Podcasts about museum exhibits

About the Guests:Dr. Fred Alsop: An esteemed figure in ornithology and biology, Dr. Fred Alsop has dedicated decades to academia at East Tennessee State University (ETSU). After 48 years of full-time teaching, he remains active by directing the Johnson City Railroad Experience, a passion project combining his love for trains and education. His extensive background includes chairing ETSU's Department of Biology and authoring 18 books on birds.Carson Sailor: With a background in museum management and a master's degree from Appalachian State University, Carson Sailor transitioned from North Florida and Boone, North Carolina, to Johnson City, Tennessee. He is instrumental in building the Johnson City Railroad Experience into a dynamic hub for education and community engagement, leveraging his experience and passion for museums.Episode Summary:In this engaging episode of Colin Johnson's podcast, guests Dr. Fred Alsop and Carson Sailor discuss the vibrant development of the Johnson City Railroad Experience. Dr. Alsop, with his extensive background in biology and passion for trains, along with Carson, a seasoned museum manager, are dedicated to transforming this hub into a central pillar of both community and education in Johnson City, TN. This project aims to invigorate interest in railroads while also preserving and elaborating on the local history tied to these once vital lines of transport.Delving into the intricacies of the Johnson City Railroad Experience, the guests reveal the meticulous thought behind its development, logos of an engaging community, and the potential promise Amtrak's advancements hold for cities like theirs. The conversation highlights key aspects of the experience, such as interactive exhibits, educational outreach efforts, and community events like "Track or Treat". Through their conversation, Alsop and Sailor illustrate the ways in which the railroad positively impacted Johnson City and continue to be an influential factor in its community growth.Key Takeaways:The Johnson City Railroad Experience offers an engaging exploration into the history and ongoing influence of railroads on local communities, enriched with interactive and educational exhibits.The railroad museum supports a deeper understanding of Johnson City's origins, showcasing its historical significance through the lens of railroad development.Key events such as "Track or Treat" and substantial museum displays like the East Tennessee and Western North Carolina railroad model bring the community together while educating visitors.Educational programs align with state standards and provide hands-on learning opportunities, emphasizing STEAM and humanities curriculum for field trips and school partnerships.The emerging support for Amtrak's expansion projects represents a significant shift in public transportation development with potential implications for Johnson City.Notable Quotes:"We wanted people to have a unique experience, so everything has been designed around the guest experience." - Carson Sailor"We've literally filled up the space we have, which was about 5,000 square feet, and we are open to the public for five hours on Saturdays." - Dr. Fred Alsop"The Johnson City Railroad Experience aims to tell the story of Johnson City through the lens of railroads." - Carson Sailor"As an ornithologist, I haven't written any books on trains, but I have written 18 books on birds." - Dr. Fred Alsop"This is a place where you can come and contribute and be a part of a really beautiful, involved community." - Carson SailorResources:Johnson City Railroad ExperienceEmbark on an exploration of Johnson City's past and emerging future through the dynamic contributions of the railroad with Dr. Alsop and Carson Sailor. Tune in for more enticing, history-driven conversations in future episodes of this podcast series.

“The Art of Sibling Harmony” will be on display at the Beeville Art Museum from April 27–July 27. The exhibition will feature Beeville natives and siblings Tom Beasley, a painter, and his sister, professional photographer Cissy Beasley. The exhibit will include a wide assortment of Tom's pastels and Cissy's photography, featuring nature, landscape, and wildlife along the Texas Coast and Southwest Texas. An artist's reception, free to the public, is scheduled for Saturday, April 27, from noon to 2 p.m. at the museum. The 2024 Beeville Art Museum Future Artist Exhibition will also be on display at the Beeville Art...Article Link

