Collection Connections – How Collection Work is Kind of Like Chili
Many thanks to our John Weakley, one of our Summer 2022 Interns, for sharing a few thoughts on his experience! We agree John -- a lot of things can be compared to chili....
The Music. The Man. The Fun Facts: The 50th Anniversary of “The Music Man” (1962)
The Music. The Man. The Fun Facts: The 50th Anniversary of "The Music Man" (1962) A Classic Hollywood Blog To quote Mayor Shinn from "The Music Man" (1962), we had to move our Outdoor Movie Night inside, "on account of the weather being so chancy," but that didn't...
The Fairest of Them All – Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Fairest of Them All - Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) A Classic Hollywood Blog Our July Outdoor Movie Night was unfortunately rained out and canceled. Big Bummer. But luckily Walt Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) is available in...
Kicking Off the Summer with the Greatest Game – “The Pajama Game” (1957)!
Kicking Off the Summer with the Greatest Game - "The Pajama Game" (1957)! A Classic Hollywood Blog We kicked off our 2022 Summer Outdoor Movie Night series with The Pajama Game which was picked in honor of a special, big birthday! The film’s star, Doris Day,...
Collection Connections – The Devil Can Be in the Details, or Not
Thanks to Roman Lulloff, one of our Summer 2021 Interns for sharing his experience! As you can see, there is rarely a dull moment here at the museum. I have always enjoyed cultural institutions. However, my internship at the Sheboygan County Historical Society and...
Collection Connections – Bringing in the Crates
Over the last several years, the Museum has been fortunate to host a variety of traveling exhibits, especially early in the calendar year. There are a multitude of reasons for any museum to do this – creating connections to historical topics, highlighting a subject...
Collection Connections – An “All Hands” Summer Internship
A summer internship is both hands on and all hands on deck. This summer our interns literally worked with… hands while installing exhibitions and cataloging collections.
Collection Connections: A Place for Everything & Everything in its Place
With over 100 years of collecting under our belt, the collection of the Historical Society has never been completely inventoried. We are planning to inventory approximately 35,000 objects during a two year grant-funded project.
Collection Connections – Lions, Tigers, and Internships — Oh My!
We are kicking off a new monthly blog at the Museum for 2022! Collection Connections will bring you behind the scenes into some of the important, fascinating and occasionally frustrating work that keeps the collection, exhibitions, and more moving forward at the...
“Carrying the Banner” with Walt Disney’s “Newsies” (1992)
"Carrying the Banner" with Walt Disney's "Newsies" (1992) A Classic Hollywood Blog "And the World will know!" That we ended our Summer Outdoor Movie Nights with a bang! We had one of our largest movie attendance numbers yet again, and saw fans of every age. From...