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Grand Army of the Republic Hall, Lichfield

by Joe Hoover on June 28, 2011 · No Comments · in Museums, Podcast, Security

The building was built in 1885 for the U.S. Civil War Veterans of the Frank Daggett GAR Post No. 35 in Litchfield and has been preserved in its original condition as nearly as possible. Grand Army of the Republic Halls were once as ubiquitous as VFWs or American Legions and now very few intact halls [...]

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History Overnight

by David Grabitske on October 6, 2010 · 5 Comments · in Collections, Education, Fundraising, Interpretation, Local History Standards, Marketing, Nonprofit Issues, Security, Visitation

MinnPost on Saturday October 2, 2010, ran an article on Linden Hills, a two-mansion historic site complex in Little Falls, that discussed the competing concerns when a house museum allows for overnight stays. This blend between historic house museum and bed & breakfast is not surprising considering the economic times. Small nonprofits need to look under [...]

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Theft Prevention for the Small History Museum

by David Grabitske on March 3, 2010 · 4 Comments · in Security

The following was gleaned from a January discussion on the FS-LIST listserv for field service workers: The theft of collections is an issue for many local historical organizations. There are other security risks that can be addressed in a more formal risk assessment from a variety of local resources. However, here are some considerations that [...]

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Security systems for small museums

by D.Grabitske on March 26, 2007 · No Comments · in Advice, Security

I am interested in finding out what type of security systems small museums have found work best for them. We need to improve security for two small buildings. Do you have a system that you have been happy with? What problems/challenges have you run into with your system? What are your monitoring fees? Are false [...]

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Fire Alarms

by D.Grabitske on January 11, 2007 · No Comments · in Advice, Security

The Chippewa County Historical Society would like to know if there are county museums who have fire alarm systems (on top of their regular alarm systems) in their museums. If so, can you give me an idea of the startup cost as well as the monthly costs. We would like to look into a system, [...]

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