It's This Week in Bourbon for December 1st 2023. Potential site for ‘bourbon complex' hits the market in Shively, the Frazier History Museum is opening a special holiday exhibition Spirited Design featuring Old Forester's Mid-Century Decanters, and Heaven Hill Distillery announced the release of the Fall 2023 edition of Old Fitzgerald.Show Notes: Owensboro 21 pallets of bourbon that were reported missing have been located Potential site for ‘bourbon complex' hits the market in Shively The Frazier History Museum is opening a special holiday exhibition called Spirited Design: Old Forester's Mid-Century Decanters Buzzard's Roost Repeal Day Event Four Roses bourbon has launched its first-ever consumer advertising campaign The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board warns about fakes Commissioners of the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission reviewed changes to the agency's Chance to Purchase program Heaven Hill Brands announces two company facilities received the EPA's first-ever ENERGY STAR certification The Kentucky Bourbon Trail received a Gold Traverse for its "Book Now, Bourbon Later" digital marketing campaign Old Forester is releasing the rarest bottle it has ever produced – a decanter to honor the brand's 150th anniversary Castle & Key Distillery and Kentucky Black Bourbon Guild (KBBG release of The Untold Story of Kentucky Whiskey, Chapter 3 Broken Barrel Whiskey Co. has introduced Honey Smoke Reserva Jack Harlow joined forces with Knob Creek Jack Daniel Distillery introduces Distillery Series Selection #12, a Straight Tennessee Whiskey Finished in Oloroso Sherry Casks Fall 2023 edition of Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey at 8 years old @frazierhistorymuseum @oldforester @buzzardsroostwhiskey @heavenhillbrands @heavenhilldistillery @kentuckybourbontrail @castleandkey @_kbbg_ @brokenbarrelwhiskey @jackharlow @knobcreek @jackdaniels_us Support this podcast on Patreon

Just ahead of National Indigenous Peoples Day, two new exhibits have been installed at museums in Halifax. CBC's Brett Ruskin visited " Revealing Chignecto", which is on display at the Canadian Museum of Immigration. And Mainstreet host Jeff Douglas went down to the Museum of Natural History to check out another called "Honouring Our Ancestors".

In late March, the LSU Museum of Art opened a new exhibition celebrating the works of Alabama-based artist Thornton Dial. The exhibit, I, Too, Am Thornton Dial, walks viewers through the long life of the artist, whose installations combine found objects – everything from metal and wood to toys and clothes – to convey messages about the civil rights movement and Black life in the Deep South.  Earlier this month, Dial's son and fellow artist Richard came to the gallery alongside other family members for a panel discussion about his father's creativity, resourcefulness and contributions to the art community. Richard, along with exhibit curator and fellow Alabama-native Paul Barrett, join us for more.  But first, it's Thursday and that means it's time to catch up on this week in politics with The Times Picayune's editorial director and columnist, Stephanie Grace. We learn more about the Republican state senator who recently blocked a ban on healthcare for transgender youth, and hear about new legislation that would allow residents to carry concealed firearms without a permit.  Today's episode of Louisiana Considered was hosted by Alana Schreiber. Our digital editor is Katelyn Umholtz and our engineers are Garrett Pittman and Aubry Procell. You can listen to Louisiana Considered Monday through Friday at 12:00 and 7:30 pm. It's available on Spotify, Google Play, and wherever you get your podcasts.  Louisiana Considered wants to hear from you! Please fill out our pitch line to let us know what kinds of story ideas you have for our show. And while you're at it, fill out our listener survey! We want to keep bringing you the kinds of conversations you'd like to listen to. Louisiana Considered is made possible with support from our listeners. Thank you!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to The Hill Country Podcast. The Texas Hill Country is one of the most beautiful places on earth. In this podcast, recent Hill Country resident Tom Fox visits with the people and organizations that make this the most unique areas of Texas. Join Tom as he explores the people, places and their activities of the Texas Hill Country. In this episode, Darrell Beauchamp, Executive Director of the Museum of Western Art returns to talk about some fabulous upcoming exhibits at Kerrville's award-winning Western Museum of Art. Some of the highlights include: “The Heavens Declare: Celebrating the Glory of the Skies” featuring renowned artists who celebrate the heavens.  Luckenbach Legacy: Hondo's Daughter, Artist, Author and Designer Becky Crouch Patterson Resources The Western Museum of Art

