VISIT “A WALK IN THE WILD: CONTINUING JOHN MUIR’S JOURNEY” EXHIBITION IN NOVEMBER, ENTER TO WIN A TENAYA LODGE AT YOSEMITE “DELUXE GETAWAY”
(OAKLAND, CA) November 8, 2011—The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) and Tenaya Lodge at YosemiteSM have forged a first-ever partnership to present a Yosemite vacation contest in association with A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir's Journey, OMCA’s hit exhibition on view now through January 22, 2012, in the Museum's Great Hall.
Guests visiting OMCA in November can enter the contest by writing and submitting their ideas for a Yosemite dream vacation. The author of the chosen vacation idea will receive a deluxe, two-night Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite vacation including two nights’ luxury spa suite accommodations (based on availability) valid December 1, 2011 through February 9, 2012, two 60-minute treatments at Tenaya’s new Ascent Spa, a $100 dining credit, and one complimentary in-house resort activity for two (like guided hikes, snowshoeing, or ice skating). All details of the contest can be found at www.museumca.org/contest.
The contest offers a great chance to “walk in John Muir’s shoes” and write one’s way into a dream Yosemite vacation. All “Modern Day Muirs” will find that Tenaya Lodge is a magical realm in the winter, with many ways to play, from skiing at Badger Pass Ski Area to sledding, skating, and snowshoeing—all right at Tenaya.
John Muir's experience in the Golden State led to his becoming a founding figure of the environmentalist movement. In the exhibition A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir's Journey, OMCA celebrates the legendary naturalist's life, work, and legacy in California and beyond. Told through OMCA's collections of art, history, and natural science, as well as extensive interactive digital technology that invites visitors to partake in a variety of in-gallery adventures, the exhibition pays tribute to the "Father of the National Parks," whose legacy continues to inspire environmental stewardship in California today.
“This incredible exhibition explores the abundance of California’s natural treasures through the lens of John Muir—the radical environmentalist who adopted this state as his own,” says OMCA CEO and Executive Director Lori Fogarty. “This is a fitting story for OMCA to tell as it utilizes our multidisciplinary collection focus and reinforces our dedication to telling the many stories of California.”
The exhibition features striking large-scale photographic murals by Stephen Joseph that showcase the natural wonders of Muir’s explorations, as well as dramatic landscape paintings by William Keith and Thomas Hill that allow visitors to explore the beautiful scenery that inspired Muir. Through original artifacts on loan from the John Muir Papers, University of the Pacific, and the John Muir National Historic Site, visitors can see Muir’s journals and manuscripts where he cites the awe and wonder he experienced alone in nature—from the musical qualities of waterfalls, streams and rivers in Yosemite Valley to the majestic glacially sculpted granite landscapes he explored in the highest of the High Sierra.
A Walk in the Wild: Continuing John Muir’s Journey continues at the Oakland Museum of California through January 22, 2012. The exhibition is made possible by generous support from the Oakland Museum Women’s Board, The Bernard Osher Foundation, Alice and Richard Kulka, the OMCA Natural Sciences Guild, the J.M. Long Foundation, Guy and Jeanine Saperstein, and the University of the Pacific Library, Holt-Atherton Special Collections, John Muir Papers.
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