Idaho Museum of Natural History Store offers holiday discount for unique wares
November 21, 2008
Looking for a water-powered digital clock, a DVD of famous flintknapper Don Crabtree or a card that buys time to use telescopes in the Canary Islands, Chile and Australia to view star constellations through your computer?
The Idaho Museum of Natural History Store offers a wide variety of unusual gifts and stocking stuffers and through Dec. 23 is offering a 10 percent discount on all items. Museum members will receive an additional 10 percent off all items. Shoppers can stop by the store on the ºÚ°µ±¬ÁÏÍø Pocatello campus or buy items online by visiting http://imnh.isu.edu.
“We have a lot items you can’t find anywhere else in this area, from stocking stuffers for a quarter to Estwing Geological Tools, “ said Bill Angle, store manager. “Another popular item we have is Rite in the Rain weatherproof paper for taking field notes.�
The Museum Store specializes in distributing a wide variety of reference guides unique to Idaho and this area, as well as gifts and posters with a natural history focus.
A recently big seller has been the DVD “Don Crabtree: A Reader in Stone,� that chronicles the life and work of former Idaho Museum of Natural History curator Crabtree. He is known as the “grandfather of modern flintknapping,� and was an international renowned expert in the making of stone tools, according to Angle.
Examples of other unusual gifts available include the $5 water-powered clock above, and a Slooh Card, that is like a phone card, that buys online minutes to view galaxies from telescopes in the places mentioned above.
Additionally, the store has Idaho gemstones, a variety of natural history themed puzzles, games and craft projects, and features curios such as obsidian knives and “geo-jewelry.�
The store’s hours are from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, but is closed on major holidays. For more information call 282-3317, visit imnh.isu.edu, or e-mail store@imnh.isu.edu.
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