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Jordi Fabre
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 Posted: Mar 30, 2011 01:41 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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One of the major accomplishments of Curator Dr. George Robinson was an extensive update and revision of E. W. Heinrich's Mineralogy of Michigan. Dr. Robinson has been working on a more recent update describing new minerals found in Michigan, which he hopes to release electronically in the near future.
Copies of The Mineralogy of Michigan in softcover and hardcover editions are still available through the museum.
More information is available at:
https://www.museum.mtu.edu/online_gift_shop/books.htm
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John Jaszczak
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| Posted: Mar 30, 2011 18:22 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Mineralogy of Michigan. The cover specimen is from the Donald Gabriel collection. It was from the Central Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan. (8.5 x 6.8 x 4.6 cm)
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John Jaszczak
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2011 18:27 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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One of the favorite areas of the old museum for guests to take photographs was in front of the giant sheet copper from the White Pine Mine, Ontonagon Co., MI. The mine closed in 1992.
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John Jaszczak
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| Posted: Apr 19, 2011 18:37 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Electrical work is nearing completion, and the wall where the large painting of Douglas Hougton will hang has its spotlights ready to to. The southeast corner of the gallery will host an expanded and newly renovated exhibit of fluorescent minerals. The gift shop will be at the main entrance to the museum building.
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| East wall with entrance to the Fluorescent Gallery. |
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| View of the new gift shop area and front entrance. |
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crocoite
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| Posted: Apr 26, 2011 04:28 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Hi John. Thanks for sharing all of this. Is it intended that the new museum will be open all year round?
Regards
Steve
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John Jaszczak
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| Posted: Apr 26, 2011 07:20 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Hi Steve,
The new museum, like the old one, will be open year round. There will probably be
a difference between summer and winter hours (yes it seems some times like
we only have two seasons here), but those aren't fully decided yet.
I hope you'll come for a visit!
John
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crocoite
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| Posted: Apr 26, 2011 17:28 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Thanks John. I will try to sometime.
On another note, prior to reading this thread yesterday (I found it while searching), I was looking at a couple of Seaman museum specimens that I have and trying to find out more about them. I contacted George Robinson asking a question about the DM prefix on labels attached to my specimens:
"Would the DM refer to Dean Martalock"
and got this response:
"The DM prefix fools everyone, and Dean Martalock would seem a natural fit, but in fact the DM stands for "Display Mineral," an acronym instituted in the 1970s by former curator, Jean Kemp"
Seems there are a few people out there that assume the DM prefix stands for Dean Martalock!
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Steve
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John Jaszczak
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| Posted: Apr 26, 2011 17:56 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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I think the DM for "display mineral" was a way to distinguish those specimens from those used for teaching. George Robinson and Robert Rann are finishing up a new book about the museum and the collection. We'll post more when it is about to be published.
Cheers,
John
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John Jaszczak
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2011 10:33 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Early next week, the interior of the new A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum building will finished and the museum staff will start the process of moving in! Here are some images from yesterday's final touches.
Exterior work on the grounds and parking lot will continue for a while longer.
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| Decorative metal sheeting is being installed on the main museum entrance. |
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| Inside the main entrance is the gift shop, area. Offices and rest rooms are to the left. The entrance to the main gallery is straight ahead. |
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| The main gallery (looking to the south east) and the fluorescent mineral gallery are now carpeted. The carpeting is covered by a special "barrier" to protect it during move in. |
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| Posted: May 08, 2011 20:00 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Entrance is almost finished! Furniture arrives for the offices next and case installation around the outside walls of the gallery is next.
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| Posted: May 12, 2011 10:11 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Craftsmen and workers are installing the original "wall cases" from the old museum around the perimeter of the new gallery. They took a lot of time and care disassembling and sorting pieces to make the reassembly process as smooth as possible. It looks like they are making great progress!
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| Workers are visible behind the large floor case discussing the project. |
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| Posted: May 12, 2011 10:12 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Darlene, our museum manager, is making progress setting up cases in the gift shop.
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| Posted: May 17, 2011 18:21 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Pat (not shown) has installed cases around the west and south walls. He's a master craftsman!
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| Posted: May 17, 2011 18:26 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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In the southwest corner of the new gallery, the first specimen was installed last Friday: a large native copper with some silver crystals from the Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., MI.
It was donated by Bill Severance.
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| Posted: May 20, 2011 22:00 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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It must be official. Curator Dr. George Robinson moved into his new office today after his phone and computer were installed. His fiber optic light is on the table behind him. It will really be official when he gets his binocular microscope out of the case (on the floor)! I brought the chocolate "gems" on the desk to celebrate.
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 08:13 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Here on May 20, cases are being installed along the north wall of the gallery. Along this wall cases will also be installed perpendicular to the wall running north-south. These will host brand new exhibits- minerals in context of mineral-forming environments!
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| Posted: May 30, 2011 08:24 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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May 23. Storage trailers filled with furniture and minerals were unloaded at the new building after a long winter.
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| One of may palettes delivered. |
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| Our amazing museum manager Darlene checks the contents of the palette before being brought into the building. |
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| Posted: Jun 12, 2011 16:43 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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June 1 saw the main gallery filled with palettes of Lane cabinets, minerals, and various books and supplies waiting to be sorted and unloaded. The craftsmen made a lot of progress installing cases for the Keweenaw Gallery and installing lights in the cases.
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| Cases along the south wall are in progress. |
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| All of the exhibits are getting new lights! |
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| Posted: Jun 12, 2011 16:45 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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On June 2, some of the cement walks have been poured, grading is almost done for new parking spaces in the existing parking lot, and preliminary landscaping work has been done.
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| Posted: Jun 12, 2011 18:53 Post subject: Re: A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Michigan T. University, Houghton, Michigan |
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Professor Emeritus Alan Johnson (Mining Engineering, Michigan Technological University) stopped by for a visit. He recently visited the Sterling Hill Mining Museum in Ogdensburg, NJ (I also hope to get back there for another visit).
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