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Director of Amon Carter Museum to speak at The Grace Thursday

ABILENE, Texas (February 15, 2010) –Ron Tyler, director of Fort Worth’s Amon Carter Museum, will speak Thursday at The Grace Museum, beginning at 6 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Tyler is a recognized authority on the prints of American artist John James Audubon, and is the first guest lecturer in The Grace’s Audubon Lecture Series. The talks coincide with the museum’s newly opened exhibition John James Audubon: American Artist and Naturalist, featuring more than 100 of Audubon’s works, as well as artifacts from the artist’s life.

The Grace Museum is accredited by the American Association of Museums, and houses a children’s museum, history museum, and art museum. At 55,000 square feet, The Grace Museum is the tenth largest general museum in Texas, and is the cornerstone of cultural arts and education in West Texas. The museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Grace Museum is a non-profit organization, and the museum’s exhibitions and educational programs are supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Texas Commission on the Arts, the Abilene Cultural Affairs Council, the City of Abilene, Taylor County, and the Downtown Revitalization Program of the Tax Increment Finance District.

The Grace Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. every Thursday. Admission is free Thursday evening after 5 p.m.