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NYSHA/TFM Press Room - Cooperstown Organizations Present Cabin Fever Film Series Fenimore Art Museum and The Farmers’ Museum are located on Lake Road, Route 80, one mile north of the village of Cooperstown. Films presented by The Farmers' Museum, Fenimore Art Museum, and Glimmerglass Opera will be shown in the auditorium at Fenimore Art Museum. Friday, March 4, Far and Away (1992, PG-13), presented by The Farmers’ Museum www.nysha.org /pressroom/entry_detail.asp?id=217   (686 words)

Science Websites The National History Museum website has an excellent Science Casebook section that enables visitors to follow Daphne's attempts to find out whether the recently discovered skull with large fangs in the River Fowley, is evidence of the existence of the Beast of Bodmin Moor. Daphne Hills works in the Department of Zoology at the National History Museum and is part of the team responsible for identifying mammal specimens. National Library of Medicine : The U.S. National Library of Medicine web site provides free access to a wide variety of health information for both health professional and the public. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /REVscience.htm   (686 words)

Significant Grants The interior and exterior restoration on the Southern Tenant Farmers Museum and the exterior restoration on the Lakeport Plantation are expected to be complete by the end of the 2003. Original holdings and records were confiscated and never returned, but many of the original papers of the Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union are housed at the University of North Carolina. Arkansas State University has already obtained microfilm of these papers for study by scholars, according to Hawkins, who also serves as interim director of the ASU Museum. asunews.astate.edu /grants.htm   (686 words)

A2A - Access to Archives Catalogues New This Month, April 2003 Fourth deposit [1923, 1984-1985] Museum of English Rural Life: National Farmers Union. Pewsey Vale, Calne and Devizes Branches [1923 - 1980] Museum of English Rural Life: National Farmers Union. Third deposit [1893 - 1952] Museum of English Rural Life: National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers [1873-1971] Museum of English Rural Life: National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers. www.a2a.org.uk /about/catalogues/new0304.asp   (686 words)

Cooperstown NY vacation and travel planning guide From the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to a family-fun day at the Farmers' Museum, we have "all the bases covered" when it comes to your Cooperstown vacation. at the Farmers' Museum and Fenimore Art Museum Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum and Doubleday Field make this central New York state location a truly memorable destination. www.visitingcooperstown.com   (523 words)

mill.htm The Manchester Historic Association's Millyard Museum is housed in Mill No. 3 at the corner of Commercial and Pleasant Streets. The Museum features the permanent exhibit, Woven in Time: 11,000 Years at Amoskeag Falls, that tells the story of Manchester and the people who have lived and worked there. The Millyard Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. www.manchesterhistoric.org /mill.htm   (523 words)

MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION OF SASKATCHEWAN The museums have long been commemorating the builders of this province - the politicians, the farmers, the male-dominated professions. Museums in that region each selected a woman from their town or city who had left a legacy worthy of honouring. The museums participating in the project are currently in the research and documentation phase and are looking forward to sharing these stories and visuals with a Canadian audience. www.saskmuseums.org /news/news.php   (523 words)

Questions for Terry Brady - 3/23/00 The Nordics’ often remarkable achievements as brave fishermen and active loggers, carpenters, farmers and miners are chronicled in the museum’s Promise of the Northwest exhibits. The museum’s Heritage Rooms display a myriad of colorful folk costumes and typical household items the immigrants brought with them to enrich their life in the new land. While the museum enriches more than 65,000 visitors a year with these exhibits and others that rotate through its changing galleries of contemporary Scandinavian art and handicrafts, it also is a tremendous resource for the community. home.comcast.net /~raisingthebar/NordicHeritageMuseum.html   (523 words)

Vermont Museums Art Centers Planetariums Vermont Museum Guide from Vermont Living Vermont Museum Guide Tour Rokeby Museum and meet the Robinsons- a remarkable family of Quaker pioneers, farmers, abolitionists, authors, and artists. This living museum is an educational center and clinic devoted to birds of prey. The museum's 25 19th -century structures include a covered bridge, a round barn, a lighthouse, and a 220-foot restored steamboat,"Ticonderoga", that is a National Historic Landmark. www.vtliving.com /museums   (1534 words)

The Cumberland Homestead Project The Museum is in possession of several pieces of furniture made on the Homesteads, such as dining table, chairs, bed and mattress, etc., all of which will be used to furnish the house. Most of the homesteaders were idle and displaced coal miners, unemployed timber and sawmill workers, down and out factory and mill workers and small time farmers bankrupted by the Depression. It is located two miles from the Museum and 0.8 mile from the Cumberland Mountain State Park on State Highway 419 (Pigeon Ridge Road). plateauproperties.com /home.html   (1534 words)

