Honestly, whenever I go to a museum and see the displays and exhibits, I'm always a little...miffed, I guess...because I know this is only the tiny tip of their artifact iceberg. I'm aware that there's a climate controlled room or a whole warehouse that I'll never have access to, and damn, wouldn't it be COOL to see all that stuff? (Yes, even if I know it's impossible).
WELL, hooray x 3! the Morrison County Historical Society at the Weyerhaeuser Museum in Little Falls is doing something about it--they're taking pictures of items in their collections, and posting them in an ONLINE Exhibit, with a short description. Eventually, a good chunk of Morrison Co history will be googleable, both by keywords and by image. I think this is AMAZING, and spiffy! And, if you recognize something there and want to add info, each page has a comment section.
To lead off the website, here's a small part of an embroidered autograph sampler of "family and friends of J.K. and Lottie Lee Martin" from 1897-99. There's a number on all the items so if you want to go and see the actual artifact, you can go to the museum and ask for it by #!
Go, check it out, comment, and BOOKMARK it--"Exhibits by the Morrison County Historical Society" will only get better!
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