Press Releases
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- Visiting artist Peter Williams demonstration and lecture (5/22)
- May events at the museum (5/15)
- New public program series: At Sáxan (Love of All Things) Saturdays (5/10)
- May artifact of the month: Tlingit drum and beater (5/2)
- Summer 2013 Native artist demonstrators (4/26)
- Slow Art Day (4/12)
- April Artifact of the Month: Hunting Hat from Anvik (4/2)
- Friends of Sheldon Jackson Museum final in lecture series: master weaver Teri Rofkar (3/26)
- March Artifact of the Month: Pair of Siberian Boots (2/25)
- A Fascination with Tlingit Pipes Noted carver to present lecture at the Sheldon Jackson Museum (3/4)
- Jackie Fernandez Named Sheldon Jackson Museum Curator of Collections (2/12)
- February Artifact of the Month: Small Sled from Cape Prince of Wales (1/28)
- Gala Event at Sheldon Jackson Museum on 1/26 (1/3)
- January Artifact of the Month: Nunivak Island Bird Arrows (12/29)
- National Endowment for the Arts Grant Award (12/07)
- December Artifact of the Month: 1827 Russian Painting (11/28)
- The Effect of Climate Change on the Alaskan Tundra (11/28)
- FRIENDS OF THE SHELDON JACKSON MUSEUM: WINTER LECTURE SERIES (11/2)
- Sheldon Jackson Museum to Host Native Art Activities (10/26)
- October Artifact of the Month: Alutiiq Mask (09/28)
- MUSEUM COMMITTEE CANDIDATES SOUGHTS (09/12)
- September Artifact of the Month: Hemp Socks from the Kuskokwim River (8/28)
- August Artifact of the Month: Siberian Bola (7/23)
- Fish Skin Basket Workshop with Audrey Armstrong (7/11)
- July Artifact of the Month: Fish skin sewing kit from the Lower Yukon region (6/30)
- Visiting artist resident and artist demonstration scheduled: Selina Alexander (6/14)
- Visiting artist resident and artist demonstration scheduled: Patty Lekanoff-Gregory (6/7)
- Sheldon Jackson Museum announces artist resident and demonstrator Tommy Joseph (6/6)
- Visiting artist resident and lecture scheduled: Sonya Kelliher-Combs (5/30)
- Smithsonian NMAI conservation team to lecture at the Sheldon Jackson Museum (5/30)
- Visiting artist resident and lecture scheduled: Jennie Wheeler (5/25)
- Professional Development Workshop for Artists (5/23)
- June Artifacts of the Month: Two Bentwood Hats From Anvik (5/23)
- Visiting artist resident and lecture scheduled: Othniel Art Oomittuk (5/22)
- Marlene Nielsen: Sheldon Jackson Museum Visiting Artist and Demonstrator (5/18)
- FOR MEMORIAL DAY: A THANK YOU TO MILITARY FAMILIES: Alaska State Museum and Sheldon Jackson Museum to Offer Free Admission to Military Personnel and Families (5/18)
- Coral Chernoff Artist Demonstration: Seal and bear intestine sewing at the Sheldon Jackson Museum (5/4)
- Sheldon Jackson Museum Visiting Artist Program 2012 (5/1)
- SHELDON JACKSON MUSEUM SUMMER HOURS, NEW FEE SCHEDULE: Extended Hours With Seasonal Admission Increase (4/27)
- May Artifacts of the Month: Selection of human figurines (04/27)
- Sinew Spinning Class Offered at the Sheldon Jackson Museum (3/27)
- Making Miniatures Youth Workshop with doll maker Mary Ellen Frank (3/20)
- April Artifact of the Month (03/22)
- March Artifact of the Month (02/22)
- February Artifact of the Month (01/23)
- Winter Lecture Series (01/05)
- January Artifact of the Month: Alutiiq Kayak Model (12/23)
- December Artifact of the Month: Mask from Anvik (11/25)
- November Artifact of the Month: Inupiat Harpoon Blade Boxes (10/21)
- October Artifact of the Month: Point Hope Mask (9/23)
- September Artifact of the Month: Strands of Glass Beads (8/21)
