Field trip to Nevada Museum of Art

Silver City Library has a number of books on Egypt, including Curse of the Pharaoh's: My Adventures with Mummies by Zahi Hawass, who coincidentally,gave a lecture on recent achaeological discoveries in Egypt at the Nevada Museum of Art a couple of weeks ago.

If you haven't gotten a chance to see the museum, or its latest exhibit, take advantage of Free 2nd Saturdays when entrance to the museum is free:

Explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about life, death, and the afterlife in To Live Forever: Egyptian Treasures The new exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art features more than 100 objects including mummies, statuary, sarcophagi, coffins, gold jewelry, and elegantly-crafted vessels, the exhibition includes some of the greatest masterworks of Egyptian artistic heritage. The exhibition also helps to explain the process of mummification, the conduct of a funeral, and different types of tombs—answering questions at the core of the public’s fascination with ancient Egypt.

Silver City Summer Reading Program

Ask Sara R. about the kids' summer reading program 2011. The theme is "One World, Many Stories." There are lots of great kids books at the library that might fall under this theme. To name just a few:

Guide to Japan for kids
Hush: A Thai Lullaby by Min Fong Ho
Rain Forest by Helen Cowcher
What Life was Like on the Banks of The Nile