By Jess • July 22, 2011 • Press • Comment
On July 18, 2011, the St. Joseph News Press announced the start of a trading card program brought to the people of Andrew and Buchanan County by members of the Museum Association of St. Joseph.
Six local museums — Robidoux Row, the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art, the St. Joseph Museums, the National Military Heritage Museum, the Remington Nature Center and the Pony Express Museum, as well as the Agency/Ford Museum at Agency, the Andrew County Museum at Savannah and the Convention & Visitors Bureau at the East Hills Library — are all participating in the program. … Each museum will have a complete set of the trading cards so visitors can plan their visits to other sites to obtain more trading cards, Mrs. Carmichael said. If families like the idea, there will be a new set available starting on Memorial Day next year, she said.
Stop by Andrew County Museum beginning July 26, 2011 to begin your collection!
By Jess • June 17, 2011 • Press • Comment
On June 17, 2011, Andrew County Museum was featured in aSt. Joseph News-Press article about Jeff Eseley’s discovery of an article about a civil war scrimmage in Savannah. This story is just one of several exciting stories we’ve discovered while our education committee investigates the civil war in Andrew County.
News of the battle was a surprise and good news to the Andrew County Museum.
Museum staff and the education committee are developing two traveling trunk programs to bring Andrew County Civil War stories to school kids this fall, said Glenn Uminowicz, the museum director. So news of a battle was exciting, he added.
The education committee has gone trolling through the museum collections. It even found letters by Civil War veterans, talking about their service, said Jess Rezac, curator.
The museum also plans to have a national traveling exhibition, “Abraham Lincoln: A Man of His Time, A Man for All Times.” The exhibit examines Mr. Lincoln’s life, accomplishments and legacy. It will be at the Andrew County Museum Aug. 2 through 20.
Read the article at Savannah man uncovers Civil War history – Local News Story – St. Joseph.
Do you have an Andrew County civil war story? Call Jess at 324-4720 to share it.
By Jess • June 1, 2011 • Press • Comment
On May 31, 2011, KQ2 visited Andrew County Museum and filmed a story about the Blue Star Museum program.
The Andrew County Museum became a Blue Star Museum today.
Blue Star Museums are a group of hundreds across America to offer free admission to families with a parent or spouse serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
The program focuses on the approximate one-million children who have at least one parent deployed.
The offer extends through the summer months until Labor Day.
“We felt it was the right thing to do. It’s a small contribution for us to make,” says Glenn Uminowicz, Director of the Andrew County Museum.
For more information, visit www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums.
Visit StJoeChannel.com to watch the news story.
By Jess • May 29, 2011 • Press • Comment
On May 25, 2011, The Savannah Reporter announced Andrew County Museum’s participation in the NEA’s Blue Star Museums program.
On May 31st, the Andrew County Museum becomes a Blue Star Museum. The Blue Star Museums program began as a partnership among Blue Star Families, the National Endowment for the Arts, and hundreds of museums across America to offer free admission to families with a parent or spouse serving during this time of combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The program maintains a special focus on the approximately one million children who have had at least one parent deployed. Blue Star Museums offer these families a chance to visit cultural attractions this summer when many will have limited resources and time to be together.
The program runs from Memorial Day to Labor Day and is available to all active military personnel. Answers to frequently asked questions and a list of participating museums are available at www.arts.gov/bluestarmuseums. The Andrew County Museum is located at 202 East Duncan Drive in Savannah. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call 816-324-4720.
The article is available at thesavannahreporter.com.
By Jess • May 22, 2011 • Press • Comment
On May 22, 2011, Marshall White at the St. Joseph News-Press announced that the Smithsonian will be coming to Andrew County Museum in May 2012!
The exhibition entitled “The Way We Worked” will share stories of how work became a central element in American culture and the many changes affecting the workforce and work environments over the past 100 years.
Missouri is the first state to get the exhibition, said Glenn Uminowicz, director of the Andrew County Museum.
The newest Smithsonian Institution exhibition will travel throughout Missouri with the Missouri Humanities Council’s Museum on Main Street program ending up in Savannah on May 5 next year.
Read the article at Newspressnow.com and be sure to check back at our website for updates and announcements about The Way We Worked!
By Jess • April 12, 2011 • Press • Comment
Andrew County Museum appeared in a VisitMo Travel Club email about family fun in Missouri. A photo of the orientation area of the museum appeared in the email next to a link to the article “Smart Moves—Missouri Makes Learning Fun.” The article proclaimed:
History comes to life at the Andrew County Museum in Savannah. Explore “A Rural Way of Life,” an exhibit illustrating the county’s rich history from the past two centuries. Visitors to the museum learn about rural life on family farms and in small towns, with displays showing how life has changed through the years: stop in the general store; visit a farmhouse kitchen; watch a silent movie, projected against the side of a brick building, as it would have been done in the early 1900s.
Other Missouri attractions featured in the article include grouped the museum with The Magic House in Kirkwood, Kaleidoscope in Kansas City, and Country Caboose in Joplin. VisitMo Travel Club is a great way to find out about fun day trips in and around Missouri. To sign up, visit VisitMo.com.
By Jess • November 26, 2010 • Press • Comment
On November 26, 2010, Marshall White of the St. Joseph News Press complimented the museum in a round-up of success of area not-for-profits.
Andrew County Museum earns award A final tip of the Stetson to the Andrew County Museum, which won this year’s Governor’s Humanities Award for exemplary community achievement. The Missouri Humanities Council’s Geoff Giglierano, executive director, recently had the opportunity to visit the museum