Good afternoon, everyone. I am the director of the museum and staff director of the museum of Natural History. It is my pleasure to welcome you to the next pandemic. Hopefully its not the next pandemic right here. You might think that the Natural History museum is not the best placed at the meeting like this. This museum is the largest Natural Museum and has 145 million objects. I say that objects, whatever, but the reality is collecting the Natural World for the last frontiers in preserving preserving those objects in museums, and this is the place where we have what we know about planet earth, so the records have collect and over the years 300 years preserved at acceptable by research scientists. Last year over 400 species were described by scientists working the building. At the same time we welcome 6 million visitors. Most of those visitors are tourists which means the next years a different 6 million, the world plus largest collection, visit by the Worlds Largest is the audience,
Support first of our authors, second of this wonderful annual event now in its 22nd year. [applause] and third of all the books that would be discussed and enjoyed throughout this beautiful Texas Capitol complex here in downtown austin, if i might pause, i would ask you to silence your cell phones. Live tv, thank you, cspan after our session both authors will be relocated to the book signing tent down the street to autograph their books. Books are for sale courtesy of the great independent bookseller bookpeople. [applause] buy a book. When you buy a book your support not only the author, the festival and a great local indie store but you are also helping the texas book festival as a nonprofit entity, pursuant to its mission of supporting lowincome schools with other visits, but donations via the reading rock Stars Program and to fund grants for libraries throughout the state. Additionally the festival is running a benefit, a book drive benefit this weekend to raise money to rebuild tex
My name is jim hornfisher and its my pleasure to welcome you to opening session of the 2017 texas book festival. Thank you [applause] thank you. Thank you for coming out in support. First of our authors and second of this wonderful annual event in the 22nd year. [applause] and, third, of al the books discussed and enjoyed throughout this bull Texas Capitol complex here in downtown austin. If i might pause a beat i would ask you to silence your cell phones. Live tv, thank you, cspan. After our session, both authors will be relocated to book sinning tent down the street to autograph their books. Books courtesy of book people, that wonderful independent seller. Buy a book, youre supporting the author, the festival, and a great local indy store and also helping the texas book festival as a nonprofit entity, pure student to mission of support low income schools in texas with author visits, book donations via the reading rock stars program, and to fun grant ford libraries thought the state.
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