- August Artifact of the Month: Wooden Batten from King Island (7/25)
- Jackinsky-Horell Named Curator of Sheldon Jackson Museum (06/27)
- July Artifact of the Month: Tsimshian Eagle Plaque (06/24)
- 2011 Native Demonstrators For Summer (05/23)
- June Artifact of the Month: Athabascan Gift Stick (05/25)
- May 2011 Events at the Sheldon Jackson Museum (04/21)
- May Artifact of the Month: Pair of Yup’ik Dolls from Goodnews Bay
(See artifact-of-the-month archives for others) - April Artifact of the Month: Drawings by Robert Mayokok
- Willie Iggiagruk Hensley Lecture Feb 11 (02/11)
- 2010 Native Demonstrators For Fall
- Rosemary Carlton Retires (08/31)
- 2010 Native Demonstrators For Fall (08/03)
- 2010 Native Demonstrators For July (06/21)
- 2010 Native Demonstrators For June (06/01)
- May Activities at the Museum (05/14)
- 2010 Native Demonstrators Calendar Announced (05/11)
- Biographer to discuss Captain "Hell Roaring" Mike Healy (04/08)
- Rosemary Carlton Yup'ik Masks in Paris Lecture (03/27)
- Kayak Lecture at Sheldon Jackson Museum (01/13)
- Tommy Joseph to Speak at Sheldon Jackson Museum (10/30)
- Museum Committee Candidates Sought (10/20)
- Alaska Day at the Sheldon Jackson Museum (10/07)
- Dauenhauers to Speak at Sheldon Jackson Museum (10/09)
- Winter Lecture Series Scheduled (09/09)
- September Native Demonstrators (09/09)
- August Native Demonstrators (08/09)
- June Native Demonstrators (05/09)
- 2009 Native Demonstrators Calendar Announced (04/09)
- National Endowment for the Arts Grant Award (01/09)
- 2008 Alaska Positive on Display at Sheldon Jackson (01/09)
- Hands-on Loan Program Has New Online Database (11/08)
2013
- June First Friday exhibit opening: Nicholas Galanin solo exhibition and artist lecture (5/24)
- May First Friday exhibit opening: works by artists from The Canvas (4/30)
- Sea otter subsistence harvest lecture and skin sewing demonstration (4/30)
- Docent training workshops begin May 8 (4/25)
- Preregister for May 4 Youth Workshop: "Walrus on the Floor Clay Collaboration" (4/19)
- Tsimshian Carver and Metalsmith Abel Ryan Demonstrates Techniques at the Alaska State Museum on April 20 (04/18)
- Slow Art Day: April 27 (4/15)
- Ocean science stories presented by UAF grad students (4/12)
- All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition XXXIV to close (4/9)
- April 13 Liars and Fiddlers consort in conjunction with Folk Festival (4/8)
- April 6 Lecture on Tlingit Armor by Carver Tommy Joseph (4/3)
- Two solo exhibitions to open: Playing with Lightning: Ravenstail Weavings by Kay Field Parker, and Rainforest Warriors: Tlingit Armor by Tommy Joseph (3/29)
- Tsimshian Carver and Metalsmith Abel Ryan Demonstrates Art at the Alaska State Museum (3/15)
- All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition XXXIV to open (2/15)
- PHOTOGRAPHER TO PRESENT LECTURE AT ALASKA STATE MUSEUM Ben Huff’s “The Last Road North” Photos from the Dalton Highway (2/15)
- 2013 Andrew P. Kashevarof Memorial Lecture Series Continues with Litigation Records from the Exxon Valdez Oil SpillPeratrovich with Exhibit (2/14)
- Alaska State Museum Honors Alaska Native Civil Rights Activist Elizabeth Peratrovich with Exhibit (2/12)
- Alaska State Museum Exhibit Showcases Stories, Beliefs, And Traditions from Nunavut (2/8)
- MUSEUM COLLECTIONS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING (2/4)
- A Month of Thursdays at the Alaska State Museum 2013 Andrew P. Kashevarof Memorial Lecture Series (1/31)
- Alaska State Museum Presents Mask Carver: Drew Michael’s Solo Artist Exhibit “Life Expressions” (1/23)
