MAR/APR 2015 AT THE P!NK PALACE
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
HOURS & INFORMATION
Executive
Joy R. Bowen, President Kevin Thompson, President-Elect, Treasurer Jordan E. Reifler, General Counsel Natalie Prater, Secretary, Friends President Jan Coleman, Friends President-Elect
Pink Palace Museum hours: Monday - Saturday: 9am - 5pm • Sunday: 12noon - 5pm CTI 3D Giant Theater open MON-SUN Planetarium closed for renovations until June 2015
TRUSTEES
Sudhir K. Agrawal, Immediate Past President Peggy Bodine Mark Colombo Stephen R. Franklin Lisa Lichterman John Levesque
Rita Moore Edward M. Rafalski Teri Shanahan Margaret H. West
HONORARY TRUSTEES
Bella Caffe OPEN during museum hours 3050 Central Avenue • Memphis, TN 38111 Showtimes & Ticket Information: 901.636.2362 check for showtimes: www.memphismuseums.org
Richard S. Bodine William L. Reed John D. Walt
Lichterman Nature Center hours: Tuesday - Thursday: 10am - 3pm • Friday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm
EX-OFFICIO
Janet Hooks Steve Pike The operation of the Pink Palace Family of Museums is a successful public-private partnership.
5992 Quince Rd. • Memphis, TN 38119 Program/Ticket Information: 901.636.2211
Mallory-Neely House hours:
DIRECTOR'S SPOTLIGHT The 2nd Annual Science of Beer • January 16, 2015
Friday - Saturday: 10am - 4pm 652 Adams Avenue • Memphis, TN 38105
Magevney House hours: First Saturday of the month: 1- 4pm 198 Adams Ave • Memphis, TN 38103 Tour & Ticket Information: 901.523.1484
VOL. TWENTY-FIVE, ISSUE TWO Museum Scope, issn 0145-6555, is published six times a year by the Pink Palace Family of Museums, 3050 Central Avenue, Memphis,TN 38111. Annual subscription is provided with a value of $6.50 per paid membership. Periodicals postage paid at Memphis, TN. Postmaster: send address changes to Museum Scope, 3050 Central Avenue.
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EXHIBITS TM
Open January 24 - April 19, 2015 Take a slightly different view of Fluffy, Fido and the rest of the Animal Kingdom. Experience some of the stinkiest, slimiest and downright yuckiest creatures on earth. Learn why the dung beetle is considered nature’s original pooper-scooper! Why cows chew cud and why snail and slug slime might provide scientists with more insight into treating cystic fibrosis. Categories: Dookie Find out why a Scarab Beetle is actually very important to the environment in preventing the spread of disease from rotting piles of dung. Increase your vocabulary by matching the scientific dookie name to the correct animal. Slime Makers Slime is essential to some animals, providing important functions such as facilitating motion, aiding in digestion and acting as a defense mechanism. Blood Slurpers Identify the animals that can be a health hazard while finding precautions that may help keep you safe from Lyme Disease, West Nile Virus and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. Vomit Munchers Some animals have to barf to eat: others have to spew after they eat. Discover how regurgitation is crucial for some animals. Other Gross Stuff Meet some not so familiar animals, including one that actually lives in an intestine. Explore how animals use scent and smells for recognition, attraction and defense. Finally, take our trivia challenge on all of the subject matter in the exhibition.
GROSSOLOGY Exhibitions created and produced by Advanced Exhibits, a division of Advanced Animations LLC. GROSSOLOGY is a registered trademark of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Book published by Prince Stern Sloan, a member of Penguin (USA) Inc.
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CTI 3D GIANT THEATER Humpback Whales Opens March 7, 2015 An extraordinary journey into the mysterious world of one of nature’s most awe-inspiring marine mammals, Humpback Whales takes you to Alaska, Hawaii and the Kingdom of Tonga for an immersive look at how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play and take care of their young. Join a team of researchers as they unlock the secrets of the humpback and find out what makes humpbacks the most acrobatic of all whales, why only the males sing, and why these intelligent 50-foot, 48-ton animals migrate more than 6,000 miles round-trip every year. Facinating Facts about Humpback Whales • Humpback whales are known for their magical songs, which travel for up to 20 miles through the world's oceans. These sequences of moans, howls, cries, and other noises are quite complex and often continue for hours on end. A typical song lasts from 10-20 minutes, is repeated continuously for hours at a time, and changes gradually from year to year. • Researchers still are not sure exactly how humpbacks produce their sounds. They don't have vocal cords, so they probably sing by circulating air through the tubes and chambers of their respiratory system--but no air escapes during the concerts and their mouths don't move. • Mothers and their young swim close together, often touching one another with their flippers with what appear to be gestures of affection. • At least 3 different species of barnacles are commonly found on both the flippers and the body of the humpback whale. It is also home for a species of whale lice, Cyamus boopis.
