MUSEUM OF MAN IN SAN DIEGO

THIS IS THE ONLY ANTHROPOLOGY MUSEUM IN SAN DIEGO. MY FAMILY HAS VISITED IT AND WE VISITED IT DURING GRADUATE SCHOOL. IT IS LOCATED IN BEAUTIFUL BALBOA PARK. IT HAS FIVE PERMANRENT EXHIBITSIONS, INCLUDING ANCIENT EGYPT, KUMEYAAY NATIONAL CALIFORNIAN'S. THEY ALSO HAVE PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY EXHIBITS. THIS IS A WORLD RENOWNED MUSEUM ANDA MAJOR SOURCE OF INFORMATION. THE EXHIBITS ENTERTAIN, AND INFORM VISITORS AND THEY CAN STUDY ANCIENT HISTORY, LOCAL HISTORY, INDIGENOUS CULTURES AND HEALTH SCIENCES.

THEIR ONE EXHIBITION HOUSES 4 MILLION YEARS OF HUMAN EVOLUTION. IT HAS A HUNDRED TOUCHABLE REPLICAS OF EARLY HUMANS. THEIR EGYPTIAN EXHIBIT IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS IN THE U.S. THEY HAVE AN EGYPTIAN SOCIETY THAT CONTRIBUTES. THEY GAVE 400 OBJECTS IN 1920'S FROM ARMARNA WHERE THE PHARAOH LIKERENATEN AND HIS QUEEN NEFERTITI REIGNED AND THE YOUNG KING TUT REIGNED. THE EXHIBIT FEATURES HIEROGLYPHIC STONE CARVINGS, JEWELRY POTTERY AMULETS, AND EVERYDAY OBJECTS.

THEY HAVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, AS WELL AS SUMMER CAMPS. THEIR MISSION IS TO TEACH PEOPLE, PRESERVE AND INTERPRET AND COMMUNICATE EVIDENCE OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT. THEY WRITE PUBLICATIONS. WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE AMERICAS AND EGYPT. THEY FOSTER RESEARCH AND INTERPRETATION OF COLLECTIONS BY STAFF; RESEARCH AND INTERPRETATION OF COLLECTIONS BY VISITING SCHOLARS, STUDENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITIES. THEY PROMOTE COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS. ONE OF THE CURATORS OF ANTHROPOLOGY, KEN HEDGES, WAS INVOLVED IN MY RESEARCH OF A SPECIAL CEREMONIAL SITE I RECORDED NEAR YUMA WHILE WORKING AT THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT IN THE 1980'S.

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