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Daughters of Utah Pioneers

D.U.P Museum
157 N. 200 E., Moab

Open to public Wednesdays
2pm-4pm

(or by request 435-259-5225 or 7793)

 
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MUSEUM HAPPENINGS - November 2007


 
Museums:


Museum of Moab
Archaeological, Geological and Historical Exhibits
118 E. Center Street • Moab, Utah • 435-259-7985
ADMISSION:
$3.00 per person over age of 12
Family groups are $7.00
No charge for members and their children.

Museum of Moab

Edge of the Cedars
State Park Museum
Blanding, Utah

Edge of the Cedars
Presents Three New Exhibits in Blanding

“Journeys and Destinations:
The Photography of Anna Day”
Anna Day will be displaying forty of her newest images January through May. This exhibit, a first for Ms. Day, explores the dynamic landscapes and light, of the Four Corners, through the lens of the photographer. One of Ms. Day’s images can be found on the KSL 2008 calendar (March)! Exhibit reception is planned for February 1st, 2008.

“The Art of the Weeminuche,
People of the Sleeping Ute Mountain”
This exhibit highlights the contemporary and historic cultural expressions of the Ute Mountain Ute people of Towaoc, Colorado and White Mesa. Today’s Weeminuche art includes oil and watercolor paintings, drawings, photography, musical instruments, and pottery, in addition to intricate beadwork, basketry, and traditional cradleboards. Learn about the artists and ways in which the Ute Mountain Ute artistic traditions are continuing and evolving. This exhibit will continue through July 2008 and will include special presentations and demonstrations.

February 10th – “Willow Stories”
This special exhibit, presented by the Utah Arts Council and Edge of the Cedars Museum, features the traditions of the Monument Valley Navajo basket weavers. Willows are another name for the branches of the sumac bush that the weavers use in making baskets. Navajo rugs and jewelry are world famous, but few people know that basket weaving has continued on the Utah portion of the reservation for centuries. The exhibit will display the colorful story baskets, made famous by Mary Holiday Black and her family, as well as stories shared by the weavers. In addition, the exhibit will display a selection of baskets and biographies by a younger generation of Diné (Navajo) basket weavers, among them, the grandchildren of the weavers exhibited in Willow Stories. This exhibit will continue through May 2008 and will include a basket weaving workshop, demonstrations, and presentations.

The Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum is open daily from 9:00 AM until 5:00 PM. The Museum is located at 660 West, 400 North, Blanding, Utah. Please contact Rebecca Stoneman, Curator of Education, at 435-678-2238 for information about these and other upcoming activities and events and be sure to mention you read about it in "Moab Happenings".


The Edge of the Cedars Museum is located at 660 West, 400 North, in Blanding.

Day Visits: $3 per person or $6 per vehicle
Annual Passes: $70 passes available at the museum
Park Hours: Summer 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. / Winter 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is open 7 days a week.
Holiday Closures: Thanksgiving and Christmas

For more information please call the Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum at (435) 678-2238.

Movie and Western Memorabilia Museum
at Red Cliffs Lodge

Red Cliffs Lodge, on the banks of the mighty Colorado river, is home for the Moab Museum of Film & Western Heritage. The lodge is built on the old George White Ranch, a key location for many western classics including, Rio Grande, Cheyenne Autumn, Ten Who Dared, The Commancheros, and Rio Conchos. More recently, feature films such as Thelma and Louise, Geronimo: An American Legend, Forrest Gump, Back to the Future III, and City Slickers II have also been filmed in the region. The late George White was founder of the Moab to Monument Valley Film Commission, the longest ongoing film commission in the world.

In the museum one can learn more about film locations, how the sets are built, and how the filming process is managed on nature's own sound stage. On display in the museum are production photographs, movie posters, autographed scripts, props from the many pictures filmed in the area, and displays about the western ranching heritage.

For information, call Red Cliffs Lodge at 259-2002.

Through the magnificent landscapes of southeastern Utah, writers have been inspired and stories born here. Zane Grey, the famous western novelist, traveled through the area in 1912. His visit inspired him to write his book Riders of the Purple Sage. The book was made into a movie starring Ed Harris and Amy Madigan, and filmed on locations around Moab.

A partial list of stars that have made movies in Moab
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Henry Fonda, Lee Marvin, Rock Hudson, Jimmy Stewart, Richard Boone, Anthony Quinn, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Crystal, Robert Duvall, Gene Hackman, Bill Murray, Jack Palance, Susa Sarandon, Geena Davis, Ted Danson, Tom Cruise, and many more.

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