Mastodons and Museums: A Legacy for Orange CountyFebruary 9, 2010
The Hudson Highlands Nature Museum in partnership the Cornwall Presbyterian Church presents their Winter Evening Speakers Series: Charles Willson Peale, Mastodons and Museums: A Legacy for Orange County - This lecture will take place on Tuesday, February 9, 7:30 p.m. at the Cornwall Presbyterian Fellowship Hall, 222 Hudson Street, Cornwall-on-Hudson (right down the road from Painter’s Tavern.) Join Joe Devine, local historian from Montgomery, NY, Tom Lake, SUNY archaeologist and Evan Galbraith, who will share his vision of a Peale Museum of Discovery, as they discuss this fascinating part of our heritage, and why, since Peale’s discovery, more mastodons per square mile have been found in Orange County than anywhere else on earth. In 1801, Charles Willson Peale, famous artist and naturalist, exhumed the first complete set of prehistoric bones in recorded history, right here in Orange County, NY. This discovery had a profound influence on the scientific enlightenment and the theory of extinction.
For more information call 845-534-5506, ext. 204. Visit the museum’s website www.hhnaturemuseum.org . Come early for better seating. Suggested donation: $7, Museum members and church members: $5. Beverages and desserts available.
Possible Snow Date, Tuesday, March 2. If the weather is questionable, please call 845-534-5506 to listen to the recorded message.
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