Weird artifacts part of post-restriction summer at Historical Society

“In June, a good chunk of the teachers bring their classes into any one of the four museums,” said Taylor. “It’s a really awesome thing this year that schools were able to come back to the museums.”

During the course of the pandemic, the museum had to do a lot more with social media to showcase their artifacts and photographs. They still find that to be a good way to get their message to older kids.

“We really try and highlight some of the weird artifacts that are in the museum,” Taylor said. “We also put up a lot of pictures, definitely ranging in age, so that we can provide a discussion place for families to talk about how the city has changed, which is the best part of seeing families coming into the museum: the discussion between the generations.”

Among the noteworthy odd artifacts, according to Taylor, are the ones that show how different life was before electricity. Ice boxes and chamber pots from times before running water are popular conversation starters as well.

“The things that people would have had because that’s what they needed then moving into water and electricity to see how easy we have it now,” Taylor said. “The people before us were able to make it work with what they had.”

Taylor added they’ve got food tours and tours of local churches and cemeteries to look forward to for the rest of the summer. She also said getting back to tours after the restrictions of the pandemic is a relief.

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by Rob Mahon

Weird artifacts part of post-restriction summer at Historical Society

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