I came across this, and I thought some of you might be
interested.
Enjoy!
Missy
--- Nick Eiteljorg <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 14:20:46 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: AIA LIST DIGEST Courses 00-01-f-93
> From: [log in to unmask] (Nick Eiteljorg)
> Reply-to: [log in to unmask]
>
> AIA LIST DIGEST Courses 00-01-f-93
>
> Date: Monday, October 23, 2000
> Messages included: 1
> Subjects: #1: Cal Academy of Sciences Seminar - The
> Mouseion of
> Alexandria (37 lines)
>
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> Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 15:55:52 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Glenn Meyer <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: #1: Cal Academy of Sciences Seminar - The
> Mouseion of Alexandria (37
> lines)
>
> This is an abbreviated message. For details, please
> see the web page or
> contact the correspondent directly. -- ed.
>
> (Thanks to Susan Edmiston for bringing this to my
> attention. Glenn)
>
> From
>
http://www.calacademy.org/publications/course_catalog/fall_winter_2000-
> 2001/adult_courses.html
>
> The Mouseion of Alexandria: The First Museum
> SEMINAR
>
> 2,300 years ago in Alexandria, Egypt, an institution
> was created
> that brought together the greatest scholars, the
> largest library,
> and the most diverse collection of natural artifacts
> known to the
> ancient Greek world. At its peak, it had as many as
> 100 salaried
> scholars and more than 500,000 books, as well as a
> botanical
> garden and a zoo. It became a center of research in
> astronomy,
> mathematics, medicine, geography, and most other
> natural
> sciences. Despite its destruction in the 5th century
> AD, it
> remained the model for natural history museums and
> research
> centers that emerged 1,500 years later. The
> California Academy of
> Sciences is an inheritor of the great tradition
> begun at the
> Mouseion of Alexandria.
>
> Examine the founding of the Alexandrian Museum and
> the nature of
> the scientific research carried on there for more
> than 700 years
> through Greek, Jewish, Roman, Egyptian, and
> Christian influence.
>
> John Dillon
>
> November 21 (Tuesday)
> 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
> $15 members/$20 non-members
>
> Course registration information:
>
http://www.calacademy.org/publications/course_catalog/fall_winter_2000-
> 2001/registration.html
>
> ------------------------------
>
> End of AIA LIST DIGEST Courses 00-01-f-93
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