For Season 2 of the People & Places along the Heritage Trail podcast, we're exploring all the things to see and do in Elkhart County, Indiana and getting to know the people who make Elkhart County a Well Crafted place. In this episode, learn more about the Elkhart County Historical Museum's unique exhibits and hear about a fun-filled 2022 season for Premier Arts. Learn more about the Elkhart County Historical Museum at ElkhartCountyParks.org See the 2022 Premier Arts season at PremierArts.org/shows

Episode 291 ~ September 9, 2021 Podcast Info / Topics The new Canadian Canoe Museum will feature languages and voices from Indigenous communities throughout their exhibits Time to start getting ready for Fall paddling Mississippi reversal, Loeva transparent SUP, and more…

Episode 291 ~ September 9, 2021 Podcast Info / Topics The new Canadian Canoe Museum will feature languages and voices from Indigenous communities throughout their exhibits Time to start getting ready for Fall paddling Mississippi reversal, Loeva transparent SUP, and more…

For this month's episode of Public History in a Virtual Age, we are diving into museum exhibits. When touring, or digitally browsing, a finished exhibit, you might not consider the years of development that go into its creation. From the initial concept, there are countless steps, and numerous individuals, involved in the process of translating history into an exhibit format; script writing, fundraising, spatial and graphic design, mount making, fabrication, installation, and more! Today's guests will shed some light on this exciting process and explore the benefits and challenges of interpreting history in a museum setting.First, we will speak with Alison Mann, a Public Historian at the National Museum of American Diplomacy. As the museum is currently in development, she will guide us through what it takes to create a museum, from determining an overarching theme and throughline to writing concise and accessible exhibit labels. She will also discuss the use of technology and experiential elements, as well as how museums can approach their topics in moments of partisan division.We will then speak with three members of the Smithsonian Exhibits team; Deputy Director Matthew O'Connor, Head of Exhibit Design Juanita Wichienkuer, and exhibit developer and writer John Powell. They will discuss the multiple year process of developing an exhibit for the Smithsonian, including the importance of considering your audience and the collaborative nature of the Smithsonian's in-house Exhibits team. They will also reflect on the pandemic's impact on museum exhibits and the transition to virtual experiences.For more information, visit theitps.org.

If you have missed going to museums this past year, you are going to love this episode. Rabbi Hannah talks to Havurah member Susan Ades, Director of Smithsonian Exhibits. Susan works with museums across the Smithsonian, and has been in museum education for 30 years. She tells Rabbi Hannah about some of the powerful experiences that inspired her career. Rabbi Hannah also shares some thoughts for this Shabbat, on the eve of Passover.

"A social entrepreneur from heart, Shibani is the Co founder of ‘Parvarish - The Museum School', an innovative education Project of OASiS. As a Founding Member of OASiS - A Social Innovations Lab, Shibani has been at the core of all education innovations in the organisation. After completing her Masters in English Literature, and Bachelor in Education, she thought of doing something different, to educate masses, not classes. She started a Museum based School to teach underprivileged children through Museum Exhibits in the year 2005. She collaborated with 5 museums of her city and began the journey. Her journey began with 40 children 15 years back, and today there are approx 100 children from 10 slums of Bhopal attending her school regularly. More than 4500 children have benefitted from this initiative of her. Some of them are now pursuing Engineering, Science, Commerce, Arts, Pharmacy and Fashion Designing undergraduate courses, some are pursuing Performing Arts, some have started their own Businesses, and some have joined back as Teachers. She has received many awards, out of which the project ‘The Museum School' won the UNESCO Asia-Pacific EDUCATION INNOVATION AWARD 2016 in Beijing, and has been listed under '100 inspiring Global Innovations in Education' by HundrEd Finland. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/future-school-leaders/message

Welcome to HMSC Connects! where Jennifer Berglund goes behind the scenes of four Harvard museums to explore the connections between us, our big, beautiful world, and even what lies beyond. Today, Jennifer is speaking with Senior Exhibit Designer Sylvie Laborde. 

