I’m a bit late to this, but I’d like to know your plans for the museum! Are there any improvements you guys plan to make? Any plans to incorporate modern museum practices?
I understand that the museum probably isn’t the highest priority in terms of attractions at the ghost town. Having grown up around mining towns and ghost towns, I think these kinds of museums are extra special for being able to preserve small items which give tremendous insight to the every day lives of the people who lived in these mining towns in the 19th century, shedding light on how people of the past live in a way that a lot of larger museums don’t. Especially in a small museum, taking certain modern museum practices into account can elevate a mining town museum from a dusty, badly-lit room full of rusty metal to a window into a lively past.
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I’m a bit late to this, but I’d like to know your plans for the museum! Are there any improvements you guys plan to make? Any plans to incorporate modern museum practices?
I understand that the museum probably isn’t the highest priority in terms of attractions at the ghost town. Having grown up around mining towns and ghost towns, I think these kinds of museums are extra special for being able to preserve small items which give tremendous insight to the every day lives of the people who lived in these mining towns in the 19th century, shedding light on how people of the past live in a way that a lot of larger museums don’t. Especially in a small museum, taking certain modern museum practices into account can elevate a mining town museum from a dusty, badly-lit room full of rusty metal to a window into a lively past.
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