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Sharon E. Cathcart is a former journalist and lifelong museum enthusiast. She has been a volunteer docent at two Bay Area museums, and is a forensic anthropology major. She hopes to share her excitement about Bay Area museums with her readers. Readers may contact her here.

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Rosicrucian Park holiday food drive continues through Dec. 21

If you follow the news, you can't help knowing that food banks are critically short of needed items this year....
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San Jose First Friday Art Walk provides glimpse into museums, local galleries

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San Jose's last First Friday Art Walk of 2009, takes place on Dec. 4. Starting at 8 PM, you can stroll through...
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When the exhibits are people: first-person cultural interpreters at Dickens Christmas Fair

One of the most important resources you will find in any museum is its docent staff. Docents are usually (but not always) volunteers who have studied...
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Around the world in 80 museums: Weird, whacky and wonderful

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While most of the "Around the World in 80 Museums" focuses on galleries in a particular location, I...
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"Still Crazy" at San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles

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The following information is provided by the San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles. Victorian crazy quilts...
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2009 Food drive at San Jose's Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum

The following information is provided by the Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum. Rosicrucian Park is proud to announce our 2009 Food Drive to support...
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Galileo's fingers and tooth to go on display

A private collector has returned two fingers and a tooth believed have come from Galileo Galilei to Florence's Institute and Museum of the History...
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Cats in Ancient Egypt

Today is a sad day in our house. We lost our beloved 14-week-old kitten, Gigi, to a viral illness that was most likely feline infectious peritonitis....
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Where is this column going

Hello, readers. I am just back from vacation and have been thinking about the direction in which I want to take...
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Museum Fact Monday

Hello, and welcome to the final edition of Museum Fact Monday for October 2009. As always, I'll share Twitter...
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