OpinionJournal - Extra Afghan farmers are also encouraged to replace opium poppies with roses and "distil rose oil, a key component of perfume, by planting 40,000 Bulgarian rose plants. Many of the treasures were once on display in the Kabul Museum, which was shelled several times and lost its roof and door. Afghan National Army soldiers with the 3rd Brigade from Pol-e-Charkhi are learning to appreciate what it means to do a little extra for their fellow citizens. www.opinionjournal.com /extra?id=110006017   (8853 words)

The Glenbow Museum > Walter and Amelia Smith United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) and Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) proposals. United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) and Henry Wise Wood. United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) and Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). www.glenbow.org /collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/smith.cfm   (4494 words)

FB - Home Page interesting with the new picture book, A Walk Back In Time in the Farmers Branch Historical Park now available in the Museum Store in the Park. The Farmers Branch Community Recreation Center is presenting a free nutrition session to help get residents ready for the holidays. Returning to the scene of last year’s rousing success, the USO Show Troupe “Liberty Belles” will be featured at the 2005 Farmers Branch Veterans Day Celebration, set for Friday, November 11 at 10:30 a.m. www.ci.farmers-branch.tx.us   (525 words)

Greater Southwest Historical Museum The Museum tells the fascinating story of human settlement in South-Central Oklahoma, from early Native American history, to the farmers, ranchers and townspeople who built strong communities in the region. The museum is housed in Ardmore’s former Oklahoma National Guard Armory. Presenting The Greater Southwest Historical Museum of Ardmore... www.gshm.org   (227 words)

The Glenbow Museum > United Farmers of Alberta Oral History Project - Consists of a transcript of an interview with a former United Farmers of Alberta cabinet minister from the Peace River area. - Consists of a brief biography of the former United Farmers of Alberta cabinet minister, written by Una Maclean Evans. - Consists of interview regarding his activities in the farmers' movement and the United Farmers of Alberta. www.glenbow.org /collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/ufa_oral.cfm   (514 words)

Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin Whitney and his partner Phineas Miller were trying to come up with a business plan on selling the gin to farmers, but by the time a patent was granted to Whitney, they were in serious financial trouble. The official Eli Whitney Museum Online - A showcase of the inventor’s life including exhibits, a catalog, a virtual museum, a picture gallery, and links to other inventor’s websites. The Eli Whitney Museum - This is the official Whitney Museum Site. www.accd.edu /sac/history/keller/Whitney/cantu.htm   (514 words)

Angry Thai Farmers Say Ban GM Rice Farmers from all over Thailand flocked to the day-long Rice Forum held in the Museum Hall for Culture and Agriculture in Kasetsart University near the outskirts of Bangkok on August 15. Farmers were told to exchange their traditional varieties for the new ones which turned out to be very susceptible to disease. Farmers confirmed that the use of pesticides and fertilizers resulted in many diseases, while traditional varieties never gave so many problems. www.biotech-info.net /thai_farmers.html   (514 words)

See East Texas! - Farmers Branch Farmers Branch has become one of America's best-kept vacation secrets located between I-635 LBJ Freeway, I-35 and the Dallas North Tollway, ten minutes from D/FW Airport and 15 minutes from Dallas Love Field. Your family can explore the world-famous Southfork Ranch, Six Flags Over Texas, Hurricane Harbor Water Park, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Fair Park Music Hall, and the Dallas Museum of Art. Don't forget Dallas Cowboys football Rangers baseball, Dallas Mavericks basketball, Dallas Stars hockey, and the Texas Motor Speedway. www.easttexasguide.com /2003/pages/00/14/56.html   (133 words)

Excursions The comfortable temperatures and plenty of rainfall gave rise to agriculture especially coffee, and this was the origin of the museum. Among the museums of Kenya it continues to be an immense tour destination as an archeological and prehistoric site. It is the home of one of the pioneer coffee farmers, Karen Blixen. www.natural-track.com /excusions.htm   (842 words)

Steamed up about the farming crisis in Britain... Chairman of the Essex Farmers' Union John Jolly somehow juggles the role with farming 400 acres and owning Mangapps Railway Museum, finds JILL MARINER John Jolly, 56, is well-known, too, in the world of steam trains and historic railways as the owner of Mangapps Farm Railway Museum at Burnham. It can't be easy wearing these two hats simultaneously but John manages both with apparent ease - farming 400 acres in Burnham and welcoming 20,000 visitors a year to the museum, not to mention all the committee and paper work attached to both pursuits. www.thisisessex.co.uk /essex/archive/2000/04/07/NEWS96.3ZM.html   (771 words)

