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Now open at the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, Tutankhamun: Return of the King, is an exciting blockbuster exhibit exploring ancient Egyptian history.

Experience the life and death of one of history's most legendary kings through 124 replicas of King Tut's sacred and personal possessions. Then follow the story of archaeologist Howard Carter, who discovered the nearly intact treasure filled tomb in 1922.

Fascinating for the whole family, this exhibit will amaze and inspire the young and old.

Presented by the South Carolina State Museum in association with the International Museum Institute of New York.

2013 Annual Conference 
September  26-28
On Board the USS Yorktown!!!!

• Thursday evening reception and tours. 
• Friday opening session with breakout sessions. 
• Saturday Awards Breakfast and special session.
• Website: Click here

Celebrate the life of Celia Mann with tours, live music, hands-on demonstrations, artisans. 

All SCCAAS members are invited to attend our Members Event. A day of fun activities and educational opportunities. Invitations will be sent to each SCCAAS member the first of August.

A free online collection about the 1964 Mississippi Freedom Summer project at www.wisconsinhistory.org/freedomsummer. 

Besides thousands of archival documents from COFO, CORE and SNCC and papers from dozens of individual activists, the site includes a downloadable Powerpoint about Freedom Summer and a PDF Sourcebook of key documents for teachers. Although focused on 1964, the online archive also contains many items dating back into the 1950s and forward to the end of the 1960s, so it's useful for general civil rights movement research, too.

As the 50th anniversary of Freedom Summer approaches, we want teachers, students, historians, librarians, museum curators, the media, and anyone else to use these primary sources for their programming.

We'll be adding a few thousand more pages in coming months, so please "like" us on Facebook and follow along:

 www.facebook.com/WHS.Freedom.Summer.collection