News Release Archive
EDUCATION/CULTURE--1997 MUSEUM RESEARCH GRANT RECIPIENT
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Innovative research in paleontology will get under way in
Parrsboro thanks to the Nova Scotia Museum Endowment Fund. The
funding totals almost $37,000 for this and 10 other research
projects made possible across the province.
Tim Fedak will work with the Fundy Geological Museum in Parrsboro
in preparing a prosauropod dinosaur specimen. He will also
conduct further examination of the site where it was found for
any remaining materials that could tell more about the existence
of dinosaurs in the Parrsboro area.
Candace Stevenson, Nova Scotia Museum's executive director, said
this research is made possible through the generosity of the
people who donate money to the museum's endowment fund.
"As a result, the museum can carry out special activities -- in
this case, important research on a wide variety of Nova Scotia
topics that enable us to learn more about our past, present and
future. We are then able to build on what is already known and,
through the Nova Scotia Museum's 25 sites, share this valuable
and interesting information with all Nova Scotians."
Education and Culture Minister Robbie Harrison commended the
museum's board for making research projects a priority.
"For a relatively small investment, Nova Scotians are learning
more and more about important aspects of our natural and cultural
history and our way of life in communities across the province,"
Mr. Harrison said. "As one example, archeological research at a
Black Loyalist settlement in Birchtown, Shelburne Co., uncovered
information that will assist protection efforts of this important
heritage site."
The Nova Scotia Museum board of governors have approved more
projects this year than ever before in six different categories:
archeology, black history, Mi'kmaq history, music, paleontology
and rare species. Individual grants range from $2,000 to $4,000.
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Contact: Donna MacDonald
Education and Culture
902-424-2615
NOTE TO EDITORS: A complete list of the 11 research projects is
available by calling 902-424-4492.
trp May 28, 1997 - 1:30 p.m.