Peaceful Tomorrows : Newsletter * May, 2004 * Volume 7 There are tens of thousands of land mines in Afghanistan that are often found by farmers plowing their fields or children playing. Victims of land mines, as well as victims of debilitating disease such as polio, are fitted with artificial legs which enable them to regain some semblance of a normal life and to continue earning a living. Mine clearance, prostheses, and road rebuilding are necessities after a conflict, particularly after the US-led bombing campaign which began on October 7, 2001. www.peacefultomorrows.org /article.php?list=type&type=23   (771 words)

EASO Budapest - Pre & Post Conference Tours The cathedral is Hungary's largest church, and the Christian Museum is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. At no. 80, the Post Office Museum offers visitors a rare glimpse into the correspondence of the local families and no. 94 houses an exhibition tracing the history of weaving as well as a workshop where traditional weaving techniques are demonstrated. The life of the former fishing village is preserved in the open-air Ethnographical Museum and in the folk Potter's House in the old village. www.iaso.org /conferences/eco2007/tours.htm   (1341 words)

Mysterious Mounds Visit this interesting Web Site for a tour through the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, PA. Click on "Enter the Museum" to learn about the history of the discovery of oil and to view photos of drilling rigs, pumping machinery and oil pits. The importance of the Mississippi River as well as the lives and labor of the ancient farmers in the Delta are highlighted in this site. Visit this web site for history and many interesting photos of the Haymarket Tragedy as well as links to other disturbances and disasters in Chicago, and a Chicago history timeline. www.freedom.k12.pa.us /HS/US%20Hist%20Web%20Site.htm   (1341 words)

The Overland Trail--Trails to the Gold Rush (Last updated 6/09/02) The California National Historic Trail This trail carried over 200,000 gold-seekers and farmers to the gold fields and rich farmlands of California during the 1840's and 1859's, the greatest mass migration in American history. Art of the Gold Rush This is a virtual tour of a real exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California, jointly organized with the Crocker Art Museum. Gold Discovery: Coloma California The home of Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park where you can find a museum, original and restored buildings, and costumed volunteers. www.over-land.com /trgold.html   (1341 words)

Bucharest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Established in 1936, the Village Museum is an open air ethnographical museum, extended on 100,000 square metres, containing 272 authentic buildings and peasant farms from all over Romania. The population greatly increased in the last two centuries with Bucharest growing importance, partially due to urbanization of Romanians, who, until the 19th century were mostly farmers, predominantly living in rural areas. The first Romanian higher education institution was opened in 1694 (the Academy of Saint Sava), and in 1864 the Bucharest University was established; today there are 21 higher education institutes with nearly 100,000 students in the capital. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bucharest   (1341 words)

New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown, NY : details - The Education Department at The Farmers' Museum and Fenimore Art Museum offers exciting and interactive tours, workshops, and lectures that bring art and history to life for their participants. -- The mission of the New York State Historical Association is to instill and cultivate in a broad public audience an informed appreciation of the diversity of the American past, especially as represented and exemplified by the history of New York State, to better understand the present. PAGE OVERVIEW: -- Provides general information about New York State Historical Association, which may include web site and contact information, as well as description and collections info for those planning to visit New York State Historical Association.. www.museumstuff.com /rec/org_20020210_81786.html   (1341 words)

Artcom Museums Tour: State Historical Museum, Madison, WI From territorial days to contemporary social issues, "On Common Ground" introduces the fur traders, Indian tribes, miners, European settlers, farmers, loggers, industrial workers and others who came to call Wisconsin their home and whose influences made the state what it is today. If you wish to return to the Museums Tour Homepage. Artcom Museums Tour: State Historical Museum, Madison, WI www.artcom.com /museums/nv/sz/53703-27.htm   (1341 words)

The Glenbow Museum > United Farmers of Alberta UFA political platform and campaign literature for the 1921 elections. UFA campaign literature for the 1935 provincial election. The name was then changed to The United Farmer and was published weekly until it ceased publication in March 1936. www.glenbow.org /collections/search/findingAids/archhtm/ufa.cfm   (1598 words)

Pennsylvania Dutch Culture Go to the Metropolitan Museum, New York, or Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, and see the roomsful of authentic Dutch objects, now held very high in art value. Many spread westward and southward until today hardly a farming section of our country is without these master farmers. The epic of the settlement of America might not have occurred had not the Conestoga wagon been developed by the competent Dutch carpenters, smiths and wheelrights of Pennsylvania; for what the railroad coach or the freight car is to transportation today the Conestoga covered wagon was to pioneer America. www.horseshoe.cc /pennadutch/culture/index.htm   (1598 words)

Best of the Web www.nmsi.ac.uk The National Museum for Science and Industry online. Online galleries and museums - UK www.nationalgallery.org.uk National Gallery online. www.ncte.org National Council of Teachers of English (USA) online. www.universalteacher.org.uk /urls/urls.htm   (1598 words)

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