August 4, 2014
Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative “TO THE JAPANESE PEOPLE: America asks that you take immediate heed of what we say on this leaflet. We are in possession of the most destructive explosive ever devised by man. A single one of our newly developed atomic bombs...
August 1, 2014
Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the...
July 23, 2014
This series about Royalty is posted by Museum Intern Hannah Bothner. Join us as we celebrate the opening of our newest exhibit, "Creating the Crown: Developing Royal Dynasties." Not every European ruler was successful, and one of the most famous unsuccessful European rulers was King Louis XVI of France and his...
July 16, 2014
Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative On July 16th, 1439, King Henry VI of England was desperate to save his country against a force he was near powerless to stop. As the body count increased and the crisis worsened, his administration struck back by introducing a...
July 14, 2014
Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative Most ancient cultures have a “discovery point,” a time when an archaeologist finds something fantastic that sheds light on a distant time. For example, one of Egypt's discovery points was Howard Carter’s find of King Tut, and one of China's...
July 11, 2014
Posted by Diana Stanley, Museum Volunteer and Customer Service Representative What does one do after being the Vice President of the United States? Some go on to become President or go back to Congress, others write books, or retire. Calvin Coolidge’s VP Charles Dawes wrote a popular song and...
July 9, 2014
This series about Royalty is posted by Museum Intern Hannah Bothner. Join us in the coming weeks as we prepare to open our newest exhibit, "Creating the Crown: Developing Royal Dynasties." For three centuries the Romanov dynasty ruled Russia, but Romanov rule came to an end with Tsar Nicolas II,...
July 4, 2014
Posted by Museum Staff Member Diana Stanley Today we celebrate the 238th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It was a daring and frightening move for everyone involved. After signing the document, their fate was sealed. If caught, our Founding Fathers would be branded as traitors and...
July 2, 2014
This series about European Royalty is posted by Museum Intern Hannah Bothner. Join us in the coming weeks as we prepare to open our newest exhibit, "Creating the Crown: Developing Royal Dynasties." Americans love the British royal family almost as much as the British themselves. When Prince William and Princess...
July 1, 2014
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! The Museum's newest exhibit, Creating the Crown: Developing Royal Dynasties, will open to the public July 27. Learn about European royalty and how it began. This expansive exhibit will cover the founding of major dynasties from the "Dark" Ages, through the later Medieval and Renaissance periods, until the...