Tag: museum stories
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Required Reading?
There are some books that I just assume everyone has read. Often, these lines are somewhat generational. For example, I just assume that everyone my age and younger has read Harry Potter. And I had also always assumed that most older women have read Little Women. (I definitely think it is less-read today, but I…
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Connecting the threads
Earlier this year, the Girl Scouts decided to completely redo their badges and patches. Now, I haven’t been a Girl Scout in a few years, but we’ve offered Girl Scout workshops at the museum for years. So, new badges means new workshops. We were curious about the “Playing the Past” for Brownies–for a history museum,…
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For better or worse, these are my people
Some books are a pretty easy sell for me. A YA romance set in a living history museum? The only shock here is that it was published last fall, and I’m just now getting to it. Leila Sales’ Past Perfect is absolutely delightful. Now, it might not be as funny to non-history nerds, but I…
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A Good Day
On Saturday, I had a pretty magical experience. It was our annual Girl Scout Day, featuring the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder. We scattered beads at campfires, had a full supply of buttons, and were ready to help visitors make sunbonnets, if they hadn’t already arrived wearing them. We also had a costume contest–and ended…
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