COMMUNICATIONS
SOLUTIONS
Trustee sponsor Kevin and Tanja Thompson
Hidden Universe 3D Now Showing! Explore the earliest galaxies, watch stars being born in vivid clouds of gas and dust, tour the surface of Mars, and witness images of distant celestial structures including stunning views of the Sun. These dramatic new images offer fresh insight into the origins and evolution of the universe.
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"BLAST FROM THE PAST" 2D MOVIES The Jungle Book in 2D Showing Saturdays in March 2015 • 4pm Abandoned after an accident, baby Mowgli is taken and raised by a family of panthers. As the boy grows older, the wise panther Bagheera realizes he must be returned to his own kind in the nearby man-village. Baloo the bear however thinks differently taking the young Mowgli under his wing and teaching that living in the jungle is the best life there is. Bagheera realizes that Mowgli is in danger, particularly from Shere Khan the tiger who hates all humans. When Baloo finally comes around, Mowgli runs off into the jungle where he survives a second encounter with Kaa the snake and finally, with Shere Khan. Which path will Mowgli take? Rated "G." Also showing March 16 - 20, 4pm.
Ratatouille in 2D Showing Saturdays in April 2015 • 4pm A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely - and certainly unwanted - visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. Rated "G." Also showing Good Friday, April 3, 4pm Visit www.memphismuseums.org for showtimes.
ALSO SHOWING AT THE CTI 3D GIANT THEATER
Ends March 6 Visit www.memphismuseums.org for showtimes.
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LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER Volunteer Plant Sale Friday, April 17, 2015 • 9am - 5pm Saturday, April 18, 2015 • 9am–1pm Half-Price Sale Saturday, April 18, 2015 • 2pm - 4pm Beautify your yard, go green, learn something new and have fun! • Free admission and parking • Thousands of native, wildlife friendly and/or edible plants • Over 200 different plant varieties grown by Lichterman Volunteers • Butterfly plants including six types of milkweeds (larval food for Monarchs) along with 64 types of plants providing larval food for other butterflies •More Salvias than ever before including Blue Angel •Shade plants • Hard-to-find woodland plants including Indian Pink, Virginia Bluebells, Columbines, Dwarf Larkspur and Wood Poppy… all great additions to Mid-South yards • Low prices all day Friday and Saturday morning • Even lower prices Saturday afternoon
Wild Lunches It’s lunch time for Lichterman’s residents and you’re invited! What do box turtles eat? How do hawks catch their food? Do snakes swallow their food whole? Find out the answers to these questions and more, plus meet an animal up close and personal. Programs at noon Tuesday – Saturday at the Backyard Wildlife Center.
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SHARPE PLANETARIUM What's Happening at the Sharpe Planetarium?
HISTORIC PROPERTIES Take your family on a historic tour!
The Sharpe Planetarium is under renovation, re-opening in June, 2015 with a 360 degree immersive surround experience, including: • An improved 150-seat theater •Full Dome digital technology - anything you can render on a computer screen can be shown in action on the planetarium dome • All-new state-of-the-art sound system
Wonders of the Universe Now through June 2015 During the construction period, we are offering a “window” onto the universe with a flat-screen program called Wonders of the Universe in the Mansion Theater and sometimes in the Discovery Theater. Show times: 9:45, 11:00, 12:00, 1:30, 3:00, and 4:00.
