UW Art Museum Celebrates Summer Solstice June 16, 2009 -- The University of Wyoming Art Museum's annual summer solstice celebration will be held a day early on Saturday, June 20, at 11:30 a.m. The event is free and open to the public. Every year on the summer solstice a solar tube in the ceiling of the Art Museum illuminates a silver dollar in the center of the rotunda gallery at exactly noon. Beginning at 11:30 a.m., astronomer Ray Martin will provide visitors an opportunity to view the surface of the sun through a filtered solar telescope on the building's terrace. For additional information call the UW Art Museum at (307) 766-6622 or visit www.uwyo.edu/artmuseum. "Imagine learning from the masters" is a guiding principle of the UW Art Museum's programs. Located in the Centennial Complex at 2111 Willett Drive, the museum is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free.   Posted on Tuesday, June 16, 2009