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#TBT, Leigh Morgan Pearsall Collection Donation

Nov 15, 2018

Museum Director J.C. Dickinson and Leigh Morgan Pearsall sign documents gifting the Pearsall Collection of North American Indian art to … Continue

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#TBT, Fabricating a Mayan stela for exhibit

Nov 10, 2016

Our fabrication team, including Bob Leavy and Jimmy Franco created a life-size reproduction of a Mayan stela for exhibit at … Continue

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#TBT, Dr. Walter Auffenberg with fossil bison horn, 1958

Nov 3, 2016

“Care of fragile fossil material is a time-consuming chore. Here Dr. Auffenberg is applying a preservative to the horn core … Continue

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#TBT, Liz Wing in zooarchaeology

Oct 27, 2016

Elizabeth Wing initiated a program of zooarchaeology in 1961 and over the years guided the division through its evolution to … Continue

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