The modern museum invites you to touch. Or it would, if it wasn’t closed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The screens inside the Fossil Hall at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC say “touch to begin” to an empty room. The normally cacophonous hands-on exhibits at the Exploratorium in San Francisco sit eerily silent. Museum exhibit developer Paul Orselli of Paul Orselli Workshop says he’ll be reluctant to use hands-on exhibits once museums open up again. But he hopes that future hands-on exhibits are more meaningful because museums will work harder to justify them. In this episode, Orselli predicts what hands-on exhibits could become, the possibility that the crisis will encourage museums to adhere to universal design principles instead of defaulting to touchscreens, and how Covid-19 might finally put an end to hands-on mini grocery store exhibits in children's museums. Topics and Links 00:00 Intro 00:15 Hands-On Exhibits in Museums 01:00 Michael Spock (https://bostonchildrensmuseum.org/michael-spock) 02:04 Paul Orselli (https://www.orselli.net) 02:40 The Growth of Hands-On Exhibits 03:30 “The last thing I want to do is rush into a super-crowded museum” 04:40 “Empty Interaction” 06:50 27. Yo, Museum Professionals (https://www.museumarchipelago.com/27) 07:30 The Future of Touchscreens 09:14 Universal Design Principles 10:20 The End of Mini-Grocery Store Exhibits 11:00 “Constraints Are A Good Thing For Creativity” 11:40 Archipelago at the Movies : National Treasure is Now Free for Everyone (https://www.patreon.com/posts/archipelago-at-31845538) 12:15 SPONSOR: Pigeon by SRISYS (https://pigeon.srisys.com/museums/) 13:10 Outro | Join Club Archipelago (https://www.patreon.com/museumarchipelago) Museum Archipelago is a tiny show guiding you through the rocky landscape of museums. Subscribe to the podcast via Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/museum-archipelago/id1182755184), Google Podcasts (https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubXVzZXVtYXJjaGlwZWxhZ28uY29tL3Jzcw==), Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes1182755184/museum-archipelago), Spotify (https://open.spotify.com/show/5ImpDQJqEypxGNslnImXZE), or even email (https://museum.substack.com/) to never miss an episode. Sponsor: Pigeon by SRISYS

Proprietary technology that runs museum interactives—everything from buttons to proximity sensors—tends to be expensive to purchase and maintain. But Rianne Trujillo (http://www.riannetrujillo.com), lead developer of the Cultural Technology Development Lab (http://www.cctnewmexico.org/ctdl/) at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU), realized that one way museums can avoid expensive, proprietary solutions to their technology needs is by choosing open source alternatives. She is part of the team behind Museduino (https://museduino.org), an open-source system for exhibits and installations. On this episode, Rianne Trujillo and fellow NMHU instructor of Software Systems Design Jonathan Lee (https://www.nmhu.edu/department-of-media-arts-technology/) describe the huge potential to applying the open source model to museum hardware. Topics and Links 00:00 Intro 00:15 Proprietary Technology in Museums 01:04 Rianne Trujillo (http://www.riannetrujillo.com) 01:24 The Cultural Technology Development Lab (http://www.cctnewmexico.org/ctdl/) 02:04 Museduino (https://museduino.org) 02:35 Jonathan Lee (https://www.nmhu.edu/department-of-media-arts-technology/) 02:50 Open Source Software and Hardware 04:09 Arduino 06:35 Hardware Lock-In 07:02 Where Museduino is Already Installed 07:24 Museduino Workshops 08:55 Archipelago At the Movies

Host Sarah Fenske previews the latest Missouri History Museum exhibits: “Pulitzer Prize Photographs” and “In Focus: St. Louis Post-Dispatch Photographs.” The first is a traveling exhibit from the Newseum in Washington, displaying the most comprehensive collection of Pulitzer-winning photos ever assembled. The second provides a companion exhibit that shows off the work of local photojournalists.

