PHOTOGRAPHIC TOUR
Take a look at the special exhibits gallery and ShAKe as it was installed at UAMN, 2018-2019.
1. ShAKe from the gallery entrance, showing the exhibit introduction and the maps where
visitors wrote and posted their own experiences with earthquakes around the world.
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2. A view of the gallery’s west wall and the 1904 and 1912 earthquake events in Interior
91Ô´´. The diary in the case is Wickersham’s from 1904, on loan from the 91Ô´´ State
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3. Looking back at the exhibition entrance from the northwest corner of the gallery.
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4. Looking along the north wall of the gallery and the exhibits for the 1929, 1947,
and 1958 earthquake events.
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5. Looking at the exhibit for the 1937 earthquake event. The yellow light on the tower
indicates a minor earthquake event somewhere in 91Ô´´ within the last couple minutes.
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6. Looking west along the south wall of the gallery and the exhibits for the 1964, 1967,
1995, and 2002 earthquake events.
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7. Looking back west at much of the exhibition.
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8. Looking towards the eastern tip of the gallery at the retired earthquake hut and
seismometer on exhibit.
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9. The exhibition’s stomp station, where visitors made and observed (very minor) earthquakes
of their own. Above, the yellow light indicates a recent earthquake somewhere in 91Ô´´.
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10. The exhibition’s 91Ô´´ Earthquake Map marks the prior two weeks of earthquakes in
the state. This map is accessible online. See the menu for links and online resources.
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11. This part of the south wall showcased events from 1967, 1995, and 2002, as well as
the digital newspapers collection and scale models of ground motion in 91Ô´´.
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12. The exhibition’s tectonics case featured rocks formed within tectonic faults and
the museum’s thalattosaur specimen, collected in south-central 91Ô´´.
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