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Updated Wednesday -Nov. 11th, 2009

- What's New! -

The first Photobook dedicated to the life and legacy of Martin and Osa Johnson was launched at a grand affair in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia on October 19, 2009!

 

Details about our partnership on this historic book and updates on many other Safari Museum heritage and conservation projects in Bornean Malaysia will be in the next Wait-A-Bit news and thereafter posted online so keep checking back here!

 

Spirit of Borneo Book Launch, October 19, 2009 Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia

 

Due to budget cuts, the museum will be open on the following reduced hours schedule until further notice:

Tuesday-Saturday 10-5

Closed Mondays & Sundays

 

 

SAFARI DVD SET!

 


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  • 6 DVD SAFARI FILM SET! Just $44.95
  •  DVD Format, Zone Free, Available

  • 4 Johnson films plus 2 bonus African of the Earliest African Films in one collection SET!.$44.95 
  • CLICK to preview or buy!


 

 

 

 

Thank you to all our members and guests for making this year's Riches to Rags Fundraiser an event to remember!

 

Didn't make the Fundraiser but would like to support the museum today?

If you wish to make a contribution, please print out our support form and send with your donation to:

Safari Museum
111 N. Lincoln Avenue
Chanute, KS 66720

 

 

Married To Adventure: 
Photographs From the Travels of Martin and Osa Johnson

This traveling exhibition has just returned from a fabulous show at the  Florida Chautauqua Assembly  

Our many thanks go out to museum members Drs. Brenda and Dennis Ray and the City of DeFuniak Springs, Florida for their underwriting of the travel costs which allowed us to participate in this amazing event.

To learn more about this exhibition, and ways you could bring it to host sites and special events in your own communities, please call the museum at 620-431-2730!  

70 JOHNSON EXHIBITION PRINTS NOW AVAILABLE!

Click here to view or purchase prints.  

 

 

BOOK MAKES OSA A COVERGIRL!

Women Travelers


Osa Johnson graces the cover of yet another book...and her amazing lifestory is told inside!  

Check the Safari Store in the Featured Item Section for more details on this amazing new book!   

 •Johnson Movie Posters Now Available!
 

 •Johnson Feature Films on DVD!

 
 
Six of Martin and Osa's films are now available through our Osa's Ark Museum Store in both NSTC (US & Canada) and PAL (Britain & UK) formats.  We have just added ACROSS THE WORLD WITH MR. and MRS. JOHNSON and also an amazing bonus DVD that includes interviews with Robert "DICK" Douglas, one of the three Boyscouts who accompanied Martin and Osa Johnson to Africa and star in ACROSS THE WORLD.  Please check the Safari Store for more details and to purchase your own copies!   

 

 


    •  Safari Film Fest 2010 
will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Martin and Osa Johnsons marriage!

Join us April 23-24, 2010!

Please check our April Schedule of Adventures to see updates concerning our annual Safari Museum Film Festival!

 

 

MARTIN + OSA are coming 

 

An estimated 300 new stores=Countless Fashion Adventures!


Washington...Dallas...San Francisco...
Newport Beach...Chicago...Atlanta...
Austin...Bloomington...Seattle...
White Plains...San Francisco...Boston... Danbury...Westchester...Novi...
Las Vegas...Skokie...Denver...
Farmington...Louisville

and many other cities nationwide!

 
www.martinandosa.com 

 


The 100th Anniversary of The Snark
 
With the 100th Anniversary Jack London's "Voyage Of the Snark" expedition in starting 2007, and ending with Martin Johnson's triumphant return to Kansas in 2009, there are many exciting activities and events planned that highlight his amazing adventure. 

To read about the ongoing project to build a life-size Snark please check out Toby Watson's amazing website here.

 

New Martin and Osa Johnson Exhibition 
to Open in Sabah, Malaysia
 


  


The Safari Continues!  To read about a new exhibition planned to honor the wildlife achievements of Martin and Osa Johnson and see how you can help keep the adventure alive, please click here.

 

Seeking Adventure? Sign-up Here Today ! 
  
Volunteers play a vital role at this unique non-profit historical and multicultural education organization!   Applications for volunteers are available year-round at the museum front desk or via
email for tour guides, outreach docents, library volunteers, office and archival assistants.
 We have immediate openings for Front Desk Greeters and Museum Store Sales Clerks.
Men and women of all ages and backgrounds who enjoy working with the general public—both children and adults—are encouraged to apply.



 

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The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum is a private, non-profit Public Trust funded by memberships, contributions, admissions and museum shop sales. Information about memberships can be requested by email, by calling us at (620) 431-2730, or by writing to:
111 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chanute, KS, 66720

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