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Beaver Island Museum Week, 2011

Also Museum Week 2011

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TypeEvent
Dates2011-07-18 – 2011-07-23
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
2011-07-18 – 2011-07-23
Kind
Celebration
Where
Mormon Print Shop · Holy Cross Parish Hall · Beaver Island Community Center building
Carried out by
Beaver Island Historical Society
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
celebrationcommunityheritageexhibition
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

Museum Week 2011 was scheduled for July 18-23. The May 2011 Beaver Beacon calendar repeats the dates, and the June issue supplies a detailed schedule including the July 23 Beaver Tales program about the Shoe Tree and the July 20-22 art show. The July issue reports that the recent museums open house was successful and that the Society was digitizing interview recordings. The August issue retrospectively reports the completed week, including the art show, Nature Walk for Kids, Protar Home opening, Notre Dame archaeology discussion, Pet Show, and Dennis Banks program.

Program

Monday: Music on the Porch, with hostess Kathy Speck, at the Print Shop. Tuesday: a Bingo game at the Parish Hall, after which “the action switches to the Community Center” for the rest of the week’s evening program. Wednesday: Deb Rotman spoke on Island Archaeology and Irish culture — her third consecutive year presenting archaeological work during Museum Week, following her 2010 dig at the Doney house. Thursday: Herb Manthei presented his family’s 1960s Garden Island logging enterprise. Friday: Seamus Norgaard showed oral-history interviews and set them in a narrative context. Saturday: a Beaver Tales stage production of a new play, Shoe Tree, at the Community Center. The Museum Week Art Show ran Wednesday through Friday (per the April preview) or, per the same issue’s calendar listing, July 20-22, at the Gregg Fellowship Center.

Evidence limits

Only a January description (general, collective, not year-specific in its program detail beyond “typically 75 people”), an April schedule, a May calendar entry, a June detailed schedule, and the July preview survive for 2011; the July issue still does not provide a Museum Week attendance or outcome report. This article therefore describes the announced plan, not a verified outcome. succeeded_by is left unset, since the next known Museum Week account (2024, in the Northern Islander) follows a 2012-2023 gap in coverage; see the hub article’s Coverage and evidence limits section.

Open questions

  • Did the Museum Week 2011 program run as planned? No later 2011 issue is known to confirm or correct the June detailed schedule; the July issue is still prospective.
  • What happened to Museum Week during the 2012-2023 gap in coverage? Not addressed by any known source.

See also

Sources

  1. The production organizers announced the proposed Shoe Tree theme, invited participation, and listed potential dates including July 23 during Museum Week and August 12 during Homecoming. The notice documents planning, not every performance or final program.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003177
  2. Forum notices advertise Museum Week music, author talks, the Gregg Hall art show, and related programming; the archived threads document public promotion and some event-day reminders, while the Beaver Beacon supplies the retrospective program and outcome summary.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003727
  3. "Museum Week" description, Beaver Beacon, January 2011.
    Describes Museum Week collectively as "a week of interesting events each July. Known collectively as Museum Week, they include music, lectures, Q & A sessions, Nature Walks, presentations of unusual experiences (such as underwater dives), a Pet Show, a three-day Art Show, games, prizes, and tours," with "typically 75 people ... involved in the week's staging" and Society membership grown "to the mid-300s" over the preceding decade. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-01_Beaver-Beacon
  4. The held forty-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 · 2011-01_Beaver-Beacon
  5. "Museum Week Plans," Beaver Beacon, April 2011.
    "The Historical Society has firmed up this year's Museum Week evening schedule": Monday, Music on the Porch with hostess Kathy Speck; Tuesday, a Bingo game at the Parish Hall, "after which the action switches to the Community Center"; Wednesday, Deb Rotman on Island Archaeology and Irish culture; Thursday, Herb Manthei's presentation on his family's 1960s Garden Island logging enterprise; Friday, Seamus Norgaard on oral-history interviews; Saturday, a Beaver Tales production of a new play, *Shoe Tree*. "Meanwhile the Museum Week Art Show will be held Wednesday through Friday." No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-04_Beaver-Beacon
  6. The held forty-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 · 2011-04_Beaver-Beacon
  7. Beaver Beacon, July 2011, "News from the Print Shop: Museum Week 2011."
    Reports a successful recent museums open house and interview-recording digitization, then previews the July program with nature walks, a Pet Show, Steve Hamilton, Charlie Donaldson, Beaver Tales, Dennis Banks, and the Marine Museum makeover. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-07_Beaver-Beacon
  8. The held issue scan confirms the July Museum Week preview and museum-work report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-07_Beaver-Beacon
  9. Beaver Beacon, August 2011, "Museum Week" and "Museum Week Art Show."
    Reports the completed week's programs, including Music on the Porch, Nature Walk for Kids, Protar Home opening, Notre Dame archaeology discussion, Pet Show, Dennis Banks, and the three-day art show. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
  10. The held issue scan confirms the Museum Week retrospective and art-show report.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-08_Beaver-Beacon
  11. Beaver Beacon, May 2011, "Beaver Island Calendar."
    The May calendar repeats Museum Week for July 18-23, identifies the July 23 Beaver Tales program about the Shoe Tree, and lists the July 20-22 BIHS Art Show. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-05_Beaver-Beacon
  12. The held issue scan confirms the May calendar entry.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-05_Beaver-Beacon
  13. Beaver Beacon, June 2011, "Museum Tuesday" and "Beaver Island Calendar of Events."
    Publishes the July 18-24 Museum Week schedule, including the Suzuki Violin discussion, nature walk, Protar Home opening, Pet Show, Beaver Tales, and Dennis Banks program, plus the July 20-22 art show. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-06_Beaver-Beacon
  14. The held issue scan confirms the June calendar and Museum Week program.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-06_Beaver-Beacon
  15. Calendar listing, Beaver Beacon, April 2011.
    "July 18 - 23 - Museum Week 2011, including a new Beaver Tales about the Shoe Tree on 7-23 at the Community Center" and "July 20 - 22 - BIHS Art Show at the Gregg Fellowship Center." No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-04_Beaver-Beacon
  16. The held forty-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 · 2011-04_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026 · revised 6 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Museum Week, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-museum-week-2011/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Forum, "Beaver Tales 3," February 9, 2011. (and 14 further sources listed on the page).

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