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Univ. of Iowa museum works to save one-of-a-kind exhibit
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IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – The College of Iowa Museum of Pure Historical past is working to avoid wasting a beloved exhibit: the Laysan Island Cyclorama.
“You come by means of this tunnel,” Liz Crooks, director of the College of Iowa Pentacrest Museums, mentioned. “And also you’re transported to a different time and house.”
The house is Laysan Island, three sq. miles of land about 800 miles northwest of Hawaii. The time is 1902, when certainly one of Crooks’ museum director predecessors, Charles Nutting, made a visit to the spit of land within the Pacific.
“He describes it as teeming with birdlife,” Crooks mentioned. “He knew instantly he needed to recreate this scene for native Iowans as a result of it was impossible they have been going to get to journey there.”
So he recreated the island with a cyclorama. Crooks mentioned a cyclorama is an immersive form of exhibit that was akin to a Nineteenth-century model of digital actuality.
“That is the one one in Iowa. It’s one of many few within the Midwest. And it’s the one certainly one of its sort on the planet that depicts one single ecosystem,” Crooks mentioned.
Nevertheless, after greater than a century, the one-of-a-kind exhibit wants some preservation of its personal.
“We have now no heating or air con or air flow in any respect on this house. And so the birds are uncovered to all of the fluctuations in temperature and humidity that Iowa has to supply. And so, over time, that causes put on and tear as they shrink and broaden,” Crooks mentioned.
Crooks added the exhibit wanted new lighting and that the specimens wanted to be cleaned; they have been coated from years of mud and soot from when the constructing was heated with pure fuel.
The museum is elevating cash to go towards the conservation of the exhibit. They’ve raised roughly $350,000 out of their purpose of $1 million.
“It’s so particular. It’s actually a gem, a treasure,” Crooks mentioned. “It’s been right here for generations, and we’re devoted to creating certain it lasts for a lot of future generations.”
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Selection Sunday has arrived, which means March Madness has officially begun.
Iowa State men’s basketball is a No. 3 seed in the South region of the 2025 NCAA Tournament and will face No. 14 Lipscomb in the first round.
Here’s what you need to know about the Cyclones’ first-round game:
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- Date: Friday, March 21
- Time: 12:30 p.m. CT
- Location: Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Iowa (22-10, 10-8 Big Ten) will learn its NCAA Tournament fate at long last on Selection Sunday.
The Hawkeyes fought through a five-game losing streak at the beginning of Big Ten play and emerged on the other side as one of the nation’s hottest teams. Iowa has won 10 of its past 13 contests, including a signature win versus No. 4 USC on Feb. 2 and three close losses against No. 1 UCLA and No. 13 Ohio State.
As fans wait for the big reveal later tonight, here’s one final look at where the experts are projecting the Hawkeyes to fall in the NCAA Tournament brackets.
ESPN Selection Sunday bracketology
Seeding: No. 6 seed in Region 1 Birmingham vs. No. 11 seed George Mason
Breakdown: Iowa earns a No. 6 seed and is slated to meet George Mason first in a game in Durham, N.C., at the host site of the No. 3 seed Duke Blue Devils. Duke would meet No. 14 seed Arkansas State.
If Iowa beat George Mason, it would battle the Duke Blue Devils for the right to advance to the Sweet 16. The Hawkeyes draw the top overall seed in this bracket in the South Carolina Gamecocks and No. 2 seed TCU.
CBS Sports bracketology
Seeding: No. 6 seed
Her Hoops Stats bracketology
Seeding: No. 6 seed in Region 4 Birmingham vs. No. 11 seed Fairfield
Breakdown: Iowa would be off to Lexington, Ken., under this bracketing scenario. The Hawkeyes face off against 11th-seeded Fairfield first, and, if they could win, then would likely see No. 3 seed Kentucky waiting who opens up against No. 14 seed Liberty.
Iowa draws No. 1 seed Texas and No. 2 seed UConn in this projected bracket.
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