Museum Collections Advisory Committee to meet

The Museum Collections Advisory Committee will meet by teleconference Thursday, Dec. 10, to discuss acquisitions for the permanent collection of the Alaska State Museums.

The teleconference begins at 3:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend at either of the teleconference sites located at the Libraries, Archives, and Museums Division office on the 8th floor of the State Office Building in Juneau, or the Sheldon Jackson Museum, 104 College Drive, in Sitka.

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