Baseball exhibit at Oakland Museum of California
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:47 pm
There's an exhibit at the Oakland Museum of CA running through January 22 called "Baseball As America." Sounds pretty great. I'll go on the second Sunday of one of these upcoming months (when admission is free, though it's not clear whether it's a special exhibition that requires an additional $8 ticket).
when: Sat 9.17 - Sun 1.22.06 (Wed-Sat: 10am-5pm / Sun: 12-5pm)
where: Oakland Museum of California (1000 Oak St, Oakland, 510.238.2200)
price: $8
Note: Admission is free on the second Sunday of each month.
links: http://www.museumca.org/exhibit/exhi_bball_america.html
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If you enjoyed Ken Burns' PBS documentary on baseball, then make plans to visit Baseball as America, an exhibit organized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Like Burns' work on other subjects like the Civil War and jazz, the exhibit focuses on a fixture in our national identity and highlights the various roles it played as the struggles and conflicts of our nation came to pass. On display are "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's shoes, Norman Rockwell's The Three Umpires, the world's rarest baseball card, and the Doubleday Ball, which according to legend is from the first baseball game ever in 1839. Panel discussions that accompany the exhibit address issues such as Latinos in baseball and the effects of globalization on the game.
when: Sat 9.17 - Sun 1.22.06 (Wed-Sat: 10am-5pm / Sun: 12-5pm)
where: Oakland Museum of California (1000 Oak St, Oakland, 510.238.2200)
price: $8
Note: Admission is free on the second Sunday of each month.
links: http://www.museumca.org/exhibit/exhi_bball_america.html
map
If you enjoyed Ken Burns' PBS documentary on baseball, then make plans to visit Baseball as America, an exhibit organized by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Like Burns' work on other subjects like the Civil War and jazz, the exhibit focuses on a fixture in our national identity and highlights the various roles it played as the struggles and conflicts of our nation came to pass. On display are "Shoeless" Joe Jackson's shoes, Norman Rockwell's The Three Umpires, the world's rarest baseball card, and the Doubleday Ball, which according to legend is from the first baseball game ever in 1839. Panel discussions that accompany the exhibit address issues such as Latinos in baseball and the effects of globalization on the game.