This is our first online version of our Quarterly Newsletter! The information below is the same as what is sent out in the physical newsletter but with more visual elements. We hope you enjoy the online version of our newsletter and will check back for more in the future!
Membership Meeting
On June 17th we will have our General Membership Meeting. During this meeting we will elect our Board of Directors for the2024-27 term. The three members whose terms are up for nomination are: Mary Grable, Karen Bear and Kay Cox. The terms for the rest of the current Board Members are: 2022- 25—Randall Boyers, Scott Fields, Brian Canupp and 2023-26—Larry Benson, Jeff Kinney, Denise Marshall. Nominations will be accepted from the membership
during the meeting for consideration of adding or replacing Board Members. All members, as well as the general public, are urged to attend the meeting at 4:00 p.m. at the Museum.
Our 10th Great Museum Treasure Hunt is off to a great start! Beginning the first weekend of June and running through the last week of July, students in K-12 grades are encouraged to come to the Museum, locate the weekly artifact, answer questions, and receive a pizza certificate from Leono’s. In addition, each participant will be eligible for a weekly drawing of $10 from City Bank and Cookies from Avi’s Bakery. All participants are eligible for a final $250 grand drawing that will finish up the Treasure Hunt the end of July.
Our Junior History Club for 5th -9th graders have been very busy during the past school year. Thanks to Will Lucky, Mia Williams, Karen Bear and Larry Benson who have worked with these students. Check out our website and Facebook pages updates periodically. These students have chosen the artifacts that will be featured during the Treasure Hunt and will be active volunteers during the event.
This July will mark our 30th Anniversary as a Museum. We are planning a weeklong celebration beginning July 22, 2024. Currently, we will be on Coffee Break to kick off the week long festivities on that Monday. We are planning on being open each day from 10 AM—3 PM. A copy of Cromwell’s Comments will be handed out to those who visit during the week. Various raffles are under consideration. Check our website and Facebook pages for updates closer to the Anniversary week.
Collaboration with the Cynthiana Democrat
We are, also, planning on launching a new collaboration with the Cynthiana Democrat.
Hopefully, we will have an article each week, over the course of a month, featuring:
1 | The Junior History Club activities |
2 | Updates from current Museum activity |
3 | A blast from the past with reprints of the old “Museum Musings” |
4 | Artifact histories that have captured the interest of many visitors over the past 30 years |
The Museum's New Look
If you haven’t been to the Museum recently, then you will be unaware of the “new look.” Over the summer Sharon and Billy Fowler, along with Larry Benson, have been giving the Museum a new facelift. We now have a new area that is dedicated to “library” pursuits. The old library area is now totally devoted to our school artifacts. Many artifacts have been moved around in order to give a more cohesive understanding of their place in our history. We are always trying to improve our displays.
Loan Verification
When we first began, many folks only wanted to “loan” the Museum artifacts because they were unsure of how long the Museum would remain open. After 30 years many first time donors
have passed away and the Museum still has the artifact classified as a “loan.” Periodically, the Museum publishes a notice to anyone, or direct descendants of someone who is deceased that might have “loaned” artifacts to the Museum, Our purpose is to request that they come to the Museum and update the original acquisition form. It is hoped that the donation would then become a “gift” to the Museum. This is the intent of including this information with this newsletter. If anyone, or an executor of an estate, feels that they, or the deceased person, might have loaned the Museum an artifact please stop by the Museum and verify the status of any artifacts that might be questioned.
Join Us!
If you are not a member of the our Cynthiana/Harrison County Trust, Inc.,
please consider joining our group. Applications may be found here, on our website,
or may be picked up at the Museum.
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