FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Photo Attached Contact: Suzy Meyer Crow Canyon Archaeological Center 970.565.4362 • 800.422.8975, ext. 162 [email protected] www.crowcanyon.org Reception and Exhibit Will Feature Artwork by Museum on the Ground Students The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and the Anasazi Heritage Center invite the public to a reception and exhibition opening for Museum on the Ground, Saturday, Feb. 15. The event will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Anasazi Heritage Center, 27501 Highway 184, Dolores. Admission will be free, and refreshments will be served. Held in fall 2013 at Lowry Pueblo near Pleasant View, the Museum on the Ground program provided an introduction to Southwest archaeology and history for more than 200 fourth-grade students from seven local schools. The students learned about the people who had lived at the pueblo nearly a thousand years ago. Crow Canyon educators, Anasazi Heritage Center staff and volunteers, and members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe shared their knowledge of ancestral Pueblo and Ute culture and history. The program emphasized the importance of respecting and preserving archaeological sites. The exhibition, which will run through April 12, will feature students’ work, including field books and posters emphasizing important themes of Museum on the Ground, as well as photos taken during the event. Museum on the Ground is a collaborative educational program of Crow Canyon and the Anasazi Heritage Center and was supported in part by funding from the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, and History Colorado State Historical Fund. For more information about the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and its educational programs, contact Director of Education Kathy Stemmler at [email protected]. About the Crow Canyon Archaeological Center The Crow Canyon Archaeological Center is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to understanding and teaching the rich history of the ancestral Pueblo Indians who inhabited the canyons and mesas of the Mesa Verde region more than 700 years ago. The Center is located just outside Cortez, Colo., in an area with one of the densest concentrations of well-preserved archaeological sites in the world. .