may/JUnE 2012
IN IMAX® June 16, 2012 – MARCH 8, 2013
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CTI IMAX
®
theater
Jun 16, 2012 – Mar 8, 2013 A journey to the top of the world, To The Arctic is the ultimate tale of survival. The film takes audiences on a journey into the lives of a mother polar bear and her two seven-month-old cubs as they navigate the changing Arctic wilderness they call home. Captivating footage brings moviegoers up close and personal with this family’s struggle to survive in a frigid environment of melting ice, immense glaciers, spectacular waterfalls, and majestic snow-bound peaks.
Visit www.memphismuseums.org for showtimes.
Mar 3 – Nov 16, 2012
MAJOR FUNDING PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
www.tswstormshelters.com
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PINK PALACE exhibits
Jun 23 – Sep 23, 2012 Bigger Than T. Rex: Giant Killer Dinosaurs of Argentina is the first interactive and comprehensive look at the largest dinosaurs ever found. Bigger Than T. Rex has skeletons, a dig pit, children’s activities, and video. Bigger Than T. Rex features the 38-foot adult Giganotosaurus, juvenile Mapusaurus, Velociraptor, and a Monolophosaurus attacking a Tuojiangosaurus, Lystrosaurus, and video with 3-D scan of T. Rex skull. Giganotosaurus (Jig-ahNOTE-oh-SORE-us) means “giant reptile of the south.”Giganotosaurus is known from a nearlycomplete skeleton.
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BISON American Icon
Memphis Celebrates
King Cotton
Jan 28, 2012 through May 25, 2012
April 21, 2012 through October 14, 2012
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Feb 11, 2012 through Oct 14, 2012
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SHARPE
planetarium Hubble Vision 2 Jun 9 – Sept 8
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided incredible images in unprecedented detail and made an astonishing array of discoveries — from nearby objects in the solar system to the most distant galaxies at limits of the observable universe.
Mars Quest Mar 10 – Jun 2
Narrator Patrick Stewart of Star Trek Next Generation fame guides us on this look at the red planet’s past, present, and possible future.
Visions of a Spring Night Mar 17 – Jun 9
Join us for a tour through the current spring skies. We show you constellations with historical notes about our early research into the nature of the universe, as well as keep you up to date on some upcoming astronomical events.
Starlit Nights
Jun 16 – Sept 8
Join our fanciful tour of the brighter stars and constellations found in the summer night sky.
LICHTERMAN
nature center
Wild Lunch / Tuesdays – Saturdays (12pm)
Watch the Backyard Wildlife Center’s animal keepers feed the animals at 12 noon. Tuesday, Thursday & Saturday: Box Turtle; Wednesday: Red Tailed Hawk; Friday: Snakes.
Trail Blazin’ Volunteers
4th Saturday monthly (9am – 12pm)
Organized by Volunteer Mid-South. Trail Blazers help keep our pathways clear. Bring your gloves and we’ll provide the lemonade. WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG
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MEMBERSHIP Has Benefits!
Traveling this summer? Remember your Membership Card. The Pink Palace Family of Museums is reciprocal with 300
MUSEUM STORE books / toys / jewelry / t-shirts
Summer Sale: Members Receive Double Discount May 12 – 20
museums worldwide. See a complete list under “Become a Member” on our website. Have you seen an IMAX film lately? IMAX Club Level Members and above see all films for FREE before they open to the public. New benefit for Members! You now get a $1 discount on Planetarium shows. Call 901-636-2406 for more information on benefits of membership. Items pictured are not to scale.
VOLUNTEER FOR THESE ACTIVITIES:
901.636.2331
FACILITY RENTALS banquets / conferences / weddings
Make History, Science & Nature Come Alive With Lively Learning for All:
PINK PALACE MUSEUM “Bigger Than T-Rex: Giant Killer Dinosaurs of Argentina” Exhibit Train June 21 or June 23 to be an interpreter for this exhibit. The first interactive and comprehensive look at the largest dinosaurs ever found, complete with skeletons, robotics, a dig pit and children’s activities.
Pink Palace
LICHTERMAN NATURE CENTER Backyard Wildlife Center Assistant
Lichterman
Learn about animal wildlife as you prepare meals and clean animal areas for our education animals. Volunteers help Tuesdays – Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Call or email to sign up 901.636.2438 / diane.mckinna@memphistn.gov or visit www.memphismuseums.org
WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG
901.636.2394
901.767.7322 ext.113
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EDUCATION IS FUN!
ound S Science
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BOOM! KAZOW!
