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Bugs Bunny's in big trouble: A martian and his canine helper have claimed the Jonesonian Institute in the name of Mars, and its up to Bugs to keep him form stealing the whole place lock, stock, and rabbit.... ... Read more

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This book gives an insider's look at the process of building one of the most exciting structures of our time: the Denver Art Museum's expansion building, designed by visionary architect Daniel Libeskind. From the time the project began, Libeskind's design for the Frederic C. Hamilton Building required new ways to visualize space, new ways to construct, even new ways of scheduling. The explosive structure pushed architectural boundaries and challenged everyone involved, from architects to construction workers to museum staff, to think differently.

Now rapidly approaching its Autumn 2006 opening date, the Hamilton Building will display the museum's modern and contemporary, western American, African, and Oceanic art collections alongside the groundbreaking educational programs the museum is renowned for. For visitors, it will be a building filled with new experiences and ideas. ... Read more

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The dream of flight is as old as human history. Based on the outstanding collection of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, Book of Flight traces the remarkable story of the pioneers, inventors, scientists and pilots who turned this dream into reality.

An exciting journey through time, the book includes such remarkable achievements as:

• The development of ballooning
• The earliest human gliders
• The Wright Brothers' first sustained flights
• Charles Lindbergh's solo trip across the Atlantic
• Amelia Earhart's courageous flights
• The tragic explosion of the airship Hindenburg
• The dogfights of the first and second world wars
• Chuck Yeager's historic blast through the sound barrier
• The Apollo astronauts' first steps on the moon
• The development of the Space Shuttle and the Hubble Space Telescope
• The building of the International Space Station.

New and updated for this edition:

• Mission to Mars
• Latest information on the Space Shuttle program, the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station.

Packed with fascinating illustrations and photographs, Book of Flight is ideal for enthusiasts of all ages.

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Table of Contents
* Stargazing
* Circling the earth
* People in space
* Going to the moon
* Probing space
* Space plane
* Life in space
* Space stations
* Glossary
* Index
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Discover theoriginal United States Pension Bureau, now home to the National Building Museum. This book reveals the architectural and engineering ingenuity of the National Historic Landmark, known as one of Washington's most spectacular structures and celebrated as 'the most astonishing space in America' by the late architect Philip Johnson. It traces the building's history, from the 1880s to its present state as a museum dedicated to architecture, design, engineering, urban planning and construction. Designed in 1881 by civil engineer and U.S. Army General Montgomery C. Meigs, and built with more than 15 million bricks, the building was home to varying government agencies as well as the United States Pension Bureau before a 1980 Congressional Charter transformed it into a museum dedicated to the building arts. The building is an amazing architectural example and a marvel of engineering. The grand exterior is modelled on the elegant Palazzo Farnesse in Rome. The famous Great Hall spans more than 30 ... Read more

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Best Museum in Washington DC
The National Building Museum is the most spectacular building in and of itself.This small postcard size book gives its history (which is incredible) from Pension Building to site for inaugural balls to present museum specializing in architecture.The book is small and easy to carry around as you are amazed by the building itself and full of details that you'll want to know about after seeing the museum. ... Read more

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Bringing together theory from disparate fields, including behavioural gerontology, counselling and therapy, applied psychology and historiography, and drawing on research from the UK, the USA and Europe, this is a multi-faceted study of memory and the museum. It explores what Sheldon Annis referred to as the "dream space", the non-rational, affective and reflective experience of encountering material and ourselves within the museum and, for the purpose of this book, within the processes and procedures of making history in museums. It examines the theory of "dream space" in the context of the practical world of museums where so many of the issues of memory, the life span and their connections are brought into sharp focus.The book has four parts: the relationship of memory to history and the changing place of memory within historiographic and museological theory; the dynamics of memory and its employment in the construction of social knowledge of the past through the medium of exhibitions - in essence, memory as product; the experience of remembering in the museum or through access to museum collections -that is memory as process; and the interplay of product and process experienced in the visit and in educational activities. ... Read more

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This is a collection of amazing science facts. Each paragraph focuses on a different fact, with context-setting background information at the start of each of the five chapters. ... Read more

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A photographic look at the cockpits of forty aircraft and five spacecraft of historical note. These absorbing images are complemented by further shots of the most significant of these aircraft, and text outlining each craft's flight history. ... Read more

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The latest addition to Art Spaces series profiles one of the most famous and prestigious buildings in the world. The two-acre square, enclosed by a spectacular glass roof, transforms the Museum’s inner courtyard into the largest covered public square in Europe, with the world-famous Reading Room at its center. Written and researched in collaboration with the architects Foster and Partners and the British Museum and drawing on Foster’s superb image archive, this is a magnificent book on a world famous site. ... Read more

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For years , the Asian Art Museum was one of San Francisco's best-kept secrets. It was the largest museum devoted to Asian art in the Western world, but its collection was housed in a wing of another museum where only a small fraction of the collection could be displayed. In 1997, it moved into a landmark 1916 building designed by George W. Kelham.The task of retaining the building's historic qualities while invigorating it with bold new elements was given to Milanese architect Gae Aulenti, who had previously transformed a beaux arts train station into the Muse, D'Orsay. The result is a blend of Beaux Arts traditionalism and sleek European modernism. This new addition to theArt Spacesseries studies the history and design of one of America's most unique museums. ... Read more