Seth! Leary is a Visual Artist and "Aspiring Everything" based in Seattle, Washington. Professionally, he is an exhibit developer and project manager, specializing in traveling exhibitions. Seth! and Rebecca discuss that exclamation point on the end of his name, the wide variety of jobs he has had, from a print shop to founding a school to creating hands on traveling exhibits, and the interesting path that led him to each. The two discuss an idea that Seth! pitched several years ago on HitRecord - the concept of having a physical traveling HitRecord exhibit. They want to make it happen...and really show people IRL what collaborative art can be. You can find Seth! on Instagram, Twitter, and HitRecord as @SethBang. Related Links HitRecord Traveling Exhibit Project Two Seth Tuesday videos Craziest Baby Naming Laws by State Not Nosy may earn a commission for purchases made through the following links: Not Nosy Podcast is brought to you by Audible. Get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial at www.audibletrial.com/notnosy @notnosypodcast on Social Media: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube

The film Green Book tells the story of an African-American musician and a white bouncer traveling through the Jim Crow-era South. The movie's title refers to "The Negro Motorist Green Book" - a travel guide prepared for African-Americans traveling by road between the 1930's and the 1960's. The book instructed travelers as to which motels were friendly, which restaurants served everyone and which towns to avoid. The Idaho Black History Museum is putting one of these books on exhibit and we'll talk about the 'green book' and other displays on exhibit.

In this session, I speak with Rachel Hellenga, President of Conducty (www.conducty.com), museum exhibit builder, and expert maker. Rachel talks about the challenges of designing environments (particularly education ones), the magic of makerspace communities, and the development of her company, Conducty. Show Notes on the website at www.shouldworkmedia.com

FULL COMMON MAN PROGRUM: --Five Questions (KAT Silence, Loons successful, Value of the Vikings) --Blandon's Blundering Bets --Vikings Museum Exhibits

FULL COMMON MAN PROGRUM: --Five Questions (KAT Silence, Loons successful, Value of the Vikings) --Blandon's Blundering Bets --Vikings Museum Exhibits

FULL COMMON MAN PROGRUM: --Vikings Museum Exhibits --Five Questions (Twins bandwagon, Vikes O-line, Kaler resigns, World Cup) --Blandon's Blundering Bets --Lil' B --Bitter on Twitter (Randy Moss vs Shannon Sharpe) --Preposterous Statement Week in Review

FULL COMMON MAN PROGRUM: --Vikings Museum Exhibits --Five Questions (Twins bandwagon, Vikes O-line, Kaler resigns, World Cup) --Blandon's Blundering Bets --Lil' B --Bitter on Twitter (Randy Moss vs Shannon Sharpe) --Preposterous Statement Week in Review

Margaret Middleton is an independent exhibit designer and museum consultant based in Providence, RI, USA. Middleton recently completed the design of the children's exhibits at the Discovery Museum in Acton, MA, USA. Driven by a background in industrial design and queer activism, Middleton is passionate about creating visitor-centered museum experiences, and writes and speaks about inclusion in museums. In 2014 Middleton developed the Family Inclusive Language Chart, now widely used in museums across the country.In this episode, Middleton describes what makes exhibit design for children's museums so unique and exciting and what other types of museums can learn from children's museums. Club Archipelago

Daniel Bone, Deputy Head of Conservation, Ashmolean Museum, gives a short talk for Oxford University Museums Staff Conference. Daniel outlines the work of a recent Oxford University Museums Partnership Innovation Fund project setting up vibration monitoring in showcases at the Ashmolean. The project is in collaboration with Professor Manolis Chatzis, Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford.

Nicole Giglio specializes in Digital Content Development about her work managing social media channels for cultural heritage organizations.

Margaret Usher dazzled other dancers at Abraham Lincoln's 1865 inaugural ball with this militaristic yet feminine ball gown.

A Union chaplain from Kansas picked up this slouch-style hat on a Civil War battleground in Arkansas. This little-known western battle involved Native Americans, African Americans, and whites.

Between setting flight records and circumnavigating the globe, Kansas aviator Amelia Earhart found time to send out these Christmas cards.

This ticket commemorates a monumental match at a Kansas City golf course between Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Byron Nelson, and Jug McSpaden.

Our Thanksgiving episode focuses on a uniquely North American tool. Pipe tomahawks symbolize the blending of two cultures--European and Native American.

The biggest killer on the Oregon Trail was cholera. Hear how one Kentucky man was stricken in the morning and died that afternoon. He was buried in Kansas.

