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longhaul

The Long Haul, 1952
By A. Aubrey Bodine
P887

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Conservation goes to Texas
Recently a few members of the conservation team (Laurie, Will, Paige, Molly, and our newest team member Emilie, a Paper Conservator!) were able to attend the American institute for Conservation (AIC) conference in Houston, Texas. We have written about attending conferences before, but for those of you that don’t know, Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Jun 13 2018By Laurie King
Forsaking Hudson
Today is the anniversary of a really unfortunate historical event. On this day in 1611 the crew aboard the ship Discovery mutinied and cast their captain, Henry Hudson, his son and seven other crewmen adrift in a small boat in the large Canadian Bay that now bears his name (Hudson’s Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Jun 11 2018By Jeanne Willoz-Egnor
Way Back Wednesdays
Today’s Way Back photos take us to the early days of this park. This image (from June 19, 1934) shows the house where our fantastic librarian, Cerinda Evans, lived. The house was owned by the museum. Cerinda was our first librarian and, by all accounts, an incredibly smart Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Jun 6 2018By Rachel Conley
The Glorious First of June
Well apparently, people ARE reading my blog posts! My recent post titled ‘An “Illuminating” Experience,’ led to the identification of the “unidentified 18th century naval battle” depicted on one of our lithophanes (thankfully I did peg the right century). Reader Andy Cook identified the scene as the sinking of the Read more
In blog Museum Blogson Jun 2 2018By Jeanne Willoz-Egnor
Two Heroes for Memorial Day
I am a day late but not a dollar short on today’s blog post (we have 1574 thanks to the start of Dollar Admission on Friday and a busy Memorial Day weekend!). Today’s post grew out of a convergence of many things and I had hoped to put it up Read more
In blog Museum Blogson May 29 2018By Jeanne Willoz-Egnor

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