http://www.sltrib.com/feeds/topics/MUSEUM News from The Salt Lake Tribune en-us webmaster@sltrib.com (Webmaster) http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56356048-78/museum-natural-utah-exhibit.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/56356048-78/museum-natural-utah-exhibit.html.csp">Volcanos, hurricanes at Natural History Museum of Utah</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/UTSAC/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56356048#2013-05-23T23:07:15.907-06:00/MAI/sltrib56356048#2013-05-23T23:07:15.907-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By Lindsay Whitehurst</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Salt Lake Tribune</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-23T23:07:15.907-06:00">Updated May 23, 2013 11:07PM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">Ten-year-old Brennan Phifer switched a couple levers and pressed a button. Suddenly, an enormous gray cloud exploded on the screen in front of him in a virtual volcanic eruption. “It’s spraying some magma out of the earth,” he said about the virtual disaster. “This is so awesome.” The station at the Natural History Museum of Utah allowed him to control the amount of gas and silica brewing in the volcano, showing him how each material affected the eruption. It’s part of the newly built museum’s...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="http://www.sltrib.com/pages/privacy"> Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56356048@www.sltrib.com Thu, 23 May 2013 23:07:15 MDT http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/56349476-223/henson-muppets-museum-manhattan.html.csp <div class="hnews hentry item"> <h4><a class="url entry-title" href="http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/entertainment2/56349476-223/henson-muppets-museum-manhattan.html.csp">Muppets creator Henson’s items head to NYC museum</a></h4> <img src="http://analytics.apnewsregistry.com/analytics/v2/image.svc/AP/RWS/www.sltrib.com/CAI/56349476#2013-05-22T10:42:03.078-06:00/MAI/sltrib56349476#2013-05-22T10:42:03.078-06:00/E/qa/PC/Basic/AT/HL" style="display:none;" alt="" width="1" height="1"/> <span class="author vcard"><span class="fn">By JENNIFER PELTZ</span></span> <span class="source-org vcard"><span class="org fn"> The Associated Press</span></span> <h5><span class="updated" title="2013-05-22T10:42:03.078-06:00">Updated May 22, 2013 10:42AM MDT</span></h5> <div class ="entry-content">NEW YORK • The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they’re getting a spiffy new home in Queens. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie of “Sesame Street” fame, the stars of “Fraggle Rock” and other puppets, costumes and items from throughout Muppets creator Jim Henson’s career have been donated to the Museum of the Moving Image, which is building a new gallery to house them, the institution announced Tuesday. Encompassing almost 400 items ranging from original puppets to behind-the-scenes...</div> <h5><a rel="item-license" href="#license-563494762013-05-22T10:42:03.078-06:00" id="#license-2013-05-22T10:42:03.078-06:00"> Copyright 2013 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.</a></h5> </div> 56349476@www.sltrib.com Wed, 22 May 2013 10:42:03 MDT