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Arizona Centennial celebration letter

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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Recommended budget increase for non-existent Arizona Centennial Museum (AKA Arizona Experience Museum)

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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Bad Press for Arizona Centennial Museum

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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A plea to save Arizona History

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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Historical Society Absurdity

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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Mineral Museum Hearing Cancelled

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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Restoration of the Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum?

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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Freeport continues to push Arizona Experience Museum

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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Signature Failure featured at Arizona Best Fest

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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