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The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) proudly announces that the Missouri History Museum is the recipient of an Award of Merit from the AASLH Leadership in History Awards for the exhibit Katherine Dunham: Beyond the Dance.
St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents will receive discounted admission to the "Vatican Splendors" exhibition on Tuesdays during the month of July.
The five members of the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District (ZMD) --the Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri History Museum, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis Science Center and Saint Louis Zoo, will join together on Saturday, April 17, 2010, to observe "Des Lee Day". The St. Louis philanthropist E. Desmond Lee died at age 92 earlier this year.
Throughout 2010, the Saint Louis Zoo will celebrate a century of conserving animals and their habitats through animal management, research, recreation, and educational programs. To mark its "Zootennial", the Zoo and the Missouri History Museum are presenting a series of conversations exploring the Zoo's past, present and future.
Metro Theater Company joins with the Missouri History Museum to present the world premiere of "Delilah's Wish." Written and performed by St. Louis native Mariah L. Richardson, "Delilah's Wish" will be presented at 2 p.m. on February 27 and 28.
Race is a powerful concept that shapes how one sees others and is seen by others, yet few Americans understand what race is and what race is not. Historically, race has been a source of community strength and personal identity, as well as the basis for discrimination and oppression ranging from the horrific to the subtle. Today, scientific understanding of human variation is questioning "racial differences" and even challenging the very concept of race. To clarify the issue of race, the American Anthropological Association (AAA), with its sections, members and other science and humanities organizations, including the Science Museum of Minnesota, developed RACE: Are We So Different?, an interactive museum exhibition that allows visitors to learn the history of race, the role of science in that history and the insidious and obtrusive expressions of race and racism in institutions and daily lives. RACE: Are We So Different? opens at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park to the general public at noon on January 16, 2010, and runs through April 4, 2010.