- Alaska State Museum Presents Ben Huff’s “The Last Road North” Photos from the Dalton Highway (1/23)
- Two Exhibits to Close at the Alaska State Museum (1/3)
2012
- Alaska Positive 2012 Photography Exhibit on Display for One More Week (12/28)
- Back by Popular Demand, Alaska State Museum Presents “Alaska Games in the Art Room” (12/20)
- HOLIDAY CLOSURES AT ALASKA STATE MUSEUM (12/18)
- December Gallery Walk at the Alaska State Museum (11/29)
- THANKSGIVING DAY CLOSURE AT ALASKA STATE MUSEUM (11/15)
- Fisheries Biologist to Present Lecture about Alaska’s Coastline and Seaweeds at the Alaska State Museum (11/15)
- CARVING OUT A NICHE: Tlingit Carver/Bentwood Box Maker John Hughes Demonstrates at the Alaska State Museum (11/15)
- READY, WILLING AND ABEL: Tsimshian Carver and Metalsmith Abel Ryan Demonstrates Techniques at the Alaska State Museum (11/9)
- SIGN UP FOR THANKSGIVING RECESS YOUTH ACTIVITY TODAY (11/8)
- SOLE SURVIVORS: Alaska State Museum to Display Rare Artifacts from Sunken WWII Ship U.S.S. Juneau (11/7)
- Alaska State Museum Announces 2012 Native Artist Demonstrator Series in Recognition of Native American Heritage Month (11/5)
- WE’RE POSITIVE: Alaska State Museum Announces Alaska Positive 2012 Photo Contest Awards and Exhibit (10/29)
- ONE BIG NIGHT: Alaska State Museum Unveils Three New Exhibits for November First Friday (10/25)
- NATURE AND NURTURE: Register Now for Free Science Illustration Workshop for Kids (10/25)
- ALASKA STATE MUSEUM ADDS TRIO OF NEW STAFF TO ITS RANKS (10/17)
- ALASKA STATE MUSEUM SUMMER EXHIBITS TO CLOSE, SPECIAL TEMPORARY EXHIBIT ON DISPLAY THIS MONTH, AND STATE HOLIDAY CLOSURE (10/8)
- PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG WOMAN: Noted Emerging Photographer and Alaska Positive Juror to Speak at State Museum (10/4)
- WORLD WAR II REMEMBERED Alaska State Museum to Host Symposium (09/26)
- Friends of the Alaska State Museum Kick Off Youth Workshop Series beginning with Dan DeRoux (09/25)
- Alaska State Museum Celebrates Filipino-American History Month with Special Exhibit, Reception on October First Friday (09/24)
- MUSEUM COMMITTEE CANDIDATES SOUGHTS (09/12)
- WWII in Photographs (09/04)
- LABOR DAY CLOSURE AT ALASKA STATE MUSEUM (08/27)
- Alaska State Museum Announces Alaska Positive Photographic Competition (08/21)
- IN WITH THE NEW: Alaska State Museum Promotes Jackie Manning as New Curator of Exhibitions (08/06)
- August First Friday Lecture at the Alaska State Museum: WWII and Deroux Exhibits Continue (07/23)
- Tsimshian Artist to Demonstrate Northwest Coast Carving at the Alaska State Museum (07/25)
- August First Friday At The Alaska State Museum WWII And Painter Dan Deroux Exhibits Continue (07/25)
- Tsimshian Artist to Demonstrate Northwest Coast Carving at the Alaska State Museum (07/09)
- FY2013 Grant-in-Aid Awards (07/05)
- Alaska Artists Awarded Solo Exhibits at State Museum (6/25)
- WALKING THROUGH WWII HISTORY: Collections Curator Steve Henrikson Leads Tour of Alaska’s WWII History(6/20)
- Tsimshian Artist to Demonstrate Northwest Coast Carving at the Alaska State Museum(6/6)
- CAPTURING KISKA: ASM Presents Photographer Dirk Spennemann (5/31)
- WELL PRESERVED: Alaska State Museum Receives 2012 Ross Merrill Award for Outstanding Commitment to the Preservation and Care of Collections (5/18)
- FOR MEMORIAL DAY: A THANK YOU TO MILITARY FAMILIES: Alaska State Museum and Sheldon Jackson Museum to Offer Free Admission to Military Personnel and Families (5/18)
