Low Cost Exhibit Techniques Workshop

Low Cost Exhibit Techniques Workshop
Speaker:  Michael Vogt, Curator, Iowa Gold Star Military Museum   

Date, Time, Place:
Monday, July 20th, 1-4pm

Location:
Iowa Gold Star Military Museum
7105 NW 70th Avenue
Johnston, Iowa 50131

Registration due:
Thursday, July 16, 2015. 
To register:  e-mail your name, organization name, and contact information to: imasweet@cfu.net

$25 IMA members
$35 non-IMA members

Pay on-line at www.iowamuseums.org or mail your check to:  Iowa Museum Association, 4423 Wynnewood Drive, Cedar Falls, IA 50613.

 You must show your driver’s license to get on the Camp Dodge base where the museum is located.

Workshop Description:

Mike Vogt, Curator of the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum, will give a presentation on low-cost exhibit techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to gain experience working with acrylic glass, including cutting, bending, and shaping to make custom object mounts and supports for exhibit needs.  The workshop will also include a gallery walk through with Q & A on some of the exhibit methods visible in the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum.  
Questions?  319-239-2236 or imasweet@cfu.net
2015 Workshop Series
Iowa Museum Association
319-239-2236
imasweet@cfu.net
www.iowamuseums.org
Iowa Museum Association

Note:  Kate Feil, the director of Museums of Story City, is helping organize this workshop.  

Story City Sheldall Schoolhouse Featured in Des Moines Register

The Sheldall Schoolhouse is featured in the July 20, 2014 Iowa Life section of the Des Moines Register.  The focus of the article was on the State Historical Society's one-room schoolhouse grant, which we received in 2013.  Much of the content focuses on the history and the preservation of the Sheldall Schoolhouse.  Please visit the link below to see the video and read the article. 

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/life/2014/07/18/schoolhouse-sheldall-hamilton-county/12838003/

There is more information about the Sheldall Schoolhouse on the Story City Historical Society website here and here.

Congratulations to National History Day Finalists!

National History Day is an academic-enrichment program that helps students learn about historical issues, ideas, people and events. The year-long academic adventure fosters students’ enthusiasm for learning and encourages them to use primary, secondary, community and statewide resources on a subject of their choice related to an annual theme. The theme for 2010 is “Innovation in History: Impact and Change.”  It is coordinated in Iowa by the State Historical Society of Iowa.

From this years National History Day competition in Iowa there are four Story County students who are advancing to the National Contest in June at the University of Maryland.

In the senior division (grades 9-12), Mikayla Sullivan of Ames High School was chosen in the Individual Documentary category for "Barren to Fields of Plenty".  Her teacher is Dianne Hugdahl.

The junior division (grades 6-8) competitors advancing from Story County were:  Tyler Ronca from the Ballard Junior High School in the Historical Paper category for "Louis Braille: Giving the Treasure of Sight to the Blind" (teacher: Alison Peterson) and Paige Plate and Hanna Bell from the Nevada Middle School in the Web Sites category for "Factory Safety Regulations: From the Ashes of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire" (teacher: Karen Ross).

Additional information about the senior division competition and the junior division competition includes the other Iowa contestants who are advancing to the national competition.

Congratulations to all the students who competed in this and thank you to all their teachers!