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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 22, 2008

Museum Nights this Thursday features live entertainment and an art-making experience

GAINESVILLE, Fla.-Visitors to the Harn Museum of Art will enjoy innovative and engaging programming during Museum Nights on Thursday, July 24 from 5 to 9 p.m.

Beginning at 6 p.m. guests are invited to explore water-based art media activities that complement the Harn's all-video exhibition Cross-Currents in Recent Video Installation: Water as Metaphor for Identity. Enjoy the local, folk-pop collective band Oh Fortuna at 8 p.m. Free food and refreshments will be provided.

The goal of Museum Nights is to make available the rich artistic and scientific offerings of the Harn Museum of Art and Florida Museum of Natural History to the student body of the University of Florida and the broader Gainesville community. Sponsored by UF Student Government, Museum Nights expands the museums' hours on Thursday evenings and provides programming and entertainment planned by students, for students.

Summer Museum Nights will continue with events on July 31 and Aug. 7, then suspends during the semester break. Fall term Museum Nights will begin on Aug. 28 and continue during the academic year with a full schedule of activities and entertainment.

For more information visit www.sg.ufl.edu, call 352-392-1665 x 415 or e-mail museumnights@sg.ufl.edu.

Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
The Harn Museum of Art at SW 34th St. and Hull Rd. is one of the largest university art museums in the country with nearly 7,000 works in its collection focusing on African, Asian, modern and contemporary art and photography. The museum enhances the activities of the University of Florida and serves a culturally diverse audience through educational programming. Admission is free. Museum hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Parking is free on weekends. The Camellia Court Café is open seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The museum and café are open until 9 p.m. Thursdays for Museum Nights during the UF Academic calendar due to the generous support of UF Student Government. For more information call 352-392-9826 or visit www.harn.ufl.edu

UF Student Government
The University of Florida Student Government, established in 1909, exists to represent and act in the interest of the students. Student Government (SG) has created an academic and extracurricular environment benefiting students through its programs and works to sustain and improve them each year. Visit www.sg.ufl.edu or call 352-392-1665 for more information.

Media contact:
Tami Wroath, Interim Director of Marketing and Public Relations
352.392.9826 x116
twroath@harn.ufl.edu