3050 Central Avenue / Memphis, TN 38111 / 901.636.2362www.memphismuseums.org

Our M!ss!on“The Pink Palace Family of Museums inspires people to learn how history, science, technology, and nature shape the Mid-South. Through rich collections, thought-provoking exhibitions, and engaging programs, we encourage our diverse community to reflect on the past, understand the present, and influence the future.”

Even more briefly—we educate.

The P!nk PalaceFam!ly of Museums !s...

• The Pink Palace Museum • Pink Palace Mansion

• Science and Natural history exhibits

• Regional and Cultural History exhibits

• Sharpe Planetarium

• CTI IMAX® Theater

• Lichterman Nature Center

• Mallory-Neely House

• Magevney House

• Coon Creek Science Center

• School Group Attendance for FY10 was 156,760.

• 42,545 of those were Title I Students, who received FREE Exhibits and Planetarium Admission and FREE Education Programs.

• 50,000+ additional students per year use our Suitcase Exhibits in their classrooms.

• 423,465: Attendance through April 2011.

• The Pink Palace also offers educators:

– A Discovery Room for programs and orientation before visits

– A Discovery Theater for larger group presentations

– 2 Classrooms & 2 Labs exploring physical & life sciences

• The Pink Palace offers facilities for meetings and events:

– Pink Palace Mansion

* Ballroom * Mansion Theater * Exhibit Building * Mezzanine * Lobby

– Lichterman Nature Center

* Loewenberg Visitors Center * Event Lawn * Davidson Outdoor Pavilion

D!D YOU KNOW...?

• The Pink Palace is one of the largest museum complexes in the Southeastern United States

• Is the most visited museum in Tennessee

• Is the West Tennessee State Museum of Science and Technology by resolution of the Tennessee State Legislature

• Is a public-private partnership between the City of Memphis and Memphis Museums, Inc., a private non-profit.

• Is accredited by the American Association of Museums, a distinction held by fewer than 8% of museums in the US.

• In FY10 volunteers worked a total of XXXXX hours on behalf of the Pink Palace.

• The value of volunteer work for the Pink Palace was over $500,000 in FY10.

• The Friends of the Pink Palace operate the Pink Palace Crafts Fair, one of the largest events of its kind in the Southeast, for the benefit of the museum.

• There are many ways you can be an integral part of this great museum.

– Donations and bequests

– Membership * Corporate, individual, gift membership

– Volunteering * Docents, guest services, Board service, and more

– Sponsorships

* Exhibits, IMAX films, Educational programs, Planetarium programs, and more

D!D YOU KNOW...?

The P!nk Palace Fam!ly of Museums Educator’s GU!de

If there was a practical tool that gave you hundreds of great ways to be more effective at your job, would you want a free one? Certainly, you would.

That is just what our Educators Guide offers teachers, and we give free copies to every teacher in our area. That is why you will find them in break rooms, meeting rooms, mail rooms, offices, and classrooms in schools all over our region.

Category exclusive sponsorship of the Educators Guide is a great way to show you care about education.

The “Ed Guide” covers: • all Pink Palace school programs • all facilities of the Pink Palace Family of Museums • Teaching standards support key for: – Arkansas – Mississippi – Tennessee

WWW.MEMPHISMUSEUMS.ORG

2011/2012 Educator’s Guide

exh!b!ts

the vietnam veterans memorial:“the memphis connection”

Veterans Day, November 11–December 30 2011

Visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial see their reflection in its highly polished marble. Memphians will see a special kind of reflection when they view the architect’s sample of the Memorial that will be on exhibit at the Pink Palace Museum beginning Veterans’ Day 2011. This is because everyone of the 58,267 names on the wall was inscribed in Memphis by local firm, Binswanger Glass.

This exhibit will connect people who lived through the Vietnam Era–and those who came after–to that time in a way no other object can. In addition to the sample, the exhibit will include a brief video recounting its creation. Featured are Richard Binswanger, who donated the sample to the Pink Palace, and Bryan Carter, the engineer who developed the process and supervised the project.

Additional programming is under development now. In time, we envision the sample will be part of all new exhibits being planned for the museum.

June 23– September 23, 2012

Bigger Than T-Rex: Giant Killer Dinosaurs of Argentina is the first interactive and comprehensive look at the largest dinosaurs ever found. Bigger Than T-Rex comes complete with skeletons, optional robotics, a dig pit, additional children’s activities, video and signage. Bigger Than T-Rex features the 38-foot adult Giganotosaurus and juvenile Mapusaurus.

Giganotosaurus (Jig-ah-NOTE-oh-SORE-us) means “giant reptile of the south.” Giganotosaurus is known from a nearly-complete skeleton.

PHOTOGRAPHS BY ALFRED

WERTHEIMER

July 21–October 14, 2012Elvis at 21, Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer is a photographic journey of a walk to fame, created in verite fashion –without a hint of irony – by Al Wertheimer of one of the most significant cultural icons of the twentieth century. This surprisingly relevant photographic exhibition is enhanced by the printing process. The 56 pigment prints give Wertheimer’s unique visual record a cinematic power that makes Elvis’ road to fame palpable. Curated with an eye toward the art of the photograph, Elvis at 21, is a brilliant and fleeting moment of intimacy created by the photographer as modernist. It is a rare moment in history chronicling a time before Elvis becomes icon; before security and money build walls between him and his fans.

January 28–May 25, 2012The Bison: American Icon explores the meaning and significance of this iconic creature from the Plains Native American culture of the 1800s through the commercial and national symbol of the present. The Bison charts the dramatic changes that occurred to the creature and its habitat and to the people who depended upon it for the daily existence.

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