- Dates
- 1999-07 – 1999-08
- Kind
- Celebration
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- Beaver Island Historical Society
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritageconservationfamilycommunication
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Historical Society described 1999 Museum Week as successful and reported new exhibits and collections at both museums. The update also describes a large Beaver Island genealogy database, new web history materials, new books, and plans for a virtual museum tour.
Evidence limits
The report summarizes institutional work but does not provide attendance figures or an inventory of every exhibit and database record.
Sources
- Reports successful Museum Week programming, an expanded Strang Room, Cheryl Podgorski’s Odawa-dwelling model, a Marine Museum section on Beaver Islanders at sea, genealogist Jim Sunkes’s database of more than 8,000 connected people, and new books and web history materials. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1999-08_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the Museum Week and exhibits report.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1999-08_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Historical Society reports Museum Week success and new museum exhibits in 1999”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-historical-society-museum-week-new-exhibits-1999/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, August 1999, “History in the News.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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