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Boomer! generation speaks: Exhibit extended through 2009

The baby boom generation has never been shy about telling the world what’s on its mind. Clark County Historical Museum has extended the run of its Boomer! exhibit through 2009 due to baby boomer demand. “Baby boomer” is a term commonly used to describe the 76 million people born between 1946 and 1964. The Boomer! exhibit, exploring the ways the baby boom generation transformed American culture, places particular emphasis on Southwest Washington.

CCHM is located in Vancouver’s 1909 Carnegie Library. Regular museum hours are: Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is charged. The museum also is open free from 5 to 9 p.m. the first Thursday of the month, between February and November, for First Thursday Museum After Hours. A wheelchair accessible entrance to the museum is located on the east side of the museum building on 16th street.

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“Carnegie’s Caramel Chocolate M&M(useum)”

Ice Cream Renaissance celebrates Clark County Historical Museum’s anniversary year with a special ice cream flavor: Carnegie’s Caramel Chocolate M&M(useum).
“This is a special birthday year for the museum. Our Carnegie Library building is 100 years old. And 2009 also marks the 45th anniversary of the museum’s placement in the building. What better way to celebrate our twin milestones than with ice cream?” said Susan Tissot, executive director of the museum.
Carnegie’s Caramel Chocolate M&M(useum) ice cream is a mix of chocolate ice cream, chocolate chips and miniature M&M* candies wrapped in a ribbon of sweet caramel.
“Everybody loves chocolate ice cream,” said Jason Seymour, co-owner of Ice Cream Renaissance.
“So we used chocolate as our ice cream base and added ingredients that reflect the museum’s famous “CCHM” acronym: caramel for ‘C,’ Chocolate chips for ‘CH’ and M&M’s for the ‘M’/i”, Seymour said. “We’ve always thought it was important to be involved in our community and Clark County Historical Society has been a part of the Clark County community since 1917,” Seymour said.
“Carnegie” refers to Andrew Carnegie, the 19th-century industrialist who endowed library buildings around the world. His philanthropy paid for construction of the Beaux Arts-style museum building that served as Vancouver’s first library for more than 50 years before CCHM took up residence in 1964. Constructed in 1909, it is one of 2,509 libraries around the world (and 43 in Washington State) built between 1883 and 1929 with funds provided by Carnegie.
Carnegie’s Caramel Chocolate M&M(useum) ice cream flavor makes its public debut at the opening reception for The Mapmaker’s Eye: David Thompson (1770-1857) on the Columbia Plateau. The exhibit premieres at the museum 5 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 29. The Mapmaker’s Eye: David Thompson (1770-1857) on the Columbia Plateau is a traveling exhibit based on a book by historian Jack Nisbet. It commemorates the bicentennial of fur agent and cartographer David Thompson’s explorations in the Northwest between 1807 and 1812. It will be at Clark County Historical Museum for a limited engagement Andrew Carnegie celebrates Clark County Historical Museum’s 2009 anniversaries. through June 6. Admission for the evening of Jan. 29 is free; light refreshments will be served.
Ice Cream Renaissance will sell Carnegie’s Caramel Chocolate M&M(useum) ice cream throughout 2009. Special admission and purchase coupons are available at the museum and the ice cream parlor, at 2108 Main St., Vancouver.
CCHM is located at 1511 Main St., Vancouver. Regular museum hours are: Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is charged.
The museum also is open free from 5 to 9 p.m. the first Thursday of the month, between February and November, for First Thursday Museum After Hours. A wheelchair accessible entrance to the museum is located on the east side of the museum building at 16th street.

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