Comments on: The Benefit of Local History Museums http://minnemom.com/2011/03/21/the-benefit-of-local-history-museums/ Finding Fun with Four Kids Mon, 20 May 2013 14:26:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Travel Tuesday: Weekly Favorites for 22 Mar 2011 : Gobbledy Goon http://minnemom.com/2011/03/21/the-benefit-of-local-history-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-11970 Travel Tuesday: Weekly Favorites for 22 Mar 2011 : Gobbledy Goon Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:01:11 +0000 http://minnemom.com/?p=5367#comment-11970 [...] Travels with Children: The Benefit of Local History MuseumsWe’ve been to a few local history museums, but after reading this, I might make a point of getting to more. [...]

[...] Travels with Children: The Benefit of Local History MuseumsWe’ve been to a few local history museums, but after reading this, I might make a point of getting to more. [...]

]]> By: Dominique http://minnemom.com/2011/03/21/the-benefit-of-local-history-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-9325 Dominique Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:35:51 +0000 http://minnemom.com/?p=5367#comment-9325 We recently attended a local history conference here in metro Detroit, and the program included a visit to a small local history museum in suburban Troy, Michigan. The Troy Historical Museum has about a dozen buildings and is, like many such museums, a recreation of a small 1800s-era village. This particular night, they set up a sort of progressive appetizer reception with stations in each building...so you could grab a cookie at the general store, some cheese and crackers at the print shop, a glass of wine or hot cider at the church, or a piece of turducken at the cabin--where you could finish things off with a s'more cooked over an open fire in the front yard. Each building had at least one docent on hand to ask questions or demonstrate something like blacksmithing or printing processes of the time. It was also fun to go the school house where name tags on the desks bore names of 19th century students that you recognized as local road or school names today. And when I reviewed it for Yelp, I suggested that it might be nice for families exactly for some of the reasons you suggested. Plus, I thought it might be more doable with smaller kids than something so massive like Greenfield Village here (I've seen more than one kid get fussy when families are trying to squeeze that experience all into one day--besides, Troy costs just $3, so if your little ones are only good for about an hour, its a nice alternative to a bigger and far more expensive outing). We recently attended a local history conference here in metro Detroit, and the program included a visit to a small local history museum in suburban Troy, Michigan.
The Troy Historical Museum has about a dozen buildings and is, like many such museums, a recreation of a small 1800s-era village. This particular night, they set up a sort of progressive appetizer reception with stations in each building…so you could grab a cookie at the general store, some cheese and crackers at the print shop, a glass of wine or hot cider at the church, or a piece of turducken at the cabin–where you could finish things off with a s’more cooked over an open fire in the front yard.
Each building had at least one docent on hand to ask questions or demonstrate something like blacksmithing or printing processes of the time. It was also fun to go the school house where name tags on the desks bore names of 19th century students that you recognized as local road or school names today.
And when I reviewed it for Yelp, I suggested that it might be nice for families exactly for some of the reasons you suggested. Plus, I thought it might be more doable with smaller kids than something so massive like Greenfield Village here (I’ve seen more than one kid get fussy when families are trying to squeeze that experience all into one day–besides, Troy costs just $3, so if your little ones are only good for about an hour, its a nice alternative to a bigger and far more expensive outing).
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]]> By: GBK Gwyneth http://minnemom.com/2011/03/21/the-benefit-of-local-history-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-9284 GBK Gwyneth Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:24:33 +0000 http://minnemom.com/?p=5367#comment-9284 We’ve been to a few local history museums, but after reading this, I might make a point of getting to more. Thanks! We’ve been to a few local history museums, but after reading this, I might make a point of getting to more. Thanks!

]]> By: Travel Tuesday: Weekly Favorites for 22 Mar 2011 http://minnemom.com/2011/03/21/the-benefit-of-local-history-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-9283 Travel Tuesday: Weekly Favorites for 22 Mar 2011 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:10:59 +0000 http://minnemom.com/?p=5367#comment-9283 [...] Travels with Children: The Benefit of Local History MuseumsWe’ve been to a few local history museums, but after reading this, I might make a point of getting to more. [...]

[...] Travels with Children: The Benefit of Local History MuseumsWe’ve been to a few local history museums, but after reading this, I might make a point of getting to more. [...]

]]> By: The Benefit of Local History Museums | Visit a Museum http://minnemom.com/2011/03/21/the-benefit-of-local-history-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-9282 The Benefit of Local History Museums | Visit a Museum Tue, 22 Mar 2011 13:19:55 +0000 http://minnemom.com/?p=5367#comment-9282 [...] The Benefit of Local History Museums.  [...]

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]]> By: Cat http://minnemom.com/2011/03/21/the-benefit-of-local-history-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-9277 Cat Mon, 21 Mar 2011 16:27:39 +0000 http://minnemom.com/?p=5367#comment-9277 Yes! I took an old friend to a small, rarely opened small-town museum a year ago. There was an old piano and my friend was looking at it. The curator said, "go ahead and play. I'll sing!" And they performed Dark Town Strutter's Ball just for me. It was more fun than anything! I took a video if you want to see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNn5-USOcDk Yes! I took an old friend to a small, rarely opened small-town museum a year ago. There was an old piano and my friend was looking at it. The curator said, “go ahead and play. I’ll sing!” And they performed Dark Town Strutter’s Ball just for me. It was more fun than anything!

I took a video if you want to see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNn5-USOcDk

]]> By: Amy http://minnemom.com/2011/03/21/the-benefit-of-local-history-museums/comment-page-1/#comment-9276 Amy Mon, 21 Mar 2011 15:02:37 +0000 http://minnemom.com/?p=5367#comment-9276 Totally agree! You never know what you might find. Totally agree! You never know what you might find.

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