My intern Natasha Davis-Harris and I visited the Kent State University Museum, more popularly known as the Fashion Museum. The trip was designed to show Natasha how other museums store, display, and exhibit their artifacts as well as confirm that we, at the Aurora Historical Society, were properly caring for our costumes and material artifacts. Joann Fenn, Assistant Professor and Collections Manager/Museum Registrar directed our tour. Continue reading Marcelle visits KSU Museum
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Here are over 300 photos from the Sesquicentennial celebration. Scanned by The Portage County Library On May 22 the Historical Society re-opened the museum and archives we had a great time. Thanks to all the volunteers, take a look here Aurora High School senior Livia Ward is the 2011 winner of the $1,000 Aurora Historical Society’s Veron Biggar Scholarship. Livia created a PowerPoint presentation entitled Mid-Century Aurora Businesses: As Seen Through the Eyes of A Local Family. The program chronicles the history of the Hanes’ and their connections to Aurora via their real [...] Do you remember this Sesquicentennial Celebration? We’d love to know who some of these folk are. This was filmed by Otto Jackson who lived in the house that Anna Maria of Aurora now occupies. Donated by Otto Jackson, Jr. Watch the parades and games on the lawn of the city Hall & Church. And [...] January 5, 2011 With a new year upon us the Aurora Historical Society is excited about the “New Look” that is taking place within the Museum’s archive storage area. While the work is still not finished, countless hours of work on the part of our director Marcelle Wilson, members of the Board of Trustees, [...] 
Our storage room has had water infiltration from a faulty air conditioning system. To abate the mold we have had to empty that room and move our collection to table tops in our museum and other display spaces. Most of the items were undamaged by water but everything was affected by mold growth resulting [...] To the person who contacted us about the Riley property and the Pond Lake area please call or re-email. The yahoo address does not work for me and the message keeps bouncing back. Thanks |
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