Ask Dave! Many movies and TV series like Star Trek visit lots of worlds like Earth. What is the chance that we will find habitable worlds and other intelligent beings? The universe is unbelievably big and Science Fiction is a great way to imagine many different possible futures. But the fact remains that the only world that we know supports life (let alone intelligent life) is Earth. However, thanks to the short-lived Kepler mission (launched in 2009), we know there are lots of potentially habitable planets. Kepler is a space telescope designed to look for dips in a star’s brightness caused by a planet passing in between us and the star. The Kepler's pointing system failed in 2013, but that was still enough time to gather enough data to keep scientists busy analyzing for years. In fact, it's already lead to the discovery of more than 1,000 planets!
Mallory-Neely House 652 Adams Ave, Memphis, TN 38105 Open Fridays and Saturdays from 10am–4pm Last tour is at 3pm Visit us in March: 6–7 • 13–14 • 20–21 • 27–28 And April: 3–4 • 10–11 • 17–18 • 24–25 Free admission to Museum members!
One University of California, Berkley graduate student (Erik Petigura) even estimated that there could be as many as 40 billion habitable planets in our galaxy alone! That may be an optimistic number, but the odds have definitely improved, and many radio telescopes are now listening for the signals that could show that we are not alone. Do you have a question for Dave? Email it to museumscope@gmail.com, and be sure to put "Ask Dave" in the subject line!
Magevney House 198 Adams Ave, Memphis, TN 38103 Open the first Saturday of each month from 1–4pm. Visit us Saturday: March 7 and April 4 Free admission to the public! 6
SUPPORTERS For membership information: 901.636.2406 To make a contribution: 901.636.2412 Donations $100,000+ Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Bodine, Jr.* $50,000-$99,999 Crew Training international, Inc. Friends of the Pink Palace $10,000-$24,999 American Snuff Charitable Trust BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jemison, Jr. $5,000-$9,999 Cetacea Sound, Inc. Inventory Locator Service, LLC Kemmons Wilson Family Foundation Margaret H. West, MD* $1,000-$4,999 Anonymous Bryce Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Rob Carter Crews Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bill Fondren Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Gibson Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morgan NISE Mr. Paul Prather Dr. Edward Rafalski* Mrs. Teri Shanahan* Mr. John Sims Mr. and Mrs. Jack Straton Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Thompson* Mr. and Mrs. Randy Williams $500-$999 Ameriprise Financial Mr. and Mrs. Frank Childress Mrs. Barbara Crippen Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Foster Mr. and Mrs. Walter Howell Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Jones Montgomery Martin Contractors Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Smythe III Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wernet Ms. Drucilla and Mr. Don White $100-$499 Mr. and Mrs. Joel Brown Charles Askew Special Fund Chucalissa Chapter DAR Dr. and Mrs. James Dorman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Fahhoum Dr. and Mrs. Masanori Igarashi Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Kremer Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Langston Mr. and Mrs. John Levesque* Mr. Barry Lichterman Ms. Lisa Lichterman* Malco Theatres Mr. John Maxwell Mr. Scott May Ms. Laurie McBride Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McCormack Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Parker Mrs. Orli Weisser-Pike Mr. Steve Pike* Mr. Anton Reiner and Ms. Marcia Honig Ms. Stephanie Richards Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rimstidt Mr. Michael Rodriguez-Chapman Mrs. Emily B. Ruch
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Ms. Phyllis Tamm Dr. Benton M. Wheeler Mr. Charles Williams Dr. Regan Williams $1-$99 Mr. and Mrs. Gary Bentley Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Brooks Ms. Gwendolyn Calleo Ms. Abby Hamilton Dr. and Mrs. Michael Jacewicz Ms. Sue A. Kelley Ms. Leah Langford Mr. and Mrs. Bergen Merrill Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Noble Mr. Clay Phillips Dr. John H. Pickens and Dr. Suzanne Satterfield Mr. and Mrs. Russell Scheinberg Self Foundation Ms. Karen Wellford *Board of Trustee Member Supporters Palace Guard - $175 + Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Balla Club Level - $100+ Mr. and Mrs. Shane Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Michael Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Atkins Ms. Sandra Aylor Ms. Rose S. Babb Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Baker Mr. and Mrs. Tod Baringer Mr. and Mrs. Matt Bialy Ms. Teresa Blair Mrs. Linda Bowie and Mrs. Michelle Grandberry Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Breunig Mr. and Mrs. Josh Bringle Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Brokeshoulder Mr. and Mrs. John Brooks Mr. and Mrs. Andrew T. Burton Mr. Ryan Cain Ms. Elizabeth Carrozza and Ms. Dianna Davis Mr. Justin Christian and Mrs. Danielle Sosa Dr. and Mrs. Brad Cole Mr. and Mrs. Len Cole Ms. Preslie J. