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The purpose of the Friends of the Louisiana Museum of Natural History (formerly Build-a-Museum Team) is to support the LMNH, encouraging development of the Museum to meet standards of the American Alliance of Museums for accreditation, and seeking support for enhancing all aspects of the museum including preservation of collections, research, education, exhibits and outreach. It is hoped that these efforts will eventually result in a museum equaling or surpassing other major state museums of natural history. Friends of LMNH is an independent citizen group, and is not affiliated with any other organization including Louisiana State University

"Museums today are like trees in winter, their
collections, like closed buds, all holdingAmy Heckerling has been developing the habit of making movies about once a generation that perfectly encapsulates the zeitgeist of current youth culture. In the early ’80s, it was her film Fast Times at Ridgemont High that gave high school kids all over the world the idea to have pizzas delivered...

It has been 15 years since Alicia Silverstone was thrust into the mainstream spotlight by a little movie called Clueless, directed by Amy Heckerling. It was an event that not only ushered in the era of Alicia, but phrases like "as if" and "she's a full-on Monet." It was annoying,...

As if! Director Amy Heckerling -- whose credits include 90s faves Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High -- is jumping in with the likes of Twilight and True