See the world from the edge of a flying carpet - new exhibit at AHS Museum Papago Park

“Views from the Flying Carpet” through September 14, 2014. If you could see the world from the edge of a flying carpet, how could you ever measure it again? Come to the AHS Museum at Papago Park and you will be taken to a world rarely visited by humans. For 40 years, Greg Brown – flight instructor, photographer, artist, and author – photographed the world from 7,000 feet aloft. From his personal Flying Carpet, (the name of his aircraft and flying photo platform in the sky) Missouri fields become crazy quilts; the edge of the Painted Desert is a beaded buckskin sleeve; and Lake Tahoe becomes a chalice suspended over an unknowing village below. Greg Brown's images are not documentary photographs about ground features or weather conditions – they are earthly paintings snatched from the air above.

Accompanying Greg's spectacular images is a short video that begins as the Flying Carpet is rolled from its hangar and takes to the air over northern Arizona. Over red cliffs that reach above Sedona, Greg always finds something new and exhilarating to shoot. The video also opens the technological door behind the images, showing how nature's hues and shadows are matched in the final prints.

AHS Museum at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Ave., Tempe, AZ 85281 Phone: 480-929-0292, ext. 180  Email: AHStempe@azhs.gov.

"Water" New Exhibit at AHS Museum, Papago Park

Join us between March 28 – May 4 for a limited engagement exhibit “Water” on display in Tempe.

Mark Twain once said “Whisky is for drinkin’; water is for fightin.’” Come learn more about why one of earth’s most abundant natural resources is also one of it’s scarcest. Exhibit courtesy of Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott.

Exhibition included with general museum admission: $5.00; Ages 60+ and Ages 12-18: $4.00; Ages 11 and younger and all AHS members: Free. Regular Museum hours are 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Tuesdays – Saturdays; 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sundays. Closed Mondays and state holidays. Free parking at the museum.

AHS Museum at Papago Park, 1300 N. College Ave., Tempe, AZ 85281 Phone: 480-929-0292, ext. 180  Email AHStempe@azhs.gov.

Sneak Peek at New Exhibit

Plans are underway for a new exhibit at the AHS Museum at Papago Park. The storage area is filled with wonderful artifacts hidden from the public. Soon visitors will be able to view many of the items in these collections through a "Visible Storage" exhibit. Zona Lorig enjoys a sneak peek at this Open Shelf Exhibit organized by Ashley Smith, Museum Collections Registrar.