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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sharlot Hall Museum Library and Archives to be Closed Feb. 4-Mar. 4, 2008

Prescott, Arizona -- The Sharlot Hall Museum Library and Archives will be
closed to all public patronage, including phone and email requests, Monday
February 4, 2008 until March 4, 2008. The closing is due to the move of all
archival and library collections to the new research center at 115 S.
McCormick Street, Prescott, AZ. 

The state-of-the-art facility completes the first phase the Museum's capital
campaign to enlarge and enhance the visitors’ experience.  Generously
underwritten by Western Newspapers Incorporated, parent company of the Daily
Courier, the facility houses Sharlot Hall Museum’s extensive archival
collections of pioneer, Native American, military and regional history
materials, including rare books, manuscripts, diaries, personal and
organizational papers, maps, photographs, oral histories, archaeological
reports, local and state governmental records, and genealogical resources.
The new research center will accommodate a greater number of researchers,
offer a dedicated Audio-Visual Center, a Seminar Room, a Rare Book Room, an
extended research room, and wireless internet access for our patrons.  The
center is open to knowledge-seekers of every kind:  professional, academic,
amateur or student, both local and out-of-town. 

The Sharlot Hall Museum, celebrating 80 years of service, offers visitors an
Arizona history adventure, seven days a week. The three-acre campus features
nine buildings, including the First Territorial Governor’s Mansion. The
Museum is located two blocks west of the Courthouse Plaza on the corner of
Gurley and McCormick Street in downtown Prescott.
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