- ALASKA STATE MUSEUM ARMS ITSELF WITH “SCIENCE GUN”: Museum Awarded Tier I Rasmuson Grant for Portable X-Ray Analyzer (5/2)
- ALASKA MUSEUM SNAPSHOTS AT THE ALASKA STATE MUSEUM: ASM presents Alaska Museums Snapshot Day, May 18 (5/2)
- DAN DEROUX’S “HISTORY OF ALASKA”: ASM Honors Long-time Alaskan Artist with Comprehensive Show (4/27)
- ALASKA STATE MUSEUM SUMMER HOURS, NEW FEE SCHEDULE: Extended Hours With Seasonal Admission Increase (4/27)
- APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED FOR ARTISTS TO SHOW AT THE STATE MUSEUM (4/23)
- WHEN “OVER THERE” WAS HERE: Alaska State Museum Opens WWII in Alaska Exhibit for May First Friday(Revised) (4/20)
- DOCENT TRAINING CLASSES BEGIN AT THE ALASKA STATE MUSEUM (4/20)
- 2ND ANNUAL LIARS’ AND FIDDLERS’ CONSORT: Alaska Folk Festival Event at the Alaska State Museum (4/9)
- LAST OPPORTUNTY TO VIEW THREE TEMPORARY EXHIBITS AT THE ALASKA STATE MUSEUM (4/9)
- TUNNEL VISION: Mixed Media Artist Margot Klass Teaches Students 3-D Bookmaking at ASM (3/27)
- ONE EVENING, THREE SHOW OPENINGS: ASM Opens Three New Exhibits on April First Friday (3/27)
- MIND THE GAP: Planner Discusses Discrepancy Between Affordable Housing and Market Prices (3/22)
- FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1987 SHOW, DAVID ROSENTHAL SPEAKS AT ASM EXHIBIT OPENING (3/20)
- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS: A VICIOUS CYCLE Domestic Violence Services Manager Discusses Complicated, Intertwined Issues (3/19)
- (HAND)MADE IN ALASKA: Earth, Fire and Fibre XXVIII Exhibit Celebrates Alaska’s Artisan Craftmakers (3/12)
- ASM Opens “An Alaskan Book of Hours,” Mixed-Media Exhibit by Margo Klass (3/12)
- New Exhibit of David Rosenthal Paintings Opens at the Alaska State Museum (3/12)
- STUDENT HOMELESSNESS: SAD BUT TRUE; District Supplemental Services Coordinator Discusses Student Homelessness(3/8)
- Last Opportunity to view Historic Photographs and Solo Artist Painting Exhibits
- SILVER TSUMANI PREPAREDNESS: Homeless Outreach Director Discusses Oncoming Wave of Low-Income Seniors
- Quliaqtuaqtuqpuk Tuugaaqmi (Our Stories in Ivory): Reconnecting Arctic Narratives with Engraved Drill Bows (2/29)
- ASM Guest Researcher Reconstructs First-Ever Presidential Visit to Alaska (2/21)
- ASM Features Alaskana Exhibit Donated by Friends of the Alaska State Museum (2/21)
- State Museum Sponsors Wednesday Lecture Series on Homelessness (2/16)
- March First Friday Opening of Out of the Rain Exhibit (2/16)
- State Museum Sponsors Youth Activity (2/16)
- Alaska State Archives Shares Trove of Oft-Overlooked Historical Resources (2/16)
- Presentation on Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness Area (2/9)
- Alaska Librarian Discusses Early History of Kake, Alaska ASM Brown Bag Lecture Series (2/1)
- ASM Curator of Collections Discusses Alaska Native Treasures of the British Museum (1/26)
- February First Friday the Alaska State Museum Celebrates Opening of Historic Photo/Artifact and Solo Artist Painting Exhibits (1/20)
- ASM Presents “Sailing for Salmon,” History of Wind-Powered Fishing in Bristol Bay (1/20)
- MacArthur Fellow Sven Haakanson Lecture- CANCELLED DUE TO FLIGHT CANCELLATION (1/19)
- A Month of Wednesdays at the Alaska State Museum 2012 Winter Lecture Series (1/13)
- Alaska State Museum Hosts MacArthur Fellow Sven Haakanson Lecture on Alutiiq Culture (1/13)
- January First Friday (01/05)
2011
- Last Chance to View Four Exhibits ar rhe Alaska State Museum (12/20)
- December First Friday: Four New Exhibits (11/18)
- Tlingit Artist to Demonstrate Silver Carving (11/10)
- November Holiday Closures (11/10)