Sound Science
Listen up for a sound adventure. Find out all about sound with hands-on activities. You’ll get an earful. Programs are regularly scheduled for Thursdays and Fridays, June 7 through August 3, but groups of 33-100 can schedule any weekday!
Thursdays and Fridays June 7 – August 3, 2012
Admission: $4.25 for children and seniors, $4.75 for adults For Members: $4.00 for children and seniors, $4.50 for adults
12:00noon
Please call 901.636.2389 for programming details or 901.636.2362 for reservation information
Antarctic Adventures: the Sequel
FREE!
Weddell seal expert Dr. Jennifer Burns and Pink Palace educator Alex Eilers are back from their Antarctic adventure and ready to share their adventure with you. Meet Dr. Burns and find out all about the PolarTREC expedition. Thursday, May 10, 6-8pm / Free Admission / Reception, lecture, Q & A
Israeli Scouts Friendship Caravan Free Performance! 2pm, Tuesday, June 12, 2012 in the Pink Palace Mansion Theater. Ten Tzofim (teenage Israeli Scouts) are crisscrossing America as emissaries, sharing their lives in Israel through song, dance and story. Sponsored by the Memphis Jewish Federation.
The Friends of the Pink Palace is the support group for MMI. We would love to have you visit us at one of our meetings. You might want to join!
The friends of the Pink Palace
SUPPORTERS:
We enjoy good times together and support the Museum! Call 901.636.2408. We’ll see you there!
For membership information: 901.636.2406 To make a contribution: 901.636.2412
Donations
Buckeye Technologies, Inc. Mr. and Dr. Lon Alperin Ms. Cynthia Buchanan and Mr. James Covington Mr. and Mrs. Lafayette L. Draper, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James S. Gilliland Ms. Mary Strain
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Pike Dr. Edward M. Rafalski Mr. and Mrs. William B. Rudner Mr. Casey Shannon Ms. Ruth Lyn Wells Dr. Margaret H. West Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Wills
Sponsors
Advocate
Director’s Circle
Benefactor
BBC Worldwide Reality Trustmark Bank WPTY-TV Mr. and Mrs. Sudhir Agrawal Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Beyl Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bodine Ms. Joy R. Bowen Ms. Cynthia Buchanan and Mr. Jim Covington Mr. and Mrs. John B. Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman Ms. Jan Connor Dr. James T. Dalton and Dr. Stephanie Scott Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Franklin Ms. Sara L. Hall Mr. and Mrs. Gene Henson Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Hooks Mr. and Mrs. Odell Horton, Jr. Mrs. Lisa Lichterman Leach Mr. and Mrs. David Liebetreu Mr. and Mrs. Brad Martin Dr. Rita Moore
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Bond Dr. and Mrs. Edward T. Ordman Dr. Thomas Shelton and Dr. Kay Jackson Drs. Daniel and Abby Baker Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bancker Dr. Robert Donato Mr. and Ms. David Doughty Ms. Gayle Evans Mr. and Mrs. John Fain Dr. Shawn Hayden Mrs. Ann J. Huckaba Mrs. Bernice H. Hussy and Dr. Hal Brunt Dr. and Mrs. Tom Rhodes Mr. David Sanford and Mr. William Sanford Mr. and Mrs. Michael Uiberall Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Vanderslice Mr. and Mrs. Jim Vickery Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Walker Mr. and Mrs. Craig Weiss
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Palace Guard
Dr. and Mrs. John R. Adams, Jr Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Balla, Jr Mr. and Mrs. Pervis J. Ballew Ms. Faith Barcroft Mr. and Mrs. Scott E. Bohon Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Mark Caskey Comprehensive Counsel Network Dr. and Mrs. Roger Cunningham Mr. and Mrs. Winston J. Daws Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Francisco Dr. and Mrs. Mervyn Israel Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Krug Mr. and Mrs. Andrew LoCascio Mr. and Mrs. Mathew McCrory Mr. Charles H. McNutt Mr. and Mrs. Chris Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Millard Oldham Dr. and Mrs. James A. Pitcock Mr. Theodore Poplos and Dr. Stephanie A. Storgion Mr. James Raines and Mr. Alan Raines Dr. and Dr. Richard R. Ranta Mr. and Mrs. Chris Rose Mr. Donald Stanley and Mrs. Tekla E. Littlefield Ms. Sharon E. Taylor Dr. and Mrs. Otis S. Warr, III Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Williamson Mr. and Mrs. John Zanella
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BOARD OF
DIRECTOR’S
trustees
Executive
