From the monthly archives: August 2007

Necessary Museums?

by D.Grabitske on August 27, 2007 · 8 Comments · in Advice, Collections, Exhibits

While on the road last week, one visit prompted the question of whether it was necessary for a historical organization to operate a museum to be a “good historical organization.” Most of Minnesota’s historical organizations do operate a museum as those organizations are collecting institutions that want to share history through artifacts. In a sense, [...]

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Pieces of History

by D.Grabitske on August 6, 2007 · 4 Comments · in Collections

Many historical organizations have architectural remnants in collections: cornerstones, stain glass windows, courthouse banisters, steeples, brackets, doors, decorative plaster and terra cotta to begin a possibly endless list of salvaged icons from buildings of a lost cultural landscape. All of these pieces of history are challenging to interpret as they are out of context in [...]

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