- Alaska Library, Archives and Museum Property Reopens for Parking
- State Museum to celebrate Native American Heritage Awareness Month with Artist Demonstrator Saturdays (10/31)
- November First Friday: Multi-Exhibit Opening (10/26)
- Museum Collections Advisory Committee Meeting (10/25)
- Museum Committee Candidates: Sought (10/25)
- The 14th Annual Youth Activity Series (10/11)
- Last Opportunity to view Hats and Photography exhibits (10/06)
- October First Friday: Alaskan History Through Its Hats (09/26)
- Tsimshian Artist to Demonstrate Northwest Coast Carving at the Alaska State Museum (08/23)
- September First Friday: Walk Through Alaska's Past (08/22)
- FY2012 Grant-in-Aid Awards (07/01)
- Hats take center stage at the Alaska State Museum July First Friday (06/21)
- Tsimshian Artist to Demonstrate Northwest Coast Carving at the Alaska State Museum (06/10)
- Alaska’s First Photographs featured June First Friday (05/27)
- Free admission, activities for Juneauites on May 14 for Museum Day (04/27)
- May First Friday: Hats take center stage at the Alaska State Museum (04/25)
- Last chance to see two art exhibits at State Museum (04/20)
- Photographs to be featured for April's First Friday at the Alaska State Museum (03/25)
- 2011 Docent Training Classes Forming Now at Alaska State Museum (03/04)
- Last Winter Lecture: World and Alaskan Geography with Science on a Sphere (03/02)
- March First Friday Events (02/24)
- Wednesday 3/2 - Lecture on Wet Plates in Cold Climates: Alaska's Oldest Old Photograph--And Why" (02/23)
- Friday 3/4 - 33rd All Alaska Juried Art Exhibition to open (02/11)
- Saturday 2/12 - Last Opportunity to View and Play Great Alaska Games (02/09)
- Winter Lecture on Conservation Treatments for Archaeological Artifacts 2/16 at the Alaska State Museum. (02/09)
- Winter Lecture on Alaska Native "Raven's Tail" weaving 2/9 at the Alaska State Museum. (02/02)
- Winter Carnival Family Event (02/05)
- Louis Bales to be subject of second Winter Lecture on January 26, 2011 (01/26)
- February First Friday - two new photographic exhibits (01/21)
- Winter Lecture Series (01/13)
- Shgen Doo Tan George to give first Winter Lecture on January 26, 2011 (01/11)
2010
- Holiday Closures (12/08)
- December First Friday Events (12/03)
- Public Invited to Discuss the Significance of the Alaska State Museum Building (11/15)
- Ghost in the Graveyard Childrens' Activity (11/06)
- November First Friday (11/05)
- Jackie Manning Solo Exhibition Opens November Opens November 5 (11/05)
- November Native Artist Demonstrations (11/04)
- Mark Whitman to recount the tall tales of Willoughby (10/22)
- LAMP Community Workshop (10/06)
- First Friday for October (10/01)
- Winter Hours Begin Sept 27 (09/27)
- September First Friday Events (09/03)
- Manning Hired (08/27)
- August First Friday (08/06)
- Grant-in-Aid Awards Announced (07/02)
- June First Friday Events (06/04)
- State Museum Free to Military Families This Summer (05/025)
- Juneau Museum Day on May 15th (05/15)
- Grant-in-Aid Applications Available (05/14)
- Alaska State Museum Summer Hours (05/11)
- Alaska Positive 2010 Opens (05/07)
- Solo Exhibitions Announced (04/16)
- AK Positive Photographers Announced (04/12)
- Photographer Ross to lecture at Alaska State Museum (04/08)
- Earth, Fire and Fibre XXVII Closing (04/03)
- Folk Festival History Documented in Photo Exhibit (04/02)
- Sue Kraft Paintings Exhibition Opens at State Museum (04/02)
- Fur Identification Project Lunchtime Lecture (03/31)
- Key Museum Collections Highlighted in Talk (03/27)
