RAPID CITY, S.D. — In the mission of the Journey Museum, preservation of the tradition and heritage of the Black Hills is on the forefront. However, with so many objects of nice significance to the world and so little house to hold them, it proves an enormous downside.
Whereas many establishments have solely about 5 to 10 p.c of their artifacts on show at one time, the Journey shows most of their assortment to the general public. And in a reversed state of affairs, solely about 10 p.c of space for storing.
The Shoebox Committee goals to change that.
According to museum director Troy Kilpatrick, the committee was began as a manner of gathering native people and establishments collectively which can be targeted on addressing lack of archive house in Rapid City, together with preserving priceless supplies for the general public’s future viewing.
“The thought behind that’s that all of us have that shoebox of issues we’re accumulating, and we’re a shoebox of individuals from every kind of various organizations across the space,” Museum Archivist and Curator Megan Ostrenga stated. “And we hope to have the opportunity to protect everybody else’s shoebox.”
Of course, all the pieces can’t be saved in the identical circumstances. When making an allowance for traits similar to age and fragility, space for storing have to be accommodating by components similar to temperature and humidity.
The Journey Museum goals to discover a place the place they’ll home extra supplies appropriately whereas nonetheless making them obtainable to the general public.
“I imply, you don’t need to lose any piece of history. I hope that we will provide you with some strategic plan, convey the correct stake holders to the desk, get extra collectors concerned,” Ward 5 Alderwoman Laura Armstrong stated. “Have dialogue, and simply work on a typical purpose by a public/personal partnership.”
And whereas no precise dates are deliberate for one more assembly, members of the group are keen to hold the dialogue open.
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