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Mark Copley Mr. Wade Cox and Mrs. Susan Cox Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Crisp Mr. and Mrs. Bill Crosby Mr. Jeff Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. Mitch Dean Mr. and Mrs. Neel Dean Mr. and Mrs. Adam Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Durkee Mr. and Mrs. Scott Enzor Mrs. Katharine Fedrman and Ms. Lisa Gilbreath Mrs. Marley Fields and Mr. Matt Slutz Ms. Sandra Fleming and Mr. John Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Travis Fleming Mr. and Mrs. Serian Frahm Mr. and Mrs. Josh Fussell Mrs. Mary Ann Garey Dr. Saul Goorha and Dr. Malike Tuli Ms. Reba Grey Clark Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Haynes Mr. and Mrs. Jason Johnson Mr. and Mrs. James Jones Ms. Stacey King Ms. Lisa Krone and Mr. Jay Walker Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Langley
Ms. Vilma E. Lopez Mr. and Mrs. Rob Lucas Mr. Chad Massey Mr. and Mrs. Louis May Mr. and Mrs. Scott McDuffee Ms. Evie Medley and Mrs. Erika Green Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Miller Mr. and Mrs. William A. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Chris Morhardt Ms. Patricia Parham and Ms. Melissa Parham Mrs. Deanna Parkhurst and Ms. April Parkhurst Ms. Karen Paul Ms. Michelle Powell Mr. and Mrs. Gerando Ramiey Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reynolds Mr. Fabian Ricalde Mr. and Mrs. Matt Robbins Ms. Missy Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Ricky Sisco Mr. and Mrs. Goetz Stobbe Mr. and Mrs. Todd Stockton Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Stran Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor Mr. Matt Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Tompkins Mr. and Mrs. Mark Vaughn Ms. Vicki Walk Mr. Justin Wesche and Mrs. Joyce Lubin Mr. and Mrs. David Wiener Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilder Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Williams Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Josh Wright Family 75+ Mrs. Kathleen Alkema Mr. and Mrs. Frank Allen Mr. Samuel Andereck Dr. Celia Anderson Mr. and Mrs. Marian Axente Mr. Geoff Bakewell Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Barbcock Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Barnett Mrs. Sue Barnett Mr. and Mrs. Mark Berko Mr. and Mrs. James Bierbrodt Mr. and Mrs. Christian C. Bird Mr. Nicholas T. Bird Dr. and Mrs. Allen Black Ms. Lauren Boutwell and Ms. Jennifer Boutwell Walts Ms. Jasmine Bradford and Ms. Gwendolyn Barre' Mr. and Mrs. Brent Bradley Dr. and Mrs. Nathan T. Brewster Mr. and Mrs. Matthew W. Brooks Mr. Chris Burgess Mr. and Mrs. John Cargile Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coolidge Mrs. Rosemary Cooper Mr. and Mrs. John Corbin Mr. and Mrs. Mike Cordogan Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Cox Mr. and Mrs. Don Crossnine Mr. and Mrs. Luke Danley Mr. and Mrs. Chad Daulton Ms. Michelle Davenport and Ms. Allison Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Clay Deacon Mr. and Mrs. Remy Debes Mr. and Mrs. Willard Dixon Ms. Kay Dotson and Ms. Kim Jones Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Douglas Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dove Mr. James Elliot and Ms. Erica Richards Mr. and Mrs. Brent Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Davis Frye Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Gardino Mr. Gerard Geuss Mr. and Mrs. Donald Glenn Mr. and Dr. John Goodfred Mr. Jerry L. Goudy Mrs. Margie Gray Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greer Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Hall Rabbi and Mrs. Baruch Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Ric Hasselbaum Mr. and Mrs. Jason Henley Ms. Kelly Howe Mr. and Mrs. Brent Hurd Mrs. Karen Isaac and Mr. Timothy Maryas Ms. Chantee Jefferson and Ms. Lakedra Hibbler Mr. and Mrs. Larry Jensen Ms. Becky Joyner Mr. Jason Knight Mr. and Mrs. Poret Krock Mr. Sunny Lake and Ms. Ava Nelson Mr. Philip E. LaMoreaux and Mrs. Mary M. Whitefield Mr. and Mrs. Randy Lee Mr. and Mrs. Stan Manning Mr. Michael Martin and Ms. Victoria Smith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas McAnally Mr. and Dr. Joseph Michael