Neewollah is Halloween spelled backward. Hear how one Kansas community launched the Neewollah festival to keep kids off the streets on Halloween night.

Barbed wire has separated neighbor from neighbor, marked boundaries, and divided nations. But first it fenced in cattle in the West.

Martin and Osa Johnson indulged their passion for travel by filming the South Seas and Africa in the 1920s and 1930s.

During the 1950s, this Kansas studio promoted our youth's mental hygiene by producing such films as "The Bully" and "What About Prejudice."

This nearly indestructible Frigidaire Custom Imperial Flair stove from 1968 made efficient use of space in the kitchen. Only a remodeling project and difficulty in getting replacement parts brought an end to its use.

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in April 1865. Just a few months later, four of the conspirators were hanged in Washington, D.C. So how did a piece of the gallows end up in Kansas?

The goal of the game Monopoly is to become a real estate tycoon. But it originally was designed to teach the evils of monopolies and the virtues of something called the Single Tax.

Wichita's oldest family-run Mexican restaurant is Connie's Mexico Cafe. These objects were used by its founders, Concepcion (Connie) Lopez and her husband Rafael.

This group of girl cadets, armed with broomsticks and rifle parts, produced a patriotic quilt while defending Topeka at the turn of the 20th century.

Hear about two battle flags carried in the Civil War by Kansas boys fighting in Missouri, Arkansas, and Oklahoma. Yes, the Civil War was fought in states west of the Mississippi, too!

Looting of Native American artifacts has been a problem almost since Columbus first stepped off the boat in the New World. One Topeka artist argues for repatriation of these objects through her paintings.

Kansas ranchers get to indulge their pyromaniacal tendencies every spring in the Flint Hills when they light the grasslands on fire. It's an accepted technique for managing the prairie.

This revolutionary plow was invented by a farmer from Plains, Kansas. It worked well, maybe too well. Some people believe it was responsible for the Dust Bowl.

In the Future Farmers of America, blue corduroy is the fabric of success. This jacket was worn by Wes Jackson, who today is recognized as a visionary leader in agriculture.

Submerged under seven feet of floodwater in a small Kansas City cafe, this clock quietly documented the rising tide of one of the most destructive events in the history of the central plains.

How do you drive across Kansas on Interstate 70 during a blizzard? You don't. Hear about gates that close the interstate during severe winter weather.

Find out what it takes to crumple street signs like pieces of tin foil. These signs survived a massive tornado that destroyed the town of Greensburg in May 2007.

This bookcase symbolizes a tragic period in Native American history. Were the missionaries who used it trying to improve the lives of their Indian pupils or wipe out their culture?

This early 21st century chair was used by Topeka's first African American mayor, James McClinton.

Disease was the worst enemy during World War I. In this podcast we examine a quarantine sign used in Bushong, Kansas, during the greatest pandemic in history.

The road between Abilene and San Antonio could be a little rough in the 1870s. This saddle cushioned the ride for Kansas cowboy Gus Bellport.

Some people get into Christmas more than others. Louis Glynn spent the whole year, every year, hand-painting 500 cards for friends and family.

This luminous relic from the 1950s was used in a western Kansas home.

This ballot box is a survivor of the Kansas county seat wars, and a tornado.

Four prisons are located in Leavenworth County, Kansas. This guard uniform was used at the oldest one, the Kansas State Penitentiary.

The last installment in our two-part series on William Allen White. White's BFF, President Theodore Roosevelt, gave a jaguar rug to the family after a dangerous trip to the Amazon.

Books written and inscribed by Edna Ferber, from the home of William Allen White.

A Kansas City doctor claimed to have found a cure for cancer in the 1920s. Only problem was, it didn't work.

Glitzy pistols and a fancy Civil War saber.

Chaps made by a member of Kansas' rodeo royalty.

Golfing hazards in Topeka 100 years ago included cattle and their byproducts. Talk about mashies!

In the 1950s, runners from around the globe challenged the four-minute mile barrier. Among them was Wes Santee, a Kansas farm boy who found sure footing in this track shoe made in Finland.

This story on small-town baseball won't put you to sleep. Hear how the Narka, Kansas, baseball team emulated the St. Louis Cardinals.

