Please Listen
I visited the University of Alaska Fairbanks today. A couple tour books suggest that the university’s Museum of the North is a “must stop” for Fairbanks visitors.
The Museum is a modern building of striking architecture that houses collections of Alaska Native art and culture. It reportedly holds more than 1.4 million artifacts and specimens collected in Alaska.
In addition to the impressive multimedia presentation of northern lights and Alaska history exhibitions, there is a room on the museum’s second floor called “The Place You Go to Listen” created by composer John L. Adams. The mechanism of “The Place” feeds raw data collected from seismological, meteorological and geomagnetic stations in various regions of Alaska into a computer. Then the data are transformed into light and sound. Sitting on the bench in the middle of the empty room, visitors can experience the real-time cycle of day and night, seismic activity and the aurora in a symphonic "music" form. This is an ever-changing song of the earth only nature can compose.
Listen!! Earth can talk.
I visited the University of Alaska Fairbanks today. A couple tour books suggest that the university’s Museum of the North is a “must stop” for Fairbanks visitors.
The Museum is a modern building of striking architecture that houses collections of Alaska Native art and culture. It reportedly holds more than 1.4 million artifacts and specimens collected in Alaska.
In addition to the impressive multimedia presentation of northern lights and Alaska history exhibitions, there is a room on the museum’s second floor called “The Place You Go to Listen” created by composer John L. Adams. The mechanism of “The Place” feeds raw data collected from seismological, meteorological and geomagnetic stations in various regions of Alaska into a computer. Then the data are transformed into light and sound. Sitting on the bench in the middle of the empty room, visitors can experience the real-time cycle of day and night, seismic activity and the aurora in a symphonic "music" form. This is an ever-changing song of the earth only nature can compose.
Listen!! Earth can talk.
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Stayed in Chena Lake State Park campground near Pioneer Park last night. Go downtown this morning. Sign post in front of Fairbanks' visitors center. The sign post showing that the city still considers itself the official end of Alaska Highway, mile 1523.
The bronze Statue monument, "Unknown First Family" in Golden Heart Park adjacent to the downtown visitors center.
Museum of the North, University of Alaska Fairbanks is a nice place to visit: northern light presentation, art works, history museum and a unique "the place you go to Listen" room...
Re-take a photo from museum's display.
A 3550 pounds Jade Boulder in display
A close look of the boulder's pattern
History Museum of Museum of the North
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