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Museum & Exhibitions

Five wars, five generations, one Orem family

By Molly Zuniga
April 12, 2024 12:00 AM
Meet Gary Campbell, a father, Vietnam War veteran and volunteer curator. Campbell was born and raised in Orem and signed up for the Marine Corps on his 17th birthday.
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Metro

Archiving Auschwitz: journalism students document Holocaust preservation efforts

By Emma Everett
October 24, 2023 12:00 AM
Students in BYU’s journalism sequence visited Auschwitz and other Holocaust sites in May to document the school’s involvement with current preservation efforts. They created a mini-documentary, which they premiered at the School of Communications on June 14.
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Local

A look inside Provo's luxury car museum

By Sydni Merrill
February 16, 2023 12:00 AM
Luxury cars sit right around the corner in Automotive Addiction — a museum and event venue in Provo that displays luxury vehicles owned by local Utah County residents.
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Museum & Exhibitions

Museum of Peoples and Culture emphasizes learning by experience

By Nathan Wanlass
September 27, 2019 12:00 AM
When many students think about their summer internship, they think of desk jobs, reading and mountains of paperwork. But for Lara Kasparian, an anthropology student at BYU, working over the summer consists of digging up ancient artifacts.
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Metro

Arachnid Museum Breaking Barriers

By Universe Contributor
November 05, 2018 12:00 AM
Hollywood films and media are giving arachnids a bad rap, but this exhibit hopes to break down barriers between humans and their fears.
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Local

Provo museum showcases haunted items

By Jessica Olsen
October 20, 2016 12:00 AM
Co-curators Anca Tutescu and Greene Rollins stand in the Museum of Haunted and Mysterious Objects with a haunted artifact, stuffed chimpanzee 'Jacko,' Rollins' childhood toy. (Jessica Olsen)
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Art

Museum of Art opts for student security guards, not Plexiglas

By Whitney Hales
January 31, 2016 12:00 AM
Rachel Dorius typically stands apart from the crowd in her security uniform. She watches over the many art enthusiasts who fill the exhibit and chatter excitedly about the pieces hanging on the wall. Dorius's main task is to make sure the guests enjoy their experience without getting too close.
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Life

BYU paleontologist hunted dinos by bike

By Seth Yeanoplos
March 17, 2015 12:00 AM
Brooks Britt knew he wanted to be a scientist at a very young age. When he was 10 years old, a friend of his father's gave him a collection of geological minerals, and he decided he wanted to be a geologist. At the age of 11, he focused
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Campus

Museum of Peoples and Cultures moves to new location

By Nalia Tafua
February 23, 2015 12:00 AM
The former Museum of Peoples and Cultures was not large enough to hold big events or galleries.
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Art

Springville Museum of Art debuts Russian exhibit

By Hailey Stevens
January 23, 2015 12:00 AM
Experience what life was like living in the Soviet Union by visiting the Springville Museum of Art's Russian exhibit 'Russian Stories, Soviet Ideals.'
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Local

New museum expected to combat dwindling creativity

By Adam Mears
February 19, 2014 12:00 AM
A rendering of what the museum will look like once it is completed this spring. (Courtesy Thanksgiving Point)
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Campus Events

Prominent politicians visit BYU

By Erynn Kerrigan
January 14, 2013 12:00 AM
Several prominent politicians are scheduled to visit the Education in Zion Museum on BYU campus starting Wednesday, Jan. 16.
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Art

An atomic era of history on display in Park City

July 13, 2012 12:00 AM
Knowledge bombs are being dropped at the Park City Museum from now until October.
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Art

Springville Art Museum transformed into a wonderland

By Charlie Roberts
May 17, 2012 12:00 AM
The 46th Annual Art Ball went wonder-fully at the Springville Art Museum -- Alice in Wonder-land that is.
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