Mr. and Mrs. Chris Moore Mr. and Mrs. Michael Moore Ms. Kathleen Nash Mr. and Mrs. Garland Neal Mrs. Sumiya Nichols Mr. Dmitry Ozeryansky and Mrs. Marina Levina Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Penn Mr. and Mrs. Todd Perkins Mr. and Mrs. James M. Raulerson Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reed Mr. and Mrs. Justin Reed Mr. and Mrs. Frank Reid Mrs. Marion Reid and Mrs. Margaret Reid Mrs. Jackie Reyes Mr. and Mrs. Scott Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sandlin Miss Michelle Sims Ms. Joyce Simelton and Ms. Renata Simelton Mr. and Mrs. Dale Skaggs Mr. and Mrs. Drew Smith Ms. Shaneka Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Sean Sullivan Mr. Donald D. Taylor III and Mr. Donnie Taylor Jr. Ms. Amanda Thomas Ms. Jamie Tidwell Mr. James Turner and Dr. Victoria Turner Mr. and Mrs. Ben Vaughn Ms. Brittney Vaughn Mr. and Mrs. Scott Vincent Mr. and Mrs. Lee Walker Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Walkup Mrs. Mary E. Wilson Ms. K. Wilbanks Mr. John Wilkerson and Mrs. Karen Marchand Ms. Audra Williams Ms. Sailaja Yarlagadda Mrs. Betsy Young Individual /Dual Level - $50 Mr. James M. Ammel Ms. Madhuri Annam Mr. AJ Arnold Mr. Marcin Bartczak Ms. Patti Brown Ms. Caren Capuson Ms. Carla A. D'Aunoy Ms. Jo Fisher Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Frietze Mr. Jason Helums and Mrs. Eloisa Martinez Mr. Youngsang Kwon and Ms. Theresa Ryu Ms. Ashley Nichols Ms. Molly Oster Dr. Carol M. Peterson Mr. Seth Reid Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Seematter Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Stine Ms. Ashlee Strickland and Mr. Marlon Lucas Ms. Zoe Taiani Ms. Katherine Torode
MEMBERSHIP
BUY A MULTI-YEAR MEMBERSHIP NOW & SAVE! Prices are going up this year so call 901.636.2406 to buy a multi-year membership now.* *Offer held over until the Full Dome Theater Renovations are finished mid-2015!
For membership information: 901.636.2406 To make a contribution: 901.636.2371
Members Day: Dig in at Coon Creek! Saturday, April 11 • 10am–4pm Once a year, the Pink Palace invites our Members to get down and dirty at the Coon Creek Science Center in Adamsville, TN. It's a family-fun fossil dig! • an all-day event • staff on hand to show you how to clean and care for your prehistoric souvenirs • scale model of the solar system and telescope • check the Adamsville weather, dress accordingly • check our website for a map and directions • bring your membership card Coon Creek Science Center (CCSC) 2983 Hardin Graveyard Road Adamsville, TN 38310-2711 Telephone 731-632-4850
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VOLUNTEERS
FRIENDS OF THE PINK PALACE
inspire visitors to discover human cultures, the natural world, technology, and the universe. PINK PALACE MUSEUM Be a Greeter/Ticket Host during the Spring Field Trip Season (March – May) on weekday mornings by helping line up school groups, validate tickets, giving directions and providing prompt and courteous service to our visiting guests. LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER Plant lovers needed for Volunteer Plant Sale. Help set up prior to Sale, April 13-16. Be a Ticket Assistant/Plant Mover Friday or Saturday, April 17-18. MALLORY NEELY HOUSE Step back into the Victorian era and become a Tour Guide on a Friday or Saturday at this historic property. Those interested in Memphis history are needed, who work well with the public, and can commit to a 3 hour shift. Call or email to sign up 901.636.2438 / diane.mckinna@memphistn.gov or visit www.memphismuseums.org/be_a_volunteer/ Thank You Volunteers for Your Support! National Volunteer Week April 12-18, 2015 Farewell, Diane! For the past 12 years, our Volunteer Coordinator Diane McKinna has been the liaison between the Pink Palace Family of Museums and some of its most valuable assets: our volunteers. She has organized, informed and guided thousands of generous volunteers to donate hundreds of thousands of service hours to the Pink Palace, Historic Houses, and Lichterman Natue Center throughout her tenure. And now, after 12 years of unparalleled service, she is retiring. We can’t even begin to express how much we will miss her—she has performed her job with excellence, and has perfectly embodied the spirit of giving that inspires our volunteers. For everything you’ve done, Diane, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts! "My job as Volunteer Manager has been so rewarding for the last 12 years through working in partnership with all of you and with all the volunteers. I truly appreciate all your support." 9
BELLA CAFFE
*Present this coupon for $5 off your purchase when you spend $20. Offer good through March 31, 2015. May not be combined with other offers.
