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Celebrating the man Behind the camera: Fran Barnes, the chronicler of Canyon Country

Moab Sun News3 years ago3 years ago

The Barnes Collection at the Moab Museum is a treasure trove with tens of thousands of photographs capturing the remote reaches of canyon country. The man behind the camera, Francis A. “Fran” Barnes…

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‘A worthless and impractical region’

Moab Sun News4 years ago3 years ago

Today beloved for its scenery and incredible landforms, the rugged canyon country around Moab once inspired disappointment and disdain in some early geologists and government surveyors. While on an early U.S. government expedition…

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Preserving the past for the future

Moab Sun News4 years ago2 years ago

The Utah State Historical Records Advisory Board recently awarded the Moab Museum a grant to continue digitization of the Fran and Terby Barnes Photograph Archives. The project, which began in 2020 in partnership…

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Moab Museum reopens: Current temporary exhibit features transcontinental railroad, Chinese labor force

Moab Sun News4 years ago2 years ago

Visitors will find a brighter, more spacious exhibit space at Moab Museum, which reopened to the public on June 1 after being closed for nearly three years – first for renovations, then because…

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June Art Walk ends the spring season

Moab Sun News4 years ago2 years ago

Paintings and drawings of realistic, anatomically correct body parts – a fitting subject for an artist aspiring to become a physician – will be among the artworks featured during the Moab Art Walk,…

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