On-Going Series of Brown Bag Lunch Lectures, 2nd Tuesday of Each Month 12:15pm, Free!
Note: Our May Lecture is in Celebration of National Historic Preservation Month May 13, 2008 Cutting-edge Research: The Colton Research Center of MNA Donovan Wood and Morgan O’Connor, Northern Arizona University students The Museum of Northern Arizona stands as the high-profile monument to the efforts of Dr. and Mrs. Harold S. Colton but there is, quite literally, another side to the museum that few visitors ever see. In recognition of National Historic Preservation Month, we explore the history of the Colton Research Center from its earliest beginnings as a ranch and experimental farm to its transformation into a premier resource facility for research of the Colorado Plateau. Learn about the efforts now underway to preserve the historic architecture of the center towards practical use for a new generation of research and discovery.

Donovan Wood is majoring in History at Northern Arizona University. He has been a full-time resident of Flagstaff for four years and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Theatrikos Theatre Company.

Morgan O’Connor is a recent graduate of the Department of Geography, Planning and Recreation at Northern Arizona University. Having never seen an historic structure he could not appreciate or a survey form he could not conquer, Morgan continues his quest to make certain that every last living soul in earshot will know the treasure that “the coops” really are. *****************************************************************
Evening Slide Presentation Series, 7pm RSVP Free!
(Program is Free. Reservations are recommended due to limited availability.) May 31 Everett Ruess Steve Yoder, Executive Director, The Arboretum at Flagstaff One of the Colorado Plateau’s most intriguing personalities, Everett Ruess was an artist who wandered the canyons, deserts, and forests of the region in search of beauty and adventure. In 1934, at the age of 20, he vanished from a remote gulch near what is now Lake Powell. The events surrounding his departure remain a mystery. Join Steve Yoder on a photographic journey that follows Everett into to the heart of a land that has changed little since his disappearance.

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