Bella Caffe has delicious, fresh sandwiches, soups, salads and yummy desserts, along with refreshing cold and hot drinks.
Call us at 901.636.2407!
MUSEUM STORE It's a whale of a tale!
Dive right in! Museum Store Employee Digging Egypt
Wearable whales!
Call me Ish-whale!
Any other time of the year, you would find Dustin Peasley working in the Pink Palace Museum Store. But this spring, Dustin is in Egypt, conducting archaeological research for his doctoral dissertation at the University of Memphis. Dustin started his adventure in Luxor, the archaeological haven of New Kingdom Egypt. Luxor is where the Valley of the Kings and Karnak Temple are located. There, Dustin worked in an ancient rock-cut tomb dating to the time of Ramesses II (1250 BCE). The tomb’s walls are painted with Egyptian funerary motifs and contain a tunnel suspected to lead to the burial shaft of the original tomb owners, the priest Panehsy and his wife Tarenu. Over 100 other mummies can be found there as well. An ancient economic crisis forced several generations of Egyptians to use the same tomb as a site for their dead. Dustin moves next to Hierakonpolis, the premier site for the study of the Predynastic period in ancient Egypt. This period (4400-3000 BC) is the major focus of his doctoral research, focusing on the remains of several hundred graves from a non-elite cemetery in order to identify family units and their influence on a future centralized Egyptian state that flourished for over 3,000 years. That’s a lot of history, but hey, we have history at the Pink Palace too! Dustin returns to Memphis at the end of March. Stop by the Pink Palace and give him a high f vi!
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RENTALS
photo courtesy of Studio J
The Pink Palace offers a variety of exciting options for all your event needs. From the state of the art CTI 3D Giant Theater to the elegant charm of the Mansion, we can provide the facilities to make your event a truly unique experience. Whether you need a one-time rental for a wedding, party, or fundraiser or a weekly place for your church or community group to meet, we’ve got you covered. And we’ve got all the practical things you’ll need to make it happen: spaces that are both beautiful and functional, theaters that seat from 200 to 400, parking space, security, maintenance, restaurant, loading dock, great location, the works. And, we’re affordable! In fact, the Pink Palace has room for almost any kind of club, organization or church group. If you’re looking for a home, you’ll find it at the Pink Palace.
Call 901.636.2394 or 901.636.2373 for more information.
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Lichterman Nature Center is looking for a few good churches… churches with people, but without buildings. If your church is looking for a home, short or long-term, check out the Lichterman Nature Center. We’re located on 65 acres of lush woodlands, with a meadow and a lake. There are a variety of options, both indoors and out. We have all the physical things a church needs: indoors, choose from an intimate room for 50 or a larger room for 200. You can also take services outside to our Davidson Special Events Pavilion, a lovely open-air facility that seats 250 and is located on the forest edge and features a stone fireplace, serving kitchen and restrooms. There’s also our beautiful amphitheater. It seats 125 people, and comes equipped with spotlights, stage lights, and a stage.
The stage is oriented with the lake as its backdrop, and makes a gorgeous scene for your group. In addition, Lichterman has 136 parking spaces, security, maintenance and a catering kitchen. If you’re looking for a home for your church, we’d love to talk to you! Call 901. 636.2213 for more information.
