Tallahassee Museum E-News
Sept/Oct, 2009 - Vol 1, Issue 4 |
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| Zoobilee - Friday Night Fever |
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Hear that disco beat? Longing to hear the Queen of Disco Donna Summer, or itching to do your best John Travolta dance step? Then join us at the Friday Night Fever party on Friday, October 16 as we celebrate the Tallahassee Museum's 18th annual Zoobilee event. With the sparkling lights of the disco ball, the Museum will be converted to a " Funky Town" to keep everyone "movin"!
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| Halloween Howl - Oct. 23 & 24 |
 The scariest nights of the year are coming to haunt the Tallahassee Museum on October 23 and 24! Rain or dry, hot or cold, volunteers are needed these nights to help with our very popular Halloween Howl which includes our infamous Haunted Trail and a wide variety of other entertainment.
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| Phipps Gallery - Brush Strokes |
 Be enchanted and amazed by the talents of local and regional painters during a juried exhibition this fall, presented at the Tallahassee Museum by the Tallahassee Watercolor Society. This glorious show, titled Brush Strokes, will feature 45 juried works of water-based medium on paper. It opens Oct. 4 in the Museum's Phipps Gallery, where the paintings will hang until Nov. 15.
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| From Our Collections |
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History and photography:
Evolving technologies captured a century of images
 Kodak recently announced that it would be retiring its Kodachrome color slide film. Undoubtedly, the popularity of digital photography adversely affected sales of this former mainstay of film.
Kodachrome follows in the footsteps of many other photographic formats and processes that were popular "in their day" but became out-of-date when new innovations came to the fore. The Tallahassee Museum's collections include examples of photography's evolution, including these early photographs: daguerreotypes, ambrotypes and tintypes.
During the 1840s-1860s, daguerreotypes were the most popular of the early photographs. Frenchman L.J.M. Daguerre in 1839 discovered that a thin sheet of light-sensitive, silver-plated copper, when exposed in a camera to natural light, developed by mercury vapor, and fixed in a hypo solution, left a "truthful likeness" on the plate.
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| Coming Soon - Farm Days & O.L. Samuels |
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Fall Farm Day & Syrup Making
Step back in time as we host Fall Farm Day on Nov. 7, featuring authentic syrup-making, living history folk artists in our blacksmith shop and on the pioneer farmstead, 1860s re-enactors, carvers, and bluegrass music.
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Folk Art of O.L. Samuels
The exotic, soulful folk art of O.L. Samuels, whose work is in galleries and collections across the country, comes to the Museum on Nov. 8 in an exhibit titled Art In The Trees.
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The Tallahassee Museum is a a 501 (c) (3) non profit organization. Donations may be tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Please check with your tax preparer for details. |
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Save On A Meal |
Check out the Trail Break for Lunch!
During the month of July have a meal at the Trail Break Cafe and save 50 cents when you order a combo meal. Combo meals come with a sandwich, medium drink and your choice of black beans & rice or chips.
Limit one coupon per person, per visit. Expires 10/31/09 |
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