Monday, September 06, 2010
Coal Mine Exhibit Added To Museum
KENTUCKY...
A new exhibit at the Owensboro Museum of Science and History gives visitors a glimpse of an underground coal mine.
It's one of two new permanent exhibitions at the museum.
The Coal Mine Gallery in the basement and the ORIGINS Natural History Gallery are scheduled to open in late October. The museum's executive director, Kathy Olson, says the galleries have been planned for about five years.
The first phase of coal exhibit is a 1930s-era mine based on the Rudy Mine that was in Bon Harbor. Visitors will wear helmets with lights and watch a video on mining.
Construction on the history exhibit began last month, and features the natural history of Kentucky, with a cave as one of its focal points.
A new exhibit at the Owensboro Museum of Science and History gives visitors a glimpse of an underground coal mine.
It's one of two new permanent exhibitions at the museum.
The Coal Mine Gallery in the basement and the ORIGINS Natural History Gallery are scheduled to open in late October. The museum's executive director, Kathy Olson, says the galleries have been planned for about five years.
The first phase of coal exhibit is a 1930s-era mine based on the Rudy Mine that was in Bon Harbor. Visitors will wear helmets with lights and watch a video on mining.
Construction on the history exhibit began last month, and features the natural history of Kentucky, with a cave as one of its focal points.
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