Administrator's Report
Dan Shoeneberg
Given at the October Society Board Meeting
Total attendance
in September 2018 was 1,950 people. This includes general attendance, Farmers Market, room rentals, and programming.
The Museum's curator, Stephanie Pezzella,and research volunteers have
accessioned
63 objects (dates ranged from 1986-2011). Several photographs of circus train and parades in Arlington Heights.
The NW Suburban History Center
had eight research requests which included Whiting family materials, Meyer Bros. Dairy, Gilbert Krohn, Arlington High yearbooks , and house research.
Research Volunteers
photographed 326 objects into PastPerfect archival database. Other volunteer projects included organizing inventory institutional records and cross referencing catalog print-outs with catalog records in PastPerfect.
Additional Museum projects:
- Preparing a Disaster Plan with curator
- Cleaning and updating Coach House exhibits and dioramas
- Researching grant opportunities