Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Santa Fe Trail Center is Now Blogging!
This blog replaces the old "News" page on our website, www.santafetrailcenter.org. Check back regularly for our latest press releases!
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"Music From the Pawnee" Temporary Exhibit, 15 February 2011
A new temporary exhibit about musical instruments is on display in the auditorium as of Feburary 2011.
http://www.santafetrailcenter.org/news_press_release_musicalinstrumentexhibit.pdf
NEWS RELEASE
Santa Fe Trail Center
1349 K-156 Hwy
Larned, KS 67550
620-285-2054
Release Date: Immediate
Date: February 15, 2011
A new temporary exhibit about music is now on display at the Santa Fe Trail Center, Larned, featuring items from the museum’s collection. Visitors can learn about the early development of music reproduction from the player piano to both cylinder and disc records. A few of the items on display include historic instruments such as an 1890s Washburn guitar, a pianoette, and a violin once owned by Larned’s “Comrade” Smith. This display also complements existing permanent exhibits focusing on music. There’s something for every musician or music lover!
The Santa Fe Trail Center is located 2 miles west of Larned on K-156 Hwy. The museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays, 9 am to 5 pm. It is closed on Mondays from Labor Day to Memorial Day. This special exhibit is included in the museum’s regular admission fees. For more information call the Trail Center at 620-285-2054.
http://www.santafetrailcenter.org/news_press_release_musicalinstrumentexhibit.pdf
NEWS RELEASE
Santa Fe Trail Center
1349 K-156 Hwy
Larned, KS 67550
620-285-2054
Release Date: Immediate
Date: February 15, 2011
A new temporary exhibit about music is now on display at the Santa Fe Trail Center, Larned, featuring items from the museum’s collection. Visitors can learn about the early development of music reproduction from the player piano to both cylinder and disc records. A few of the items on display include historic instruments such as an 1890s Washburn guitar, a pianoette, and a violin once owned by Larned’s “Comrade” Smith. This display also complements existing permanent exhibits focusing on music. There’s something for every musician or music lover!
The Santa Fe Trail Center is located 2 miles west of Larned on K-156 Hwy. The museum is open Tuesdays through Sundays, 9 am to 5 pm. It is closed on Mondays from Labor Day to Memorial Day. This special exhibit is included in the museum’s regular admission fees. For more information call the Trail Center at 620-285-2054.
"The German Heritage of Kansas" (Annual Meeting), 8 November 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
10/28/10
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Santa Fe Trail Center
1349 K-156 Highway
Larned, KS 67550
620-285-2054
Presentation Explores German Heritage of Kansas
Larned, KS – The Fort Larned Historical Society will host their Annual Meeting with a program, The German Heritage of Kansas, a presentation and discussion by William D. Keel on Monday, November 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the Santa Fe Trail Center Museum and Library. Members of the community are invited to attend the meeting and free program. Contact the Santa Fe Trail Center at 620-285-2054 for more information. The program is made possible by the Kansas Humanities Council.
More than a third of Kansas residents are of German ancestry. Keel’s presentation explores the major German immigrant groups and their impact on Kansas agriculture, education, and midwestern culture. The PowerPoint presentation will range from early territorial Kansas and German settlements to the impact of the railroad and finally to the current topic of immigration. There will be time for questions and discussion.
William D. Keel is professor of German and chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Kansas. His research interest is German settlement dialects in Kansas and he is the editor of the Yearbook of German-American Studies.
“Kansans claim German as the largest ancestry, according the U.S. Census,” shared Keel. “Over 25 percent of Kansans have German roots.” German Heritage of Kansas is part of the Kansas Humanities Council’s Kansas 150 Speakers Bureau commemorating the Kansas sesquicentennial. The special edition Speakers Bureau features presentations and discussions about Kansas and what it means to be a Kansan over time and across generations.
The Kansas Humanities Council conducts and supports community-based programs, serves as a financial resource through an active grant-making program, and encourages Kansans to participate in their communities. For more information about KHC programs contact the Kansas Humanities Council at 785/357-0359 or visit online at www.kansashumanities.org.
For more information about the program German Heritage of Kansas, contact the museum at 620-285-2054 or visit www.santafetrailcenter.org on the News Release page.
SFTC Awarded Golden Belt Grant
Three new archival shelving units arrived in November 2010!
http://www.santafetrailcenter.org/News_2010GoldenBeltArchivalGrant.pdf
Plan to Attend the 2010 Rendezvous Santa Fe Trail History Seminar!
Download the full agenda:
http://www.santafetrailcenter.org/News_2010RendezvousScheduleRevised.pdf
“Communication on the Santa Fe Trail” will be the theme for the Rendezvous 2010 history seminar to be held in Larned, KS on September 16 – 19. The seminar is sponsored by the Santa Fe Trail Center, Fort Larned National Historic Site and the Santa Fe Trail Association.
Primary funding is provided by the Kansas Humanities Council. This year’s theme will examine how individuals of various cultures on the Santa Fe Trail communicated with each other. Featured during the seminar will be talks on the evolution of the U.S. mail service between Missouri and Santa Fe.
Presentations will show how the establishment of communication across the trail helped lead to statehood for Kansas and opened communication throughout the southwest. Fees to attend the Rendezvous seminar will be $25.00 for Full Registration and $15.00 for Single Day. Costs for meals and bus tour are additional. For registration information contact the Santa Fe Trail Center at 620-285-2054 or e-mail museum@santafetrailcenter.org
http://www.santafetrailcenter.org/News_2010RendezvousScheduleRevised.pdf
“Communication on the Santa Fe Trail” will be the theme for the Rendezvous 2010 history seminar to be held in Larned, KS on September 16 – 19. The seminar is sponsored by the Santa Fe Trail Center, Fort Larned National Historic Site and the Santa Fe Trail Association.
