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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 12, 2011 18:57 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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By June 7 the south wall cases all have their doors installed. The entrance gallery has its large screen monitor installed (gift of the A. E. Seaman family) for short a visitor orientation and other programs.
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 14, 2011 17:07 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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On June 9 it was nice to see lights (new) on again in many of the cases.
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Lights are on in the cases on in the gallery at the entrance. |
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 14, 2011 17:09 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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June 9 also saw the pouring of the foundation for the museum's new storage building on the east side of the building.
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Storage building foundation. being poured. |
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 14, 2011 17:11 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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A crew of students has been on hand helping to put the Lane storage cabinets into place. Here they are working on June 10 with curator Dr. George Robinson.
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Students working with curator Dr. George Robinson. |
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How do you make the curator happy? Give him back his minerals! |
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 14, 2011 17:14 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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On June 10 the foundation was all cured and the outbuilding's trusses were delivered (fun to watch).
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The trusses literally slid off the trailer bed onto the ground with a thud. |
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 14, 2011 18:10 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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It was an exciting day on June 13. The large portrait of Douglas Houghton, first Michigan state geologist and namesake for the city of Houghton, was unpacked and hung in the gallery. His survey work is credited with sparking Michigan's copper mining boom. Unfortunately he drowned in Lake Superior near Eagle Harbor, MI during a storm while working on a geological survey.
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 14, 2011 19:39 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Oil painting of Douglas Houghton by his brother-in-law Alvah Bradish.
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 14, 2011 19:45 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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By June 13 the storage/work room has all of the Lane storage cabinets arranged. Dr. Robinson's wife Susan, also a well-known artist, has been a tremendous help in both the packing process, and now in the unpacking process.
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Susan Robinson, volunteer and artist, helping to unpack all of the carefully packed minerals in the storage cabinets. |
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 14, 2011 19:47 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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June 13: The green top cap was installed, thus finishing the decorative front entrance. Now I can't wait for the letters to arrive and be installed.
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bugrock
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Posted: Jun 14, 2011 21:11 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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I am clearly biased by my interest in the Copper Country and by many unusually pleasurable days spent there on vacations but please continue to document progress of the move. Excited to see a new home for an outstanding mineral collection that documents the mining districts of the Lake Superior Region with love and a flare for both scientific and historical legacy.
Given recent declines in support for natural history collections this is a breath of fresh air.
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Ben Webb
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Posted: Jun 15, 2011 18:00 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Thanks for the pictures John. The museum looks great and it's good to see Douglas Houghton's portrait with a little more light on it!
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 15, 2011 21:57 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Here is a better image of the Houghton portrait I took today.
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 15, 2011 22:01 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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The A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum is a Keweenaw Heritage Site associated with the Keweenaw National Historical Park. The new sign was just installed this week!
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View heading east on Sharon Ave. The museum is on the left. |
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 15, 2011 22:17 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Lots happened in the museum on June 14 and 15! Many of the "floor cases", designed by former curator Jean Kemp, and prominently displaying the collection in the EERC building since the mid 1970s, were places into position forming spaces for the "Keweenaw Gallery" and the "Iron District Gallery" for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan minerals.
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Here looking down the main isle of the gallery toward the west, the Keweenaw Gallery will be on the left nearest to the Houghton portrait. |
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Close up of the entrance to the Keweenaw Gallery. |
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The iron district gallery will follow the Keweenaw gallery to the east. |
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Craftsman Pat Reagan is working on the stunning entrance exhibit- a large sheet of native copper from the White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., MI. |
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The sheet copper already makes a dramatic view as one looks to enter the gallery from the gift shop. |
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 15, 2011 22:22 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Just can't keep the curator out of the minerals!
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 15, 2011 22:23 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Progress was also made on laying the brickwork on the outbuilding.
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Jun 16, 2011 02:26 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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I said it several times before, but again, thanks so much John to give us the gift to follow the rebuilding, starting from zero, of one of the world's best Museums. A really exciting experience and a great pleasure.
Thanks John!
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John S. White
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Posted: Jun 16, 2011 04:13 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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I echo what Jordi has written, John. Watching the evolution of this great new museum has been an exciting experience. Can't thank you enough for the job you have done in sharing all of this with FMF.
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John Jaszczak
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Posted: Jun 17, 2011 19:36 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Thanks all for the encouragement. I pass it on to the museum staff and they appreciate it!
Summer is wonderful in Copper Country. Today's lovely weather reminded me of the swap on the grounds of the famous Quincy Mine Hoist last year in early August during the Copper Country Mineral Retreat. Check out
https://www.museum.mtu.edu/copper_country_mineral/index.html
(link normalized by FMF)
for information about this year's retreat. The museum will be PARTLY open by then.
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Rainbow over the Quincy Mine #2 Shaft-Rockhouse 8-11-2010. |
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Posted: Jun 17, 2011 19:38 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, Michigan |
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Work has progressed rapidly on the storage building. We're pleased because we need to move things into it to make room for the rest of the display cases to be installed inside the gallery.
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