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Summer 2000

Over 6,000 Visitors Attend MIRA Exhibit at PG Museum!
After months of preparation, the exhibit starts to take shape:

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MIRA Director Dr. Bruce Weaver advises artist Snick Farkas on
the proper angle of attack for the Milky Way Galaxy arms mural,
with museum Director Dr. Steve Bailey looking on.

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ASCC president Paul Franks assembles
the exhibit kiosk he designed.

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MIRA head docent and researcher Dr. Arthur Babcock
assembles his spectroscopy display.

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4) Weaver and MIRA administrator Esther Trosow
hang a panel on naked-eye astronomy.

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Farkas poses as he hangs a light box.

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The exhibit room in disorder as the exhibit comes together.

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The entrance to the exhibit before the opening reception.

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The finished exhibit, just before the opening reception crowd arrives.

At the opening reception on 1 July:

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Arthur Babcock enjoys Whitney Shane’s gravitational lens poster
with ASCC member Robin Casady (who graciously printed
most of the images used in the display).

MIRA board member Gary Love’s interactive
gravitational lens model is seen below the poster.

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All the hard work pays off, as the crowd enjoys the exhibit.

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PG Museum volunteer Roxie Blanks (center) offers
hospitality and finger foods to the reception-goers.
(Photos courtesy of Sharon Blaziek, Bruce Weaver, and Ivan Eberle.)


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