Those of us at the Old Brutus Historical Society Museum are excited about several changes made to the exhibits over the winter. 2008 marks the 40th anniversary of obtaining our state charter, so we're probably going to throw ourselves a birthday party this summer. Let me review some of the exhibit changes:
The ladies (Jeanne Baker, Barbara Ward, Penney Cosentino, Alice Mattison and Vivian Randolph) have been busy making the change-out of the annual museum theme exhibits in the upper exhibit hall.
For the coming year the theme will be “ART” which includes many pieces by local artists past and present. Paintings, carvings and other artwork by local artists Ella Joyce Schoonmaker, Sue Guszcza, Bessie Parkman, Allen Lanphere, Harry Tryon, Helen Longendyke, Henry Aadahl, Fred Rowe, Chris Baker, Liz Cirillo, Penney Cosentino, Geraldine Dickinson, Emily Nekritz, Marie Kelsey, Ruth Sine, L.K. White, Ethel Cameron, Bob Randolph, Frank Barney, Frank Tanner, Walter Long, Guy Lamphere, Tom Piascik, the Stevens brothers and many others.
The mannequins are dressed in period costumes from the movies, Broadway shows and operetta.
The men of the maintenance committee (Charlie Kreplin, Paul Bates, Joe Marshall, Bill Saroodis, Vic Sine, Earl Ward, Arold Weatherstone and myself) have been hard at work in the lower level.
We have painted and reorganized the kitchen exhibit including building a partition wall to separate the “kitchen” from the rest of the exhibits. Our biggest project, however was the formation of a new display area, “From Seed To Harvest,” featuring farming, ice harvest and other such subject matter.
It has long been our dream to suitably display a working OSBORNE reaper which was built in Auburn. The machine was donated to us several years ago by Joe and Gwen Ostrowski, and until now, we were unable to exhibit it.
Our hard working crew renovated a storage area by constructing walls and installing a ceiling. Dawn Jordan painted a backdrop of the harvest of a wheat field long before the days of combines. The exhibit will be dedicated to the late Jean Woodcock, herself a farmer and for many years a director, president and active member of OBHS.
A couple of other interesting items in the exhibit are a “No. 2 Cayuga Chief ” one horse walking plow, made in Weedsport and a 42-row hand seeder, which is pushed like a wheelbarrow. OBHS past president Charley Kreplin recalls trying to balance one of these beauties as a youth on his parents farm in Throop.
A monthly program is held at the museum featuring guest speakers on any subject imaginable at 7:30 p.m. the third Monday each month. Refreshments are always served, and everyone is welcome at no charge. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to noon Monday and Tuesday and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday afternoons Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Come visit us and help us celebrate our 40th anniversary this year. Back to Weedsport history next month.
Denny Randall is president of the Old Brutus Historical Society in Weedsport.
Coming up
Next month (April 21), the featured speaker will be retired county clerk and long-time Old Brutus Historical Society member Joe Marshall. He will show his New York state license plate collection, which dates from the early days of the automobile.
For the coming year the theme will be “ART” which includes many pieces by local artists past and present. Paintings, carvings and other artwork by local artists Ella Joyce Schoonmaker, Sue Guszcza, Bessie Parkman, Allen Lanphere, Harry Tryon, Helen Longendyke, Henry Aadahl, Fred Rowe, Chris Baker, Liz Cirillo, Penney Cosentino, Geraldine Dickinson, Emily Nekritz, Marie Kelsey, Ruth Sine, L.K. White, Ethel Cameron, Bob Randolph, Frank Barney, Frank Tanner, Walter Long, Guy Lamphere, Tom Piascik, the Stevens brothers and many others.
The mannequins are dressed in period costumes from the movies, Broadway shows and operetta.
The men of the maintenance committee (Charlie Kreplin, Paul Bates, Joe Marshall, Bill Saroodis, Vic Sine, Earl Ward, Arold Weatherstone and myself) have been hard at work in the lower level.
We have painted and reorganized the kitchen exhibit including building a partition wall to separate the “kitchen” from the rest of the exhibits. Our biggest project, however was the formation of a new display area, “From Seed To Harvest,” featuring farming, ice harvest and other such subject matter.
It has long been our dream to suitably display a working OSBORNE reaper which was built in Auburn. The machine was donated to us several years ago by Joe and Gwen Ostrowski, and until now, we were unable to exhibit it.
Our hard working crew renovated a storage area by constructing walls and installing a ceiling. Dawn Jordan painted a backdrop of the harvest of a wheat field long before the days of combines. The exhibit will be dedicated to the late Jean Woodcock, herself a farmer and for many years a director, president and active member of OBHS.
A couple of other interesting items in the exhibit are a “No. 2 Cayuga Chief ” one horse walking plow, made in Weedsport and a 42-row hand seeder, which is pushed like a wheelbarrow. OBHS past president Charley Kreplin recalls trying to balance one of these beauties as a youth on his parents farm in Throop.
A monthly program is held at the museum featuring guest speakers on any subject imaginable at 7:30 p.m. the third Monday each month. Refreshments are always served, and everyone is welcome at no charge. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to noon Monday and Tuesday and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday afternoons Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Come visit us and help us celebrate our 40th anniversary this year. Back to Weedsport history next month.
Denny Randall is president of the Old Brutus Historical Society in Weedsport.
Coming up
Next month (April 21), the featured speaker will be retired county clerk and long-time Old Brutus Historical Society member Joe Marshall. He will show his New York state license plate collection, which dates from the early days of the automobile.
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