Message from Mary –
As I pass the one year mark as Director here at MNA, I look back on a memorable and sometimes challenging year. From the Museum Fire last year to a Pandemic in 2020, our staff, volunteers and members have demonstrated resilience, imagination, flexibility and their passion for MNA. After many weeks working from home, some of the museum staff are now gradually and gratefully returning to their offices, after undergoing training to further enhance their safety while at work. From increased cleaning and socially distanced meetings to wearing masks when together, we are adjusting to new ways of working safely. We will be equally cautious reopening to the public. We are currently planning so that you can come and experience the museum in a safe and enjoyable way. To see some of the changes we are putting in place, I invite you to join the virtual tour of the museum on June 18, as we continue to bring the museum to you, until you can come to us. I look forward to that day. It is the people of MNA, all of you included, who make this museum the remarkable place it is. Thank you for being a part of MNA, and for helping to make my first year here such an enjoyable and rewarding time.
Mary Kershaw
Executive Director & CEO
Museum of Northern Arizona
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Museum now on YouTube too
While most MNA events continue to be put first on the MNA Facebook pages, which you can visit without joining Facebook, we have begun to also put the videos on the MNA YouTube channel. To make it easier, here are links to some recent videos you might have missed:
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Sages and other plants for the ages
Tuesdays via Facebook Live
Each Tuesday MNA plant and garden experts share knowledge as a Facebook Livestream. Find some past presentations on the MNA Facebook page or on the MNA You Tube channel. Join us live for these upcoming topics: June 9 at 12 pm Sages and artemisias
June 16 at 12 pm Invasive Plants
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Virtual Behind-the-Scenes tour: Ethnology
Facebook Live on June 8, 2 pm
Take a whirlwind virtual tour of the Ethnology Collections with Tony Thibodeau. You will have a chance to view some highlights from MNA’s extensive holdings of Zuni, Hopi and Navajo textiles, jewelry, pottery, baskets, etc. Hear how tribes access these holdings, the importance of stories, and find out how to care for your own treasured heirlooms.
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Virtual visit: See what’s new at the museum
Thursday June 18, 2 pm via Facebook Live
We’ve taken advantage of the shut down to make improvements to the exhibits building, from cleaning the rafters to replacing worn carpet and bringing the gift shop and bookstore together in a single space. Join Membership Manager Nic Beckett for a virtual tour of the renewed museum and learn how we are preparing for a safe reopening, when the time comes.
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STEAM Second Saturday: Forest Fitness
Facebook Live stream on June 13, 2:00 pm
Learn about forest ecosystems and how they respond to fire with environmental educator Lorie Cavalli. If you watch the livestream on the MNA Facebookpage you can ask questions. Suggested activities and hiking guides for families will be provided as a download from musnaz.org.
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Family Fridays: Geology Rocks!
Facebook Live stream on Fridays at 2:30 pm
Follow along on Facebook as MNA educator Mari Soliday presents a short program for kids each Friday. The next few weeks will focus on geology. The materials needed for each project are posted at musnaz.org the Wednesday before. Past programs can be found in the video section of the MNA Facebook page under the playlist Family Fridays and STEAM Saturdays.
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Summer Discovery Camps pending
Decision June 15 for camps July 6-July 31
Our camp staff have been busily making plans for how to safely hold summer camps, following CDC guidance. While we will not make a final decision until June 15 on whether the July camp sessions can take place, we feel confident in our plans for temperature checks, keeping kids in isolated small groups, and moving activities outdoors, as well as other enhanced safety measures.
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Become a Junior Paleontologist
Monday-Friday
Join the Jr. Paleontologist group on MNA Facebook to keep up with the paleontology activities for kids provided by Dinosaur Dave (aka Dr. Dave Gillette). The activities can also be downloaded from musnaz.org. Kids who participate will become Junior Paleontologists and be invited to a Paleontology Pizza Party.
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Liberating Landscape
Through summer
While the museum is closed, we have creative ways for you to enjoy some of the paintings, pottery, photographs and etchings featured in this exhibition of works by six women artists from 1900 to 1940. Look at the art while listening to poems or read the chapbook. Take a yoga class recorded in the gallery. Be inspired to create with a landscape sketching lesson or a coloring page.
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Extended through August 2
Patience padawan, there will be time to visit this exhibition featuring work by more than 20 contemporary Native artists who were influenced by Star Wars later this summer. Meanwhile, watch videos including interviews with artists, a tour of the exhibit, and the making of HOPI-R2. Design your own droid, color art from the exhibit, or try the other activities to become a Jr. Jedi.
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October 31, 2020 7:30 AM – 6:00 PM.
Fans of fossils and Arizona’s colorful landscape will enjoy this trip to Petrified Forest National Park with geologist Dr. Kent Colbath. The day trip includes a short hike into a fossil field from the dawn of the “Age of Dinosaurs,” and a tour of the fossil preparation lab. Sign up by calling 928-774-5211 ext. 222 or Online.
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May 3-6, 2021
Experience the beauty and magnificence of the Grand Canyon with seasoned professional guides/educators Helen Ranney and Lisa Kearsley. Each day we will hike a different trail (6 miles round trip or less) returning to a comfortable hotel in the evening. Sign up by calling 928-774-5211 ext. 222 or Online.
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May 19-22, 2021
Join musicians Chris Brashear and Peter McLaughlin for a musical river trip. During the day, float through the magnificent Goosenecks and hike in side canyons. Spend the evenings beneath the stars enjoying music by two premiere western songwriters while reflecting on the day’s journey. Sign up by calling 928-774-5211 ext. 222 or Online.
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Build a flock
Soft, cuddly, and quiet, these sheep created by Navajo artist Ray Growler make perfect pets. Growler uses dried aspen wood and cured animal skins to create these charming sculptures. The museum shops now offer curbside pick up as well as shipping, so you can browse and buy online, then schedule a time to pickup your purchase. Every purchase helps the artists and the museum.
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Bring home the whole exhibition
Hot off the press, this new publication presents essays and showcases full color photographs of art from the The Force Is With Our People exhibition. This companion publication explores the influence Star Wars has had on contemporary Native artists and why this enduring piece of popular culture seems to resonate so strongly with Native communities, specifically those in the American Southwest. Order yours now available from our online Shops page.
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Select Museum of Northern Arizona to support MNA with every purchase when you buy through Amazonsmile.
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