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Beaver Island Museum Week, 1992

Also Museum Week 1992

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TypeEvent
Dates1992-07-20 – 1992-07-25
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
1992-07-20 – 1992-07-25
Kind
Celebration
Where
Mormon Print Shop
Carried out by
Beaver Island Historical Society
Followed by
Beaver Island Museum Week, 1993
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
celebrationcommunityheritageexhibition
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The 1992 Beaver Island Museum Week ran July 20-25. It was Floss Frank’s last year as Museum Week organizer: the October Beacon thanks her “for all her work as organizer and implementer of Museum Week” over “more years than she probably cares to remember” and announces her retirement, with a call for a successor before 1993.

Program

The June calendar lists lectures, an Art Show, a Pet Show, Music on the Porch, a House Tour, field trips, and square dancing. A resident’s August letter to the editor singles out the Treasure Hunt, organized by Floss Frank, as a highlight her children “always thoroughly enjoyed,” and credits the Society’s summer residents generally for the volunteer hours behind the week.

Evidence limits

No day-by-day recap survives for 1992 comparable to 1988-1991; the held record for this year consists of an advance calendar listing, a laudatory reader letter, and the October thank-you/retirement notice. No financial total or attendance figure is given for 1992 specifically. The 1991 recap had announced a Columbus Quincentenary theme for 1992, but no held 1992 source describes such a theme actually being carried out.

Open questions

  • Was a Columbus/500th-anniversary theme used in 1992, as the 1991 recap suggested was planned? No held source confirms or denies it.
  • Who replaced Floss Frank as Museum Week organizer for 1993? The October 1992 notice only requests volunteers; see the 1993 edition for who is actually credited that year.

See also

Sources

  1. Summer calendar lists "July 20-25: Museum Week -- Lectures, Art Show, Pet Show, Music on the Porch, House Tour, Field Trips, Square Dancing." 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 · 1992-06_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held twenty-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-06_Beaver-Beacon
  3. Praises "another outstanding Museum Week," noting that summer visitors schedule vacations around it, and specifically thanks Floss Frank for the Treasure Hunt. 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 · 1992-08_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held eighteen-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-08_Beaver-Beacon
  5. Thanks Floss Frank for her years of work organizing Museum Week and announces her retirement from the role after Museum Week 1992; sets July 19-24, 1993 as next year's dates and asks for a new organizer. 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 · 1992-10_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held sixteen-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1992-10_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Museum Week, 1992”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-museum-week-1992/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Historical Society calendar notice, Beaver Beacon, June 1992. (and 5 further sources listed on the page).

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