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Campus Museums Offer Free Admission on Home Football Game Weekends
EUGENE, Ore.—(September 10, 2009) — The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History offer free museum admission on 2009 home football game weekends.
University of Oregon Ducks fans, visitors and the community receive free admission the weekends of September 12-13; September 18-20; September 26-27; October 3-4; October 31-November 1; and November 14-15, 2009. Free admission will also be provided for the annual Civil War game on Thursday, December 3, 2009.
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art features collection galleries devoted to Orthodox icons and art from America, China, Japan, Korea, and elsewhere. On view through September 13 is “On the Road: Two Visions of the Tokaido,” an exhibition featuring a 110 woodblock prints from Japanese artists Ando Hiroshige’s (1795-1858) and Jun’ichiro Sekino (1914-1988). “Korean Funerary Figures: Companions for the Journey to the Other World,” is on view through October 4 in the Focus Gallery.
Opening September 26 in the Coeta and Donald Barker Gallery is “Faster Than a Speeding Bullet: The Art of the Superhero,” which maps the path of the American superhero through a history of comics. A complementary exhibition, “Superheroes in Japan: Nineteenth Century Ukiyo-e,” compares the techniques and ideas in Eastern and Western art, is on view in the Preble/Murphy Gallery.
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is located at 1430 Johnson Lane, in the heart of campus. For more information, call (541) 346-3027 or visit their website: http://jsma.uoregon.edu
The Museum of Natural and Cultural History offers visitors of all ages the opportunity to learn about the history of Oregon and cultures around the world. In their permanent exhibition, “Oregon - Where Past is Present,” visitors can marvel at 15,000 years of Pacific Northwest natural and cultural history.
Guests can experience music and learn how instruments are made and used in different cultures by visiting the special exhibition, “World Harmony – Musical Instruments from Around the Globe.” Also on display in the Northwest Artist Gallery find “Coastal Lights – Photographs by Bob Sanov,” and, beginning Wednesday, September 30, the new public galleria will offer Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Brian Lanker’s exhibit, “Shall We Dance?” which explores dance from the beauty of classical ballet to the vivacity of salsa.
The Museum of Natural and Cultural History is located at 1680 E. 15th Avenue across from Hayward Field. For more information, call (541) 346-3024, or visit their website: http://natural-history.uoregon.edu
About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon's flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of 62 of the leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. Membership in the AAU is by invitation only. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.
Contacts:
Museum of Natural and Cultural History: Judi Pruitt, judip@uoregon.edu, 541-346-1671,
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art: Debbie Williamson-Smith, debbiews@uoregon.edu,
541-346-0942
Links:
http://natural-history.uoregon.edu/
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