Working with artifacts and ghosts.....
Maya Taylor '26 My name is Maya Taylor and I am a student at the University of Lynchburg and I work at the Sandusky House. I am currently in my third semester of working at Sandusky and I couldn’t be more pleased with what I am learning. I am a Biomedical Science major but I have always been fascinated with history and artifacts. This fascination led me to an interview at Sandusky spring semester of my freshman year. Since joining the team, I have had many opportuniti
“I must perish like a Roman, Die the great Triumvir still”
By Taylor Akers '24 Prepared for Historic House Museums course 305, Museum Studies department. James Risque Hutter (October 22, 1841 -...
Sandusky Kitchen Archaeology Update
By Jessica Gantzert, Principal Investigor, Hurt & Proffitt In the 2021 kitchen excavation, a subfloor pit was discovered. It was utilized...
VAM Conference 2022
by Jaylyn Smith '22 My name is Jaylyn Smith and I am a history major at the University of Lynchburg. For my senior year I was given the opportunity to intern at the Historic Sandusky. This semester has been a wonderful experience as I have gained a better understanding about the kind of museum work I might want to do after graduation. Last week, on the recommendation of Historic Sandusky, I was awarded the Professional Scholarship to attend the 2022 Virginia Association Museu
What I learned at the Virginia Association of Museum's annual conference
By Matt Gilliland With increasing diversity in the world’s communities, people like to see themselves represented in history. To understand the representation that people would like to see in relation to the topic at hand this needs to be done through public opinion and discourse. Generally speaking, there are ways of tying in the history your museum is trying to represent to the cultural and historical landscape of the surrounding population. For example, if people wanted to
