To achieve this, we need to know what visitors want to learn at a museum, how they learn on-site, and what they retain. The answers to these questions, and others, are the basis for the fourth Learning in Museums Seminar, scheduled for September 24-27 at the Museum of the Rockies in Bozeman, Montana. This exciting seminar will feature presentations by invited speakers, along with panel discussions, interactive workshops, and poster sessions offering fresh ideas and practical advice. Sessions are scheduled for Nov. 12 through November 14, and will be held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. The early registration deadline is October 12, 1999.
Scholarships are available.
In addition to the photographs, the exhibit also conveys fascinating selections from emigrants' diaries recounting the hardships of the journey and the wondrous sights seen along the way. The crossing usually took five or six months by wagon. It is estimated that, averaged over the entire length of the trail, one person died for every hundred yards, with most deaths resulting from cholera. Although the route is mostly unmarked today, photographer Greg MacGregor has researched and documented the eroded ruts, emigrant graves and wagon remains of the Trail. He also has captured the campgrounds, golf courses, and highways that have sprung up along the way and the ironies of the modern Western landscape.