- Bellamy and Brody Exhibits Closing (03/27)
- Alaska State Museum Seeks Docents (03/25)
- Presentation on Letters from Burrus Collection from Mask Carvers (03/24)
- Curator Appointed at State Museum (03/18)
- Alaska Doll Lunchtime Lecture by Mary Ellen Frank (03/17)
- Statehood Lunchtime Lecture (03/10)
- March First Friday at the Museum (03/06)
- Alaskan Housing Lunchtime Lecture (03/03)
- Archie Cavanaugh to Give Lunchtime Lecture (02/24)
- Chill With the Family: Family Activity (02/27)
- Museum Lunchtime Lecture Series Starts (02/17)
- Lakota and Tlingit Writers at the Alaska State Museum (01/28)
- Earth Fire, and Fibre Opens (01/10)
- State Museum Taking Solo Artist Applications (01/10)
- Bellamy and Brody Exhibits Open (01/10)
- Alaska Museum Survey 2000 now available online (01/25)
- Solo Exhibition Review 2010 (01/12)
- Ted Merrill Lecture on January 16th (01/12)
- Prospectus for Alaska Positive 2010 Available (01/12)
- Final Week to See Three Artists' Shows (01/11)
2009
- Prospectus for Alaska Positive 2010 (12/17)
- Advance Press for Summer 2010 (11/23)
- Tlingit Storytelling at State Museum (11/28)
- Dan Fruits to Give Lecture at State Museum (11/14)
- Explore with Paint and Color: Family Art Activity (11/07)
- Museum Committee Candidates Sought (10/20)
- Fall Solo Artist Exhibits Open (10/22)
- Summer Shows Closing (10/09)
- October First Friday Events (10/02)
- State Museum to switch to winter hours (09/23)
- Shipwreck Artifacts on View for First Friday (09/04)
- Grant-in-Aid Awards Announced (08/18)
- Pinhole Photographt Lecture (08/19)
- Science on a Sphere Dedication (07/29)
- First Friday for June (06/05)
- Museum Exhibit Looks at Science Through Yup'ik Eyes (04/29)
- Guest Curator, Ann Fienup-Riordan, to Offer Preview Talk (04/09)
- Alaska State Museum Recruiting Gallery Tour Guides (04/09)
- Strong Softi and Jr. Jeremy Kane Exhibits Closing (04/09)
- State Museum Will Be Closed (04/09)
- ASM Sponors Paper Conservation Project (04/09)
- Grant-in-Aid Applications Available (04/09)
- New Exhibits for March 2009 (03/09)
- Statehood Exhibitions Available to Alaska Schools (03/09)
- Thank you to our 2008 volunteers (02/09)
- Juried Show Highlights Contemporary Alaska Art (01/09)
- Multi-Faceted Native Cultures on View at the Alaska State Museum (01/09)
- Chill With the Family at the Alaska State Museum (01/09)
2008
- Holiday Closures at the State Museum (12/08)
- Katherine Coons Exhibits at the State Museum (12/08)
- 2008 Summer Shows Closing (10/08)
- Firearms Exhibit Closing (10/08)
- Nora and Richard Dauenhauer to speak at the museum (9/08)
- An evening of music and poetry at the museum (9/08)
- Historic mining locomotive on display for one day only! (8/08)
- FY 09 Grant-in-Aid awards announced (7/08)
- Museum to go to summer hours (4/08)
- Museum seeks docents for museum tours (4/08)
- Alaska Positive 2008 awards announced (4/08)
- FY 2009 Grant-in-Aid applications available April 1 (3/08)
- Noted photographer to speak at ASM (3/08)
- Children's archeaology fair to be held (3/08)
- Garry Kaulitz exhibit to close (3/08)
- History of Tourism in Alaska exhibition to close (3/08)
- Historic firearms exhibit at the ASM (2/08)
- Alaska Artists awarded solo exhibitions at the ASM (2/08)
- Saturday program based on History of Tourism in Alaska exhibition (2/08)
- Calendar of children's Spring activities (3/08)
- Alaska State Museum announces photographic competition (2/08)
- Garry Kaulitz exhibit opening (1/08)
- Exhibit closures (1/08)
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