Primary funding is provided by the Kansas Humanities Council. This year’s theme will examine how individuals of various cultures on the Santa Fe Trail communicated with each other. Featured during the seminar will be talks on the evolution of the U.S. mail service between Missouri and Santa Fe.
Presentations will show how the establishment of communication across the trail helped lead to statehood for Kansas and opened communication throughout the southwest. Fees to attend the Rendezvous seminar will be $25.00 for Full Registration and $15.00 for Single Day. Costs for meals and bus tour are additional. For registration information contact the Santa Fe Trail Center at 620-285-2054 or e-mail museum@santafetrailcenter.org
IMLS Conservation Bookshelf Grant, June 2009
1349 K-156 Hwy
Larned, KS 67550
(620) 285-2054
museum@santafetrailcenter.org
IMLS Contact: Jeannine Mjoseth
202-653-4632
jmjoseth@imls.gov
Santa Fe Trail Center Receives Conservation Bookshelf
Larned – Treasured objects and artifacts held by the Santa Fe Trail Center will be preserved for future generations with help from the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf, a core set of conservation books and online resources donated by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). IMLS has now awarded almost 3,000 free sets of the IMLS Bookshelf, in cooperation with the American Association for State and Local History (AASLH).
“When IMLS launched this initiative to improve the dire state of our nation’s collections, we understood that the materials gathered for the Bookshelf would serve as important tools for museums, libraries, and archives nationwide,” said Anne-Imelda Radice, Director of IMLS. “We were both pleased and encouraged by the overwhelming interest of institutions prepared to answer the call to action, and we know that with their dedication, artifacts from our shared history will be preserved for future generations.”
The Santa Fe Trail Center will receive this essential set of resources based on an application describing the needs and plans for the care of its collections. The IMLS Bookshelf focuses on collections typically found in art or history museums and in libraries' special collections, with an added selection of texts for zoos, aquariums, public gardens, and nature centers. It addresses such topics as the philosophy and ethics of collecting, collections management and planning, emergency preparedness, and culturally specific conservation issues.
The IMLS Bookshelf is a crucial component of Connecting to Collections: A Call to Action, a conservation initiative that the Institute launched in 2006. IMLS began the initiative in response to a 2005 study it released in partnership with Heritage Preservation, A Public Trust at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections. The multi-faceted, multi-year initiative shines a nationwide spotlight on the needs of America’s collections, especially those held by smaller institutions, which often lack the human and financial resources necessary to adequately care for their collections. Go to www.imls.gov/collections/index.htm for more information on the IMLS Connecting to Collections Bookshelf.
About the Institute of Museum and Library Services?The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 123,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute's mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations to sustain heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; and support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov.
IMLS Digitization Grant Press Release, 2008
Phone: (620) 285-2054
Email: info@santafetrailcenter.org
IMLS Contact: Jeannine Mjoseth
Phone: (202) 653-4632
Email: jmjoseth@imls.gov
Fort Larned Historical Society Awarded Prestigious Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
Larned- The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded Fort Larned Historical Society, Inc. with a Museums for America grant that will provide the unique opportunity in partnership with Pawnee County to do a multi-faceted digitization project involving scanning and computerizing archival photographs and documents. The project, titled “Those Who Saw: Sharing the Experiences of Converging Cultures Along the Santa Fe Trail and the Development of Pawnee County,” will bring together historical photographs and documents from both organizations. The project will start in the fall of 2008 and will continue over a three year span involving the computerization of catalog records, processing archival materials, selecting and digitizing 4,000-5,000 historic photographs and documents. The most important outcome of the digitization project will be the ability of the Santa Fe Trail Center and Pawnee County Courthouse to better serve the community through better public access and awareness of historic photographs and documents. The end result of the project will be dedicated computers at the Santa Fe Trail Center and Pawnee County Courthouse containing a set of digitized materials available to the public and online to researchers, teachers, genealogists and students to learn the history of the Santa Fe Trail and the development of the surrounding area.
“As repositories of our nation’s treasures and our nation’s history, museums are positions to play an integral role in the education of their communities. Museums for America grants support projects and ongoing activities that build museums’ capacities and help these institutions serve their diverse constituencies to the best of their abilities.” -Dr. Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Director of the Institute of Museum Library Services
Museums for America is the Institute’s largest grant program for museums, providing more than $17 million in grants to support the role of museums in American society to sustain cultural heritage, to support lifelong learning; and to be centers of community engagement. Museums for America grants strengthen a museum’s ability to serve the public more effectively by supporting high-priority activities that advance the institution’s mission and strategic goals. Museums for America funding will support projects and activities, designed by the institution, that strengthen museums as active resources for lifelong learning and key players in the establishment of livable communities. Museums for America grants are designed to be flexible. They can be used for ongoing museum activities, research and other behind-the-scenes activities, planning activities, new programs or activities, purchase of equipment or services, or other activities that will support the efforts of museums to upgrade and integrate new technologies into their overall institutional effectiveness.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services had 371 applicants for the Museums for America grant the total applicants awarded were 154. The amount awarded to the recipients of the Museums for America grant totaled in the amount of $16.9 million and the recipient matches totaled $32.3 million. The Institute of Museum and Library Services is the primary source of federal support for the nation’s 122,000 libraries and 17,500 museums. The Institute’s mission is to create strong libraries and museums that connect people to information and ideas. The Institute works at the national level and in coordination with state and local organizations sustains heritage, culture, and knowledge; enhance learning and innovation; support professional development. To learn more about the Institute, please visit www.imls.gov
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