November 2004 Highlights
"Turning Points" Provides Educational Bounty
Educators and students get an early present this week. Eyewitness accounts of pivotal historic events that shaped the state of Wisconsin as we know it today are now available online — free to all for nonprofit use — on the...
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Posted November 29, 2004
Wisconsin Historical Society Wins Two "Webbie" Awards from the Wisconsin Library Association
The Wisconsin Historical Society's Web site has been honored with a pair of "Webbie" awards from the Wisconsin Library Association, one for "Coolest Design" and one for "Best of the Best" out of all the nominees. The awards, the first...
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Posted November 23, 2004
The "Cool Breezes" Museum Exhibit is Fan-tastic
Before air conditioners started cooling the country, Americans fanned themselves when they got hot. Fans could be plain or fancy, riotous or refined, meticulously crafted or mass-produced, but everyone had them and used them. "Cool Breezes: Handheld Fans in American...
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Posted November 18, 2004
"Cool Breezes: Handheld Fans in Fashion, Art, and Advertising" New Exhibit at the Wisconsin Historical Museum
(Madison) –Before air conditioners started cooling the country, Americans fanned themselves when they got hot. Fans could be plain or fancy, riotous or refined, meticulously crafted or mass-produced, but everyone had them and used them. "Cool Breezes: Handheld Fans in...
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Posted November 17, 2004
Wisconsin Historical Museum Remains Open
Friends: The Wisconsin Historical Museum remains open to the public during regularly scheduled hours, including public programs and school tours. The museum will continue to maintain a normal operating schedule through June 30, 2005, and, we trust, beyond. For more...
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Posted November 12, 2004
Budget Squeeze Could Close Wisconsin Historical Museum
The Wisconsin Historical Society, facing a state-mandated edict to develop a plan for meeting a 10-percent state tax-supported (GPR) budget reduction target in the 2005-07 biennium, would have to close the Wisconsin Historical Museum on Madison's Capitol Square and lay...
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Posted November 12, 2004
2004 Historic Preservation Awards Announced
On Saturday, October 30th the director of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Ellsworth Brown, presented this year’s Historic Preservation Awards on behalf of the Society’s Board of Curators. Awards are given in two categories: certificates of commendation for a single contribution,...
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Posted November 8, 2004
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