Boxing gear used by world heavyweight champion Jess Willard, a Kansas native.

A Topeka woman wore this wool basketball uniform for the Topeka Aces in the 1920s. Uncomfortable uniforms weren't the only difficulty encountered by women in sports, though.

Fielding a football team is tough when your community's population is in decline. Learn how 8 man football keeps the drive alive.

Drafting table on which Kansas' best-known sports arenas were designed.

Learn of the amazing connection between a Kansas runner, Adolph Hitler, and the 1936 Olympics.

Today's podcast features a giant wooden bat and a silver baseball trophy from an 1860s game in Kansas.

Elegant swordplay in Kansas? Believe it. This fencing equipment was used by a German social club in Topepka.

Cold War survival kits from the 1950s included cans of granulated synthetic protein--yum!

Populist manifesto or just good, clean fun? Learn the real story behind L. Frank Baum's book, The Wizard of Oz.

Death stalked the highways in 1870s Kansas. Was their knife used to commit murder, or just for spreading butter?

What do you get when you combine a cottonwood tree and a chainsaw artist? The state stump!

On a recent visit to the Canadian Museum of Nature, we were polled for our opinions on a proposed exhibit on water. A display of four concepts were on display for public comment. I had never considered how museum exhibits were conceived, planned and pulled together. Show ID and Intro Interview with June Creelman of […]

Today's podcast features a jug owned by a man who was a frequent visitor to a Kansas sanitarium. Was he a victim of bizarre water treatments or a resort playboy who enjoyed a good bath?

This memorial card for a fallen WWI soldier is printed in German. Was this Kansas boy a German sympathizer?

The museum director describes moon rocks, or rather moon gravel, from the Apollo 11 mission in 1969.

Key overalls, made and worn in Kansas, are the subject of today's down-home podcast.

American soldiers used these innovative portable stoves produced by a Wichita company during World War II.

Hear about the Solarama, the Color Therm, and other fascinating examples of quack medical equipment confiscated by Kansas investigators.

Today's podcast features a dumbbell used by George Armstrong Custer. Learn how spirited soldiers adapted to an often boring frontier life.

This is the tale of Agnes T. Frog, the fictitious amphibian who threw her hat into the political ring.

The fascinating story of Mark Delahay--lawyer, editor, opportunist, judge, and finally, notorious alcoholic.

Learn about a doll bearing a striking resemblance to an incompetent criminal.

A Kansas well rumored to be medicinal, and bottomless, sparks Murl Riedel's curiosity.

Blair Tarr discusses a rarity in museum collections--a horse mannequin.

Laura Vannorsdel talks about a rare Navajo weaving with an Overland Trail connection.

Nikaela Zimmerman discusses the adventures of a gentleman farmer from Kansas who traveled the world three times, collecting the bizarre.

A massive tornado tore through Topeka in 1966. Host Murl Riedel interviews Rebecca Martin about the aftermath of this devastating storm, and the relics left behind.

A panel of museum staffers interrogates Murl Riedel on the symbolism of the Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant logo, and if Wolf Creek is responsible for the two-headed calf phenomenon in Kansas.

Museum director Bob Keckeisen reminisces about his childhood experiences with a frustrating game.

Kansas Museum of History curator Blair Tarr tells us what Southerners were doing in Kansas before the Civil War.

Today's Kansas Museum of History podcast features host Murl Riedel interviewing curator Laura Vannorsdel about a leg brace and the role Protection, Kansas, had in protecting the world against polio.

This biweekly podcast of Cool Things in the Collection is presented by the Kansas Museum of History. Today's podcast features host Murl Riedel interviewing Nikaela Zimmerman about an unusual item called a dolcette. Did a Kansas man invent a new musical instrument, or orchestrate a clever investment scam?

This is the inaugural segment of the biweekly podcast, Cool Things in the Collection, presented by the Kansas Museum of History. Today's podcast features host Murl Riedel interviewing Rebecca Martin about a set of Mickey Mouse Undies from the 1930s. Who wore them, and what does Walt Disney have to do with Kansas?

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