Ron Coleman, President Jeffrey R. Wills, Senior Vice President Sudhir K. Agrawal, Treasurer Casey Shannon, General Counsel Sally Coleman, Secretary/Friends President
TRUSTEES
Jerry C. Beyl Peggy Bodine Joy R. Bowen Jan Connor James T. Dalton Stephen R. Franklin Gene Henson Janet Hooks Lisa Lichterman Leach John Levesque David Liebetreu Rita Moore Edward M. Rafalski Margaret H. West
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For several years we have been planning how to make major improvements to our visitors’ experience. The plan is elegantly simple. The main points: Create a new entrance, oriented toward Central Avenue, but not competing with the view of the Pink Palace mansion; Improve visitor amenities; Update our exhibits and order them in a way that tells the complete story of our region; And bring full-dome video technology to the planetarium. The plan took a major leap forward when Memphis city government approved an agreement with Memphis Museums, Inc., our non-profit arm, to provide matching funds up to $10,000,000 for the project. We still have to flesh out the preliminary plans, raise the matching private money, and then (whew!) actually do the work. It will take perhaps 8 to 10 years before it is all complete, but some elements will appear much sooner. Having the backing of our city’s leadership is an enormous boost. Based on the estimated size of the overall project, the City’s support will turn every private dollar into two dollars. Everyone who cares about this museum is enormously grateful to the City for its support. So, on behalf of all of those students, teachers, parents, grandparents, tourists and others…
Thank You, Memphis!
Immediate Past President
Odell Horton, Jr. Honorary Trustees
William L. Reed & John D. Walt
EX-OFFICIO Cindy Buchanan Steve Pike
The operation of the Pink Palace Family of Museums is a successful public-private partnership. In this joint venture, the City of Memphis provides 50% of the operating cost with the remaining 50% provided through charitable giving and earned revenue by Memphis Museums, Inc. Museum Scope Editor, Ronda Cloud Museum Scope Designer, Robert Hughes / Samantha Chron volume twenty-TWO, issue Three 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
Steve Pike, Director of Museums
With your help, this year as in years past, the Pink Palace Family of Museums will continue to provide unique and inspiring educational experiences to our area school children – many of them at no cost to the students. All student experiences are subsidized at approximately $10 per student.
Yes! I want to help! ___ 5 Children, $50 ___ 10 Children, $100 ___ 15 Children, $150 ___ 20 Children, $200 ___ 25 Children, $250 ______Children x $10, $_______ (Please fill in blanks)
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To make a contribution online, please visit www.memphismuseums.org. WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG
Mission Statement: The Pink Palace Family of Museums inspires people to learn how history, science, technology and nature shape the Mid-South. Through rich collections, thought provoking exhibitions and engaging programs, we encourage our diverse community to reflect on the past, understand the present and influence the future.
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Pink Palace Museum: Antarctic Adventures: the Sequel Give the gift of membership this Mother’s Day! Pink Palace Museum The Bison: American Icon last day Lichterman Nature Center Trail Blazin’ Volunteers Memorial Day
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{Pink Palace Museum Summer Science - June 3- August 7 - Thursdays and Fridays}
Sharpe Planetarium Mars Quest last day Sharpe Planetarium Visions of a Spring Night last day Sharpe Planetarium Hubble Vision 2 opens Pink Palace Museum Israeli Scout Program CTI IMAX Theater To the Arctic opens Sharpe Planitarium Starlit Nights opens Give the gift of membership this Father’s Day! Pink Palace Museum Bigger Than T-Rex Exhibit Member Night Pink Palace Museum Bigger Than T-Rex Exhibit opens Lichterman Nature Center Trail Blazin’ Volunteers ®
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MON-SAT, 9:00am – 5:00pm / SUN, 12:00pm – 5:00pm
TUE-THU, 10:00am – 3:00pm / FRI & SAT, 10:00am – 4:00pm
SHARPE PLANETARIUM OPEN TUE - SAT
For IMAX & Planetarium Showtimes call 901.636.2362
Pink Palace Museum, IMAX & Planetarium, 3050 Central Avenue • Memphis, TN 38111
For Lichterman Program Times call 901.767.7322 ext.100 Lichterman Nature Center, 5992 Quince Road • Memphis, TN 38119
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