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From the San Bernardino County Museum:
All Aboard! All train fans are invited to visit the San Bernardino County Museum from 9am to 5pm on Saturday and Sunday, January 17 and 18, 2009 for "Train Days." Train Day activities are free with museum admission.
The museum will be filled with large and small model train layouts, real railroad artifacts, and fun activities for the whole family. The Pacific Coast Modular Club, Orange County Modular Railroaders, and Southern California Traction Club will install huge layouts with running trains, beautiful scenery, and miniature buildings. Other models will include a traveling circus, a Christmas scene, a monorail, trolleys, and an American Flyer train.
"Folks will also enjoy seeing historic and recent railroad artifacts, including tools, train lanterns, switch stands, and an operational wig-wag," said Museum Educator Nancy Kirkwood. "We will have train experts to talk to visitors. Kids might even be able to run one of the model trains themselves."
Families can play "The Train Game" and learn about train signals. Children will create their own paper locomotive and train logo to take home.
The San Bernardino County Museum is at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands. The museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays and holiday Mondays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $6 (adult), $5 (student or senior), $4 (child aged 5 to 12), and children under five and Museum Association members are admitted free. Parking is free. Food will be available from 9am to 5pm. For more information, visit www.sbcountymuseum.org.
The museum is accessible to persons with disabilities. If assistive listening devices or other auxiliary aids are needed in order to participate in museum exhibits or programs, requests should be made through Museum Visitor Services at least three business days prior to your visit. Visitor Services' telephone number is 909-307-2669 ext. 229 or (TDD) 909-792-1462.
Admission to the San Bernardino County Museum will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Jan. 4.
From
noon to
2 p.m., members
of the American Needlepoint Guild will demonstrate stitching techniques.
There will also be the exhibit, "Hanging with the Museum, art by museum
staff and volunteers."
Outdoor exhibits include native plant and cactus gardens,
a steam locomotive and caboose, mining and lumbering equipment, heritage orange
groves, and sculpture.
The Exploration Station, a live animal gallery, will also be open 1-4 p.m.
The San Bernardino County Museum is at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands.
More information: www.sbcountymuseum.org or 909-307-2669 ext. 229.
What: San Bernardino County Museum's Reading Discoveries program, book discussion
When: 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 10
Where: San Bernardino County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree Lane, Redlands
The book: "Assembling California," by John McPhee. The book recounts the author's field exploits as he traveled to find the origins of the Golden State.
Info: Jolene Redvale at (909) 307-2669 ext. 252 or e-mail jredvale@sbcm.sbcounty.gov.
Join Museum Director Robert McKernan for a special presentation on "Duck Stamps and Bird Populations," at 2 p.m. on Saturday at the San Bernardino County Museum in Redlands. This lecture is free with general admission.
The talk will focus on the relationship of Duck Stamps to wetlands conservation. Duck stamps are not postage stamps--they are revenue stamps sold annually to licensed waterfowl hunters. Proceeds from the sale of duck stamps are the single largest source of revenue for the purchase and conservation of wetlands in the United States. Many of the more than 540 national wildlife refuges have been paid for all or in part by Duck Stamp funds. Since 1934, Federal Duck Stamps have generated more than $700 million used to preserve more than 5.2 million acres of wetlands habitat in the United States.
Continue reading Saturday "Duck Stamp" event at San Bernardino County Museum.
What: The San Bernardino County Museum's Reading Discoveries program, which is free
When: 7:30p.m., Wednesday, November 13
Book for discussion: "Arctic Dreams" by Barry Lopez - a sweeping tale of the northern climes, and the reality of extremes. Lopez views the Far North through its wildlife, climate and how humans respond-both as exploiters and for their very survival.
Information: Jolene Redvale at (909) 307-2669 ext. 252 or e-mail jredvale@sbcm.sbcounty.gov.
This Sunday, addmission to the San Bernardino County Museum is free.
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., First 5 San Bernardino will be in the museum courtyard hosting "All Aboard the Reading Railroad Literacy Fair." Perfect for children aged 5 and under and their families, this event will offer activities and information from School Readiness programs from across the county. They will offer free pre-school and kindergarten backpacks, free school supplies and free healthy snacks.
From noon to 2 p.m., members of the Inland Empire Handweavers will demonstrate weaving techniques. All activities are free.
Special exhibits at the museum include "All That Glitters: a century of razzle-dazzle," "Sticks and Stones: vernacular architecture in San Bernardino County," and "A Piece of My Heart: samplers from the collections." The Exploration Station will be open 1-4 p.m.
The San Bernardino County Museum is at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Parking is free. For more information, visit www.sbcountymuseum.org.
Visitor Services' telephone number is 909-307-2669 ext. 229 or (TDD) 909-792-1462.
Historian Robert Gonzalez Vasquez will present video clips from his project "From the Ground Up: Inland Mexican Heritage & Community History" at the San Bernardino County Museum.
The event will be held at noon, Oct. At 2 p.m., Vasquez will present a lecture in the Fisk Gallery. Admission to the museum is free that day.
This presentation will highlight 15 years of archive, public history,and humanities work conducted by Vasquez. There will also be an exhibit of images and materials from Living on the Dime and the Redlands Oral History Project.
Vasquez created the groundbreaking Redlands Oral History Project, an oral memoir and photo archive collection focusing on the historic importance of Mexican barrios in the Inland Empire. Building on that landmark work, Vasquez founded Inland Mexican Heritage (www.mexicanheritage.org) in 2001 to promote community-based scholarship and to continue research and development of media projects and archive materials.
Vasquez is completing a documentary film, "Living on the Dime," a 3-year project on the effects of the 10 Freeway on the communities of Inland Southern California. He is also preparing a pictorial history of Mexican communities in the East San Bernardino Valley.
A native of California, Vasquez resides in Joshua Tree and Las Vegas, New Mexico.
The San Bernardino County Museum is at the California Street exit from Interstate 10 in Redlands.
For more information, visit www.sbcountymuseum.org. or call (909) 307-2669 ext. 229 or TDD (909) 792-1462.
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