker box office at (612) 375-7622, voice; (612) 375-7577 TDD.
www.walkerart.org /archive/4/B5A3913E302DE4C6616B.htm   (384 words)

  
 Rebekka Bakken Wolfgang Muthspiel, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
Born in Oslo in 1970, Bakken studied violin and piano as a child, and in 1995 relocated to New York City to pursue a prof...
Born in Oslo in 1970, Bakken studied violin and piano as a child, and in 1995 relocated to New York City to pursue a professional music career.
In time Bakken also befriended German pianist Julia Hülsmann, with whom she recorded the 2003 album Scattering Poems, a collection of jazz performances inspired by the poes of e.e.
www.emusic.com /artist/11597/11597413.html   (271 words)

  
 Bakken Bears - Forside
Den rutinerede centerspiller Jonas Buur er klar til at tage endnu en sæson for Bakken Bears.
DBBF har trukket lod til den kommende sæsons pokalturnering, og lodtrækningen sender Bakken Bears en tur til Sønderjylland.
Bakken Bears :: Idrættens Hus Vest, Stadion Allé 70, DK-8000 Århus C :: Tlf: +45 89 38 60 00 :: Fax +45 89 38 60 65
www.bakkenbears.com   (196 words)

  
 Frankenstein Exhibit Introduction
isit The Bakken in person to see our real Frankenstein exhibit and take a step back in time to the early 1800s when a young Mary Shelley put pen to paper.
At The Bakken you'll experience a dramatic multi-media immersion into Victor Frankenstein's laboratory and Mary Shelley's study!
The Bakken's Virtual Frankenstein exhibit was created in collaboration with the Minnesota Humanities Commission with support from the 3M Foundation.
www.thebakken.org /Frankenstein/intro.htm   (336 words)

  
 Amusement park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Today, amusement parks have largely been replaced by theme parks, and the two terms are often used interchangeably.
The oldest amusement park of the world (opened 1583) is Bakken, at Klampenborg, north of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Another long-standing park is Prater in Vienna, Austria, which opened in 1766.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amusement_park   (2072 words)

  
 Bakken Museum: Best of Minneapolis St. Paul Museums Award Winner
Bakken Museum: Best of Minneapolis St. Paul Museums Award Winner
Click here to receive The Bakken Electric e-Newsletter
Museum Adventure Passes available from local libraries cannot be used for admission on special event days.
www.thebakken.org   (101 words)

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