Archive for the ‘Mineral Museum Madness’ Category
Tuesday, February 21st, 2012
The FY 2013 state budget includes some completely inexcusable pork. The executive Budget (page 106) includes $626,900 for the AHS to operate the Arizona Centennial Museum. Senate Bill 1543 (Section 46) includes $441,400, as does House Bill 2852. House and senate bills both identify the nonexistent museum as the Arizona Experience Museum, even though the change from centennial museum to experience museum was never authorized by the legislature.
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Monday, February 20th, 2012
Now,
http://www.arizonaexperience.org/ states the following:
To commemorate the once-in-a-lifetime event of Arizona’s hundredth birthday, the Governor and Arizona Historical Society envisioned a museum that would capture the state’s history, celebrate its people, and embrace its future. Working with world-renowned museum designers, Gallagher and Associates, the AHS began to seek ideas from across Arizona to create plans for a true journey of discovery. The museum would feature of ...
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Monday, February 13th, 2012
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Friday, February 10th, 2012
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Friday, February 10th, 2012
The January 30th post (A plea to save Arizona history) told the story of one family that donated a major historical artifact. The story of another such family follows:
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In 1958 my Father Lawrence (Shorty) Tozier decided to move to Sedona, Arizona. He had lived most of his life in Southern California. My grandfather had made the trip from Bangor, Maine to Long Beach, California by Model T Ford in 1917-18. By the 1950s my...
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Thursday, February 9th, 2012
In reading the schedule of "Storytellers" for the Arizona Best Fest this weekend, I didn't see any mention of anyone telling a story about mining in Arizona ("A stage of storytellers," Tuesday).
There were miners here, building this state, long before there were rock stars, winemakers, Intel and most of the others who will be telling their stories.
Read more:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2012/02/09/20120209-storytellers-leaves-out-mining.html#ixzz1ltfn3kg1
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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012
Guest Post:Dear Governor Brewer,
Thank you for your invitation to attend events held near the capitol celebrating Arizona's 100Th birthday. However, I will have to pass on attending those celebrations because it makes me sad to be in that area. Just looking at the empty and silent building on the northwest corner of 15Th Avenue and Washington Street breaks my heart.
For the past 20 years I have been an inner city classroom volunteer, and the Arizona Mines and Mineral Museum was a...
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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
Pages 106 and 107 of Governor Brewer’s FY 2013 budget show FY 2012 appropriations and FY 2013 recommendations for the Arizona Historical Society. In FY 2012, the AHS received a separate line item appropriation of $589,700 for a centennial museum even though there is no centennial museum and the mineral museum (prior occupant of the building) was closed
before the beginning of FY 2012.
Incredibly, the executive budget recommends an
increase in the centennial museum separate line item appro...
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Friday, February 3rd, 2012
The chickens are finally coming home to roost. The now notorious 5C Arizona Centennial Museum (AKA Arizona Experience Museum) is finally receiving recognition for what it is: a miserable failure that seriously damaged Arizona’s centennial celebration.
A recent front page article in the Arizona Republic included the following paragraphs:
Brewer added a complication when she announced plans to convert the Mining and Mineral Museum into a centennial museum. That led to the mining museum's abrupt cl...
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
Guest Post:My uncle, Charlie Brown, was born in Arizona on May 6, 1911…before Arizona became a state.
Charlie’s father was a bit of a dreamer and bought land and claims for the Swallow mine (17 miles outside of Wickenburg) with the idea that he would become rich. That did not happen but it provided him with years of hard work and dreams. Charlie inherited the mine and it became
his hobby. While he lived in Long Beach, CA, he would drive over for weekends to work around the m...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
Although provided with a generous budget by taxpayers, the Arizona Historical Society has never produced a top rated history museum. Incredibly, they now seem to envision operating a science education program.
A prior post described the “Arizona Mineral Education” link that was added to the AHS website in 2011. Now, the AHS website has an EDUCATION tab on the left. Clicking on it opens a menu with a SCIENCE EDUCATION icon on the very top. Under that icon, there is an INTERNET RESOURCES ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
The Monday hearing on House Bill 2086 (mineral museum restoration) has been cancelled by the committee chairman.
There is no information available on the reason why.
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Thursday, January 19th, 2012
There will be a hearing on a bill to restore the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum on Monday, January 23. The hearing will be held in room HHR 4 at 2:00 PM.
Arizona House of Representatives
Capitol Complex
1700 West Washington
Phoenix, AZ 85007-2890
Info Desk (602) 926-4221
Toll Free: 1-800-352-8404
Individuals intending to participate in or observe the hearing should expect delays. There are four bills on the agenda,...
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Monday, January 16th, 2012
Why?
Arizona Centennial Museum – is on hold in Phase II fundraising component. We need another $800,000 to get us through February 14, 2012. We are encouraging more cooperation to step up. Once the February 14, 2012 event is done, we can reenergize the museum. Based on the feasibility study that
Freeport McMoRan is doing at the present time, we will be able to access moving forward. We have not been able to enlist more corporations to help fund the museum. We...
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Thursday, January 12th, 2012
The Arizona Centennial Best Fest Phoenix, a Signature Event of the Arizona Centennial Commission, is described as follows:
It's the Arizona party of the century! --- It's Arizona Best Fest Phoenix. The 'Best of Arizona' showcase is a traveling museum and mini 'Arizona world's fair'. --- Discover Arizona as you've never seen it: History Pavilion; Military Pavilion; the Resolution Copper Natural Resources Pavilion; the APS display of Renewable Energy; the U of A Science & Future Pavilion;...
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Saturday, January 7th, 2012
You should also contact your state representatives and senators and ask them to support HB2086.
The Saturday, January 07, 2012 AZGS blog post reads as follows:
Legislation calls for AZGS to create mining & mineral museum
State Rep. Eddie Ableser (D-Tempe) introduced legislation [HB2086] directing the Arizona Geological Survey to establish a mineral and mining museum. It would also remove the mining and mineral components of the currently proposed Arizona Centennial Museum that was planned for t...
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Friday, December 30th, 2011
The Arizona Best Fest events were to be the major centennial celebrations. They were to be held in Prescott in September, Tucson in November, and Phoenix in February. The Prescott event was held as scheduled, but the Tucson one was not.
The Arizona Centennial Commission & Foundation spent their funds designing the Arizona Historical Society’s $15 million 5C Arizona Centennial Museum instead. Like their $80 million History Museum at Rio Nuevo in Tucson, it will never be built bec...
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Tuesday, December 27th, 2011
Guest post by a mineral museum supporter who participated in Senate negotiations over HB 2251 During the fight over HB 2251 (the bill to authorize using the Polly Rosenbaum building for the 5C Arizona Centennial Museum rather than for only the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum), the fate of the mineral museum was the focus of contentious argument before a senate hearing. The words used by each side show very different intents and make a good
third grade AIMS question:
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
The December 21, 2011 Arizona Republic includes an editorial about the Arizona Historical Society’s plan to remove the restored, historic mining equipment currently on display outside the former Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum. The link to the editorial is:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/2011/12/20/20111220editorial1221-keep-mining-equipment-exactly-where.htmlAccording to the editorial, the AHS wants to remove the mining equipment because the experience museum to b...
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Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Ms. Churchard discussed the Signature projects and noted that the main projects they are working on include the Arizona Centennial Museum (name might change) and it is currently the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum. She stated that the concept is to transform that Museum into more of the Arizona experience (talk about Arizona in a meaningful way and showcase the State's geography, the five "C's" that formed the State and the history. She stressed the importance of having a place where children ...
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