October 2, 2014
Trick-or-treating has been a popular Halloween tradition in the United States for about 100 years, but the origin of the fun activity dates back to Celtic times. This month bring your kids to Discovery Days for a chance to trick-or-treat around the Museum of World Treasures from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturday,...
October 2, 2014
At 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 13, the Museum of World Treasures will host Dr. Travis Bruce for a lecture titled, "They didn't have birth certificates, but they could heal your skin condition: Constructing dynastic legitimacy in the Middle Ages." Dr. Bruce is the Assistant Professor of medieval and world...
September 27, 2014
The Museum is excited to announce an evening of Murder, Mayhem, and the Mob... Join us at 7 p.m. on Friday, November 7 for Murder in the Museum, a new adult program at the Museum of World Treasures. Thanks to prohibition, The Juice Joint speakeasy has been nothing but jumping. To...
September 23, 2014
Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative The Mongol Empire was the second largest empire in history. It spanned over 12.5 million square miles at its height or approximately 22% of the world’s entire land area. That size is twice the area of modern day Russia. It...
September 19, 2014
Witold Pilecki was one of the bravest men of World War II, if not all history. He joined the Polish army at age 17 to serve in World War I in a secret scout battalion. The Great War gave way to the Polish-Soviet War of 1919. Invading Bolsheviks sought to...
September 10, 2014
Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative Real life ruins Disney movies. One particularly egregious example is Pocahontas. John Smith does not live up to his movie hype. Instead of the blond, attractive man most grew up watching, he was short, bald, and wore puffy pants that were...
September 5, 2014
Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative “By and by Jane comes and tells me that she hears that above 300 houses have been burned down to-night by the fire we saw, and that it is now burning down all Fish-street, by London Bridge.” In September 1666,...
September 2, 2014
Please join the Museum on Thursday, September 11 for a National Day of Service and Remembrance. The Museum will host a day of activities to honor those who lost their lives due to the 9/11 tragedy. Veterans and active military personnel will visit with guests about 9/11 and other unfortunate...
August 19, 2014
Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative Venus was the mother of Rome. According to Roman myth, she gave birth to Aeneas, a hero of the Greek Trojan War. When Troy fell to the Greeks, Aeneas and his men escaped. After a series of adventures they settled...
August 5, 2014
We are happy to announce our newest exhibit, Creating the Crown: Developing Royal Dynasties, is now open! A team of volunteers and staff create all our new exhibits "in-house." Creating the Crown was no exception. Our Curator of Exhibits, Tim Howard, started with a design idea about a year ago. Interns and...