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Celebrate Summer in Mesa Verde
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Welcome to "Verde Views," the e-newsletter for Mesa Verde Association members and friends. This periodic publication will keep you informed about Association news and events, park happenings, new products and special sales.
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Navajo Rugs Exhibit Opens  A wide variety of large, colorful Navajo rugs loaned to Mesa Verde from the Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site are now on display in the Centennial Gallery of the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum. The exhibit continues through July 30, 2010. Rug patterns being shown include Burntwater, Eye Dazzler, Ganado Red, Grand Storm, Hubbell Revival, Serape Revival, Teec Nos Pos, Tree of Life, Two Grey Hills, and Ye'ii. These finely crafted traditional rugs are also for sale; prices range from $1,495 to $6,000. Proceeds from rug sales are shared with the weaver, the nonprofit Western National Parks Association which operates the Hubbell Trading Post, and the Mesa Verde Museum Association. Be sure to visit this exhibit while it's here, and consider adding one of these beautiful rugs to your Southwestern art collection today. The Chapin Museum is open daily during the summer from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. |
Delayed Morning Opening of Spruce Tree House Trail for Resurfacing
 The rehabilitation of the trail to Spruce Tree House trail resumed Wednesday, June 16 and will continue through Friday, July 16. On Mondays through Thursdays during this period, the trail will open at 10:00 a.m. daily and close at 6:30 p.m. On Mondays through Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., park rangers will be available on the porch of the Chief Ranger's Office and at the Spruce Tree House overlook to answer questions. Both of these sites provide great views of Spruce Tree House. Access to the Petroglyph Point trailhead will also open at 10:00 a.m. on these days. On Fridays through Sundays, access to the Spruce Tree House trail and Petroglyph Point trailhead will revert to the normal hours of 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
The rehabilitation of the popular Spruce Tree House trail is one of the projects funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). This is the first major rehabilitation of this trail since the 1930's. The project includes documentation of historic stone wall construction by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), repairing and stabilizing the historic CCC stone walls, restoring original CCC stone drainage structures, removal of old asphalt, stabilization of trail base, and resurfacing the trail with the recycled asphalt.
For additional information please visit www.nps.gov/meve or call 970-529-4465. |
Treat Yourself to a Back-Country Hike or Twilight Tour This Summer
Mug House Hikes and Cliff Palace Twilight Tours (with historical figures from the park's past) also continue daily through September 6. Tickets for these activities are sold up to two days in advance exclusively in person at the Far View Visitor Center MVMA Bookstore. Mug House is $15 per person, and Cliff Palace Twilight Tours are $10 per person. The image accompanying this article is of the unique square kiva found at Mug House. More information about all Institute programs is available now at our newly-updated website at www.mesaverdeinstitute.org. As always, Institute and Museum Association proceeds support Mesa Verde National Park.
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Mesa Verde Institute Announces 2010 Fall Photography Workshop With Dr. Gene Balzer
 Every year thousands of visitors snap photos of the spectacular, world-famous cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde National Park. To help you capture the best light and perspective of these remarkable structures, the Mesa Verde Institute will offer its popular fall photography workshop led by Dr. Gene Balzer, Professor of Photography and Senior Faculty Member at Northern Arizona University.
The workshop is scheduled for October 15-17, 2010. The workshop is limited to 13 participants to ensure everyone receives plenty of personalized coaching. The workshop begins at noon on Friday and ends on Sunday afternoon. For more information and to register, please visit the Mesa Verde Institute website at www.mesaverdeinstitute.org
Mesa Verde National Park is a photographer's paradise. During the workshop, participants will visit cliff dwelling sites during soft light and work on compositions of the Ancestral Puebloan architecture. The group will be in archeological sites at off hours and photographing at a leisurely pace. The workshops are open to both amateur and professional photographers using either digital or film cameras. From Friday lunch to Sunday lunch, the ARAMARK Mesa Verde Company will provide exceptional meals spotlighting sustainable foods and southwestern cuisine. These meals include two decadent dinners at the acclaimed Metate Room Restaurant. Workshop tuition also includes two nights' lodging at Far View Lodge, perched high atop Mesa Verde's majestic landscape.
