“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
Holding History in My Hands
By Emma Coffey When I first heard that Historic Sandusky would have an archaeological dig, I was so excited. During this last school semester, I was part of an archaeological lab class which taught me various things that helped me when taking part in the dig. Some of the things that I learned in the class was how to identify different bones and other artifacts. When I was able to participate in the dig, I would mostly help out with screening through the dirt that was dug up e
