Collectors' Corner

Join CMMC's 

Collectors' Corner!

Find something interesting.

• Find a natural object like a rock, fossil, skull, or pine cone. 

• Notice the surrounding where you found it. 

• Be sure to write down where and when you found it. 

• Think about what it is, how it grew, what it ate, or why it’s important. 

• Do some research and learn more about your specimen. 

• Write up a little report. 

  

Bring it to the Collector’s Corner. 

• Tell the staff about your specimen. 

• Earn points for what you know. 

Trade Now or Trade Later.

• Open a Collectors’ Corner account. 

• We’ll keep track of your points. 

• Trade with the points you earn immediately or save your points for future trade. 

Collecting is contagious! Come to trade and add to your collection. Plus, learn how to preserve and display your specimens.

What can you collect and trade? 

You can collect and trade many natural objects from around the world: rocks, shells, pine cones, fossils, seeds, insects, clean bones and skulls (no flesh attached), or a shed snake skin.

Things you CANNOT trade at the Collector’s Corner:

• Bird feathers, eggs, and nests 

• Animal mounts 

• Anything from protected or endangered species. 

• Any animal--dead or alive 

• Wildflowers 

• Anything sticky, smelly or slimy 

Why not? It’s the law! 

Federal and state laws protect and preserve the world’s wildlife resources. Collecting can impact the population and survival of plants and animals.

Tips for Collectors:

• Take one or two and leave the rest. Don’t over-collect. 

• Respect nature and private property. 

• Leave things like you found them. 

• Don’t collect protected items. 

• Learn more about the items you collect. 

• Take a small notebook to record your observations and make notes. 

Make sure you collect and trade before Collectors' Corner ends with our summer program in August.

Brain Day!

BRAIN DAY

Saturday, June 16th

1-4 p.m.

Visit the Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County to learn about the human brain with Wabash professors, Dr. Neil Schmitzer-Torbert, Ph.D. Neuroscience, and Dr. Karen Gunther, Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Cognitive Science.

See real brains up close, view slides under a microscope, test your reflexes, find out how your brain adapts to changing perception...and much more!

Summer at the Museum

Summer at the Museum

Come to the Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County for the 4th annual Summer at the Museum program. The program runs from May 30th through August 11th. The primary audience for this program is elementary and middle school students, though preschoolers and high school students are welcome. Siblings are always welcome. Kids visit the museum on their own schedule, complete the activities (independently or with an adult) and earn prizes. This program is meant to be completed at the students own pace and on their schedule. There are two levels, one easier level for the younger children and the more complex one for older kids/teens. All answers can be found in the museum and the staff can provide hints and/or explanations.   Activities include an alphabet hunt through out the museum, a crossword puzzle, quick drawings, sequencing, jigsaw puzzles and origami. One set of activities, or one "day" can be completed each visit with a prize earned for each activity completed.

The program runs through August 11th and children can sign up any time the CMMC is open. New to the Summer Program is out CMMC Collectors' Corner.  Summer at the Museum participants collect objects in nature, research them and trade them for points.  The points can be used to 'buy' things from our Collectors' Corner.

The Carnegie Museum is open Wednesday -- Saturday, from 10 am to 5 pm and other times by appointment.

The museum is handicap and stroller accessible. Admission to the Carnegie Museum is free.

For more information please call the Carnegie Museum at 765-362-4618.

Author visit: Jeanne Ann Vanderhoef

On May 6, author Jeanne Ann Vanderhoef came to the museum with her family to sign copies of her books and talk about her life. She had copies of her second book, Hard Road to Heaven, published in 2011. Ms. Vanderhoef stated that her newest book was based on her own memories plus the stories of others who shared their war-time experiences with her during her years in Germany.

Ms. Vanderhoef is the daughter of Janet Lambert, well-known local author of 54 young adult best-sellers over the course of her literary career.

Book Signing Event

Join us at the Carnegie Museum of Montgomery County on 

Saturday, May 5th from 4-6 p.m.

Author Jeanne Ann Vanderhoef will be visiting Crawfordsville with her family to sign copies of her books and talk about her life. Light refreshments will be provided. Admission to the Carnegie Museum is free.

Daughter of Kent Lambert and Janet (Maude Snyder) Lambert, Jeanne Ann was born in Crawfordsville in 1918. She attended the University of Missouri and then moved with her parents to New York City, where her father was serving in the 61st Cavalry Division. Kent Lambert led the last Cavalry charge of WWI and later became the Post Commander at Governors Island, New York. Jeanne Ann was a model for John Powers until her marriage to Dean T. Vanderhoef, a new graduate of West Point. After World War II, her husband became an intelligence officer and a Russian linguist, and the family, which now included a son and young daughter, moved to post-war Germany. A second daughter was born in Munich. After three years of living in Germany, the family returned to the U.S. until 1956 when they were transferred to Bangkok, Thailand. The Bangkok assignment served as the inspiration for Jeanne Ann's first book, Gibbons in the Family Tree. Jeanne Ann published her second book, Hard Road to Heaven, in 2011. She says her most recent book is based on her own memories plus the stories of others who shared their war-time experiences with her during her years in Germany.

Janet Lambert was born Maude Snyder in Crawfordsville in 1893, daughter of Francis L. Snyder and Mabel Galey Snyder. Her father was the first Supreme Scribe of the Tribe of Ben Hur fraternal order. In 1916, she began a stage career, appearing in productions with William Powell and Franklin Pangborne. She married Crawfordsville native Kent Lambert on New Year's Day, 1918, and changed her name from Maude Snyder to Janet Lambert. Despite hopes that he would remain stateside, he was sent to Europe to serve in World War I several months later. While her husband was away, Janet returned home to Crawfordsville to await the birth of her daughter, Jeanne Ann, who was born later that year. Her theater career ended with the birth of her daughter. Despite several years of serious medical issues resulting from her daughter's birth, Janet accompanied her husband to his military assignments, and spent much time with her daughter. When Jeanne Ann went away to college, Janet began to write seriously, selling her book, Star Spangled Summer to E.P. Dutton in 1940. She wrote 54 young adult best-sellers over the course of her literary career.

Pi Day 2012

 For our St. Pat's Day edition of our Pi Day we had

 air cannons

 to 'shoot' at green shamrocks,

 green air hockey,

 green goop,

a green craft,

green lasers,

and some very tricky Leprechaun's gold.

A Greening of Pi Day

CMMC had over 250 people attend the special 

green, St. Patrick's Day

Pi Day.