Robert C. Steensma at the USU Museum of Anthropology

Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology hosts another Utah Humanities Council Public Square guest speaker at its next event. Robert C. Steensma is featured as part of the museum’s ongoing Saturdays at the Museum program and will speak Saturday, July 17.

 

The presentation begins at 1 p.m., and the topic is “Thoughts in a Dry Land: Wallace Stegner and the Waters of the West.”

 

Steensma is the author of five books. His most recent analyzes the books written by Wallace Stegner on the state of Utah and Stegner’s role as an early conservationist. Steensma disucss Stegner’s observations about the history and people of Utah, as well as the predictions Stegner made for the state as populations continue to grow in the arid lands of the American West.

 

In addition to the presentation, the Museum of Anthropology will display posters showing photographic comparisons of Utah through the ages. The museum will also have books and coloring pages for children.

 

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the USU campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, Room 252.

 

USU students and members of the public are invited to the museum anytime during open hours. It is open six days a week, with regular hours Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. For Saturday activities, free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.

 

Funding for Saturday events is provided by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. More information about the IMLS is available online.

 

For more information about this event, call museum staff at (435) 797-7545 or visit the museum website.

 

The Museum of Anthropology is part of the Anthropology Program at USU.

 

 

Source: Museum of Anthropology