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Temecula Valley Museum highlights ‘Sketching the American West’; staff help correct inaccurate Pechanga mural reference
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The Temecula Valley Museum is hosting 'Sketching the American West,' which museum staff say drove a 20% year‑over‑year attendance increase; museum staff also flagged an inaccurate depiction of a Pechanga tribe member in a local restaurant mural and worked to get the image corrected.
Daniel Morales, curator at the Temecula Valley Museum, said the museum’s current exhibit, "Sketching the American West," showcases newspaper illustrators’ portrayals of western expansion and has driven a rise in museum visits.
"This is an exhibit that covers the journey of two newspaper illustrationists that documented the push of Americans across the Western frontier," Morales said, adding the museum recorded 2,541 visitor experiences for the month, a roughly 20% increase from last October. Museum staff…
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