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Telling the remarkable story of Martin and Osa Johnson.
photographers, explorers, naturalists, authors ... and native Kansans. Do you want Martin and Osa or Museum Info?...Send Questions to our Safari email!
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Updated Wednesday
-Aug 11 2010 • Expedition Photographic Backtracing is underway!The
Photographic Backtracing 2010 expedition, lead by photographer and journalist
Jan Svatoš left on August 5 to recreate some of Martin and Osa Johnson's
most difficult photographic achievements. Jan and his team plan to photograph As well as analogue equipment, the expedition will also use modern digital technology. The purpose is not to place these two photographic methods in competition, but more to point out how each of them influences the photographer’s work and thought processes in the field and also what photography has achieved on this continent throughout the nearly 100 years of its development. Keep track of the Expedition Photographic Backtracing expedition on http://africaobscura.com
or on their Facebook Fan page at:
http://www.facebook.com/africaobscura.
•Osa’s
We'll
have a webpage up soon here with the story of this amazing plane and her
coming Trans-Atlantic flight. Real time tracking of the new
Osa’s
•70 JOHNSON PHOTOS NOW AVAILABLE!
•Want
a Sneak Peak at some of Martin and Osa's most
famous films? These films and more can be purchased in our Osa's
Ark Museum Shop !
•SAFARI DVD SET! DVD Format
Martin
and Osa Johnson’s 100TH
Wedding Anniversary Celebration Held April 10, 201o
Gala
2011 on June 11 will celebrate Lot's of thrilling events will be planned around the anniversary so please keep checking here for updates and to see how you can join the adventure!
Can't make the 2011 Gala 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:
•SPIRIT OF BORNEO: 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
SAFARI
in SANDAKAN
• Married To Adventure: This
traveling is currently available! 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 PRINTS
BOOK MAKES OSA A COVERGIRL! •Women Travelers
Osa Johnson graces the cover of yet another book...and her amazing life story 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!
• Seeking Adventure? Sign-up Here Today !
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April
29-30, 2011! The museum's annual event is funded in part by the Kansas Humanities Council, a nonprofit cultural organization promoting understanding of the history, traditions, and ideas that shape our lives and build community. To learn
more about KHC and the valuable programs they support, please click
here.
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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 Publication, broadcast, or
other distribution or commercial use of any photo on this website is prohibited without express written
permission from the Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum: 620-431-2730
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