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BFA in Studio Art” Opening Reception
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHARTalk with BFA in Graphic Design Students
Silver Center for the Arts 114 Main St., Plymouth, NHARTalk with BFA in Studio Art Students
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHA Woman’s Place is at the Top: A Biography of Annie Smith Peck
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHThe People’s Forest Opening Reception
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NH“Not one cent for scenery: The Story of How the National Forests Became the Nation’s Forests”
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresentation by James Lewis. In the 1890s, Congress gave the president the power to create national forests in the West. But when Americans began demanding the government also protect the Appalachian forests from destruction, Congress declared it would give “not one cent for scenery.” With the signing of the Weeks Act in 1911, the federal [...]
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Artist Talk and Demo with Craig Altobello
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHCraig Altobello will demonstrate the steps taken to create a piece of marquetry art using wood and tools from his studio. Participants will see the process from lumber to the finished piece. Using a scroll saw Craig will show how he cuts the wood to fit together so precisely. It is the character of wood [...]
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The Streamflow Study that Justified the Weeks Act
Museum of the White Mountains 34 Highland Street, Plymouth, NHPresentation by Gordon Stuart. By 1900, extensive clearing of forests had changed the flow of Appalachian rivers and disrupted river commerce. Congress responded by drafting the Weeks Act, but those opposed required a streamflow study by the US Geological Survey to prove that cutting trees changed streamflow. This study was conducted in the White Mountains. [...]
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Fungal Foray to Langdon Park
Join evolutionary biologist, Tommy Stoughton for the first Mushroom Walk of 2018! Meet at the MWM at 12:30pm. Suggested donation: $10.