ACTIVITIES Find the Shrunken Head! The Shrunken Head has escaped and is hiding in the Museum Scope! Our staff detectives have determined that he's hiding somewhere on pages 2 - 8. Help us find him for your chance to win two passes to the new CTI 3D Giant Theater. Send us his location along with: Your Name: Your Address: Page #: Location on Page: To museumscope@gmail.com. Deadline for entries is March 31. Winner will be determined at random from all eligible entries and contacted by email. Congratulations to Kenny Perry for winning January-February!
MatCh the whale tails! Scientists can identify individual humpback whales by studying their tail flukes. The color patterms and scars are unique marks, like your own fingerprints, that distinguish one whale from the next. Can you find the matching whale tails?
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COMING SOON - MAY/JUNE EXHIBITS
BLAST FROM THE PAST MOVIES AT THE CTI GIANT THEATER
The Little Mermaid in 2D Showing Saturdays in May 2015 • 4PM Venture under the sea where Ariel, a free-spirited mermaid princess, longs to be part of the human world. After bravely striking a bargain with Ursula, a sneaky sea witch, Ariel embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. With Flounder and Sebastian at her side, Ariel will need all of her courage and determination to make things right in both her worlds. Rated "G." Also showing Memorial Day, May 25, 4PM Wicked Plants June 6 - September 7, 2015 Meet some of Mother Nature’s most appalling creations this summer! Inspired by Amy Stewart’s book Wicked Plants: The Weed that Killed Lincoln’s Mother and other Botanical Atrocities, see more that 100 of the world’s most diabolical botanicals— without the risk of intoxication, addiction, dismemberment, or other danger.
Superman: The Movie (1978) in 2D Showing Saturdays in June 2015 • 4PM An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero. Rated "PG."
Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark in 2D Showing Saturdays in July 2015 • 4PM Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. Rated "PG." 13
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Meet the “Jaws of the Cretaceous Period,” a 71-million-year-old killing machine, 25-feet of swimming menace – and the top of the food chain in his day. This Mosasaur skeleton is a specimen similar to the Pink Palace Mosasaur found among thousands of marine fossils in the ancient sea floor at Coon Creek. He’s a reptile, not a dinosaur, but while running from a T-Rex, you would not want to encounter this guy in the water.
Huge Plesiosaurs, marine crocodiles, sea turtles and Mosasaurs shared the waters with sharks and fierce, fanged-tooth fishes.
Did you know that millions of years ago, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and parts of Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky and Missouri were submerged beneath an embayment of what would become the Gulf of Mexico? The climate was warmer than today – semi-tropical, like current-day southern Florida. Coon Creek Science Center, located in rural McNairy County, Tennessee, and part of the Pink Palace Family of Museums since 1988, was formed in shallow coastal water probably less than 100 feet deep. The sea floor was heavily populated with shellfish, crabs and lobsters.
In addition, we invite you to support the Pink Palace Museum by sending a charitable gift today. We will use your gift to bring one or more children from local Title 1 schools to see it all for themselves.
At the Pink Palace Museum, this Mosasaur skeleton is surrounded by a Mastodon (cast), T-Rex and Dilophosaurus replicas, along with other fossilized bones and extinct critters. Come meet him in the Museum, where you’ll be safe from those razor-sharp teeth!
Your gift today ensures the past is introduced to the future!
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Mission Statement: To inspire visitors to discover human cultures, the natural world, technology, and the universe.
AT THE P!NK PALACE • MARCH - APRIL
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SP Planetarium Closed for Remodeling Wonders of the Universe in the Mansion Theater
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SP Planetarium Closed for Remodeling Wonders of the Universe in the Mansion Theater
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CTI Ratatouille 2D 4PM
HP Magevney House open 1-4PM
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CTI Ratatouille 2D 4PM
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CTI The Jungle Book in 2D 4PM
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CTI The Jungle Book in 2D 4PM
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CTI The Jungle Book in 2D 4PM
CTI Humpback Whales 3D opens CTI The Jungle Book in 2D 4PM
HP Magevney House open 1-4PM CCSC Coon Creek Members' Day 10AM-4PM CTI Ratatouille 2D 4PM
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LNC Volunteer Plant Sale 9AM-5PM
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CTI Ratatouille 2D 4PM
LNC Volunteer Plant Sale 9AM-1PM LNC Half Price Plant Sale 2-4PM
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PP Animal Grossology ends
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CTI Ratatouille 2D 4PM
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