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An old coal room was retrofitted with a compatible reuse where the intake has been reversed to exhale. This special facility will enable the Winona County Historical Society to be more intentional and responsive with its exhibits, which before the addition were fairly static. Their stated intention in the final report is to have exhibits [...]
In Relevant Warehousesthe blog looked at the experience of libraries having to address the concern of virtual collections, instant downloads, and worry over relevance of place-based warehouses. Comments addressed the digital divide between tech-haves and tech-have-nots, as well as reminders that tangible evidence is important. Things have to reside somewhere, and sometimes people want to [...]
Fundraising In Hard Times
by David Grabitske
on November 2, 2010
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· in Fundraising, Local History Standards, Museums, Visitation
On Friday October 29, 2010, the Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums held their annual fall meeting and awards program in the new Laird Norton Addition to the Winona County Historical Society. For those of you that missed it, the topic of the panel discussion was on fundraising in hard times, with three specific examples. [...]
Last week the new traveling exhibits program announced the itineraries of the first two traveling exhibits from the Minnesota Historical Society. The Minnesota Legislature in its 2009 legislation appropriating money from the Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund supported a new exhibit at the Minnesota History Center, along with a traveling version. While the content for [...]
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