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Anasazi Heritage Center |
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Located in Dolores, Colorado, the Anasazi Heritage Center is a museum of the Ancestral Puebloan (or Anasazi) culture and other Native cultures in the Four Corners region. It is also the starting point for visits to Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. The museum features exhibits on archaeology, local history, and Native American cultures, interpretive programs, archaeological sites, and a research library. |
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Carnegie Branch Library for Local History |
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A branch of the Boulder Public Library, this facility houses a collection of over 200,000 photographs and 700,000 historic documents and is is available to the public and researchers.
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Western Museum of Mining & Industry |
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Nestled along the Front Range in scenic Colorado Springs you will find the Western Museum of Mining and Industry (WMMI). Among the museum's attractions, you will find mining artifacts, a 12,000 volume research library available by appointment, a museum store and historic machinery that actually works. WMMI, is a nonprofit educational museum dedicated to preserving the West's mining heritage.
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Homeschool Resource Center in a Public Library |
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Kathy Wentz |
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Have you ever wanted your library to have a wealth of homeschooling supplies, curriculums and resources like microscopes and telescopes? Most of us have that fantasy, and in one small town in Illinois, it's a dream that has come true. |
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Homeschool Resource Center in a Public Library |
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Kathy Wentz |
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Libraries can provide more than just books. Kathy Wentz shares the example of how homeschoolers worked with library staff in Johnsburg, Illinois, to create a Homeschool Resource Center (HRC). This project was funded with a grant by the Illinois Secretary of State's office for "New and Innovative Programs." The HRC provides resources and materials, including microscopes, telescopes, math and science manipulatives, foreign language tapes, and more. |
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There's No Place Like… the Library! |
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Sophia Sayigh |
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On the rewards of the library-homeschool relationship, with practical suggestions of ways libraries can cultivate relationships with homeschoolers.
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