Iconic New Hampshire Opening Reception
SIlver Center for the Arts, Lobby Gallery 114 Main St, Plymouth, NHIconic New Hampshire Exhibition Opening Reception begins Friday, June 16th, 2023, 4:00pm-6:00pm.
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The Old Man of the Mountain Would Be Pleased: Preserving Franconia Notch
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresented as part of our 2023 An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain Event Series. This project was made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more at www.nhhumanities.org. The successful creation of Franconia Notch State Park (1927-1928) and the building of the [...]
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From Mountains to Sand: Bedrock Weathering and Rockfall at Cannon Cliff
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresented as part of our 2023 An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain Event Series. This event is supported by a grant from New Hampshire Humanities Community Project Grants. In Franconia Notch, the imposing Cannon Cliff looms over a massive heap of rock debris, ranging from pebbles to boulders, creating the largest talus [...]
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The Great Stone Face: The Making of an Icon
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresented as part of our 2023 An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain Event Series. This project was made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more at www.nhhumanities.org. Despite his fall in 2003, the Old Man of the Mountain remains the symbol [...]
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Geologic History of The Old Man of the Mountain-A Remembrance
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresented as part of our 2023 An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain Event Series. This project was made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more at www.nhhumanities.org. In May 2003, the Old Man of The Mountain collapsed into Franconia Notch ending [...]
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The Enormous Impact of Two Icons Upon New Hampshire Tourism: The Old Man of the Mountain and Dick Hamilton
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresented as part of our 2023 An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain Event Series. This project was made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more at www.nhhumanities.org. The Old Man of the Mountain became the state’s official emblem in 1945. Moreover, [...]
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The Birth of the Old Man: A Geologic Tale of the Mountains, Volcanoes, and Oceans
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresented as part of our 2023 An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain Series. This project was made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more at www.nhhumanities.org. Twenty years ago this spring, the iconic 200 million year old "Old Man of the [...]
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MWM Closed
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHThe Museum of the White Mountains will be closed Saturday, September 2nd in observance of the Labor Day holiday.
Hearing the Old Man: Poems of the Old Man of the Mountain
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresented as part of our 2023 An Enduring Presence: The Old Man of the Mountain Event Series. This project was made possible with support from New Hampshire Humanities, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Humanities. Learn more at www.nhhumanities.org. Join host Midge Goldberg along with Liz Ahl, Melanie Chicoine, Robert W. Crawford, Gordon [...]
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Making Meaning with the White Mountains
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHWe are living in a time of profound social, ecological and technological change. Each day in the modern world, market-driven media, algorithms and now artificial intelligence are gradually diminishing our evolved capacities to sense, relate to, and make meaning with nature. Extending Ecology: Making Meaning with the White Mountains is the latest outcome of an ongoing collaboration [...]
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