The Mesa Verde Institute is administered by the nonprofit Mesa Verde Museum Association. Proceeds from the Institute as well as all Museum Association programs support Mesa Verde National Park. Mesa Verde Association members receive a 20% discount on workshop tuition and lodging.
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Free Lecture Series Continues
The free annual Four Corners Lecture Series is sponsored by the Fort Lewis College Department of Anthropology, Bureau of Land Management, Anasazi Heritage Center, Cortez Cultural Center, Crow Canyon Archeological Center, Mesa Verde National Park, and MVMA's Mesa Verde Institute. Additional support is generously provided by ARAMARK and KSJD Dryland Community Radio. View the full schedule of all 29 offerings at the Mesa Verde Institute. From talks to traditional Hopi dances to a pottery firing, you can learn more about the lands we love by attending free programs this summer! |
Metate Room Joins Mesa Verde National Park's Fight Against Cancer
 Mesa Verde National Park and partner organization employees have assembled a team for this July's Montezuma County Relay for Life (a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society). The famed Metate Room Restaurant, located in Far View Lodge, is joining the fight with "Awareness Wednesdays." Every Wednesday night through July 7, ARAMARK, which operates the Metate Room, will donate $1 toward the team's fundraising goal for every entrée sold. Dinner is served nightly from 5:00 to 9:30  p.m. Come enjoy a sumptuous meal and breathtaking views at the Metate Room this Wednesday and you'll be helping fund vital programs and services for those who are battling cancer. Learn more about Relay at www.cortezrelay.com.
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New Book: The Cliff Dwellings Speak
 This highly-anticipated new book is intended as an introduction to Southwestern archeology, specifically for casual visitors. The book will guide you around a site in Sherlock Holmes fashion, giving you very real tools for understanding cliff dwellings -- whether you are on a Mesa Verde National Park tour bus or backpacking in Mexico. The Cliff Dwellings Speak also introduces readers to the descendants of the cliff dwellers -- the Pueblo people of the Southwest who still live there today. The book is highly illustrated with black and white photographs and engravings from rare antique books. Using copious illustrations, field Guides in some chapters show the reader what to look for, and what it might mean. The Cliff Dwellings Speak is very different from any other book regarding understanding the Greater American Southwest.
Authors Bill and Beth Sagstetter, a researcher/photographer/writer team, have been exploring the backcountry of the Greater American Southwest for over forty years. They are the authors of three other titles including the best-selling book, The Mining Camps Speak, along with hundreds of magazine articles and four documentary television programs. Perfect paperback, 360 pages. $24.95. Click here to purchase your copy online.
As always, Mesa Verde Association members save an additional 20% on your purchases. Call us today at 1-800-305-6053 to order using your member discount.
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The Mesa Verde Association is a joint membership program of the Mesa Verde Museum Association and the Mesa Verde Foundation. Your MVA membership supports both of these 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations.
The Mesa Verde Museum Association (tax ID 84-1404606) provides educational and interpretive material to visitors of Mesa Verde National Park through an active publishing program and the operation of retail bookstores online, in the park, and in Cortez, CO. Our services enhance the visitor experience and promote stewardship of Mesa Verde's world-renowned archeological resources and natural landscapes. Proceeds from all Association operations are donated to the park's interpretive, research, and education programs.
The Mesa Verde Foundation (tax ID 84-046967) funds capital improvements, projects, and educational endeavors for Mesa Verde National Park. Our projects include construction of a new Visitor and Research Center near the park's entrance and remodeling the existing Far View Visitor Center into a Tribal Cultures Center to enhance understanding of the connection between the Ancestral Puebloans and contemporary Native American tribes.
You are receiving this email because you are a member of the Mesa Verde Association or because you purchased a product from the Mesa Verde Museum Association. To ensure that you continue to receive emails from us, add info@mesaverde.org to your address book today.
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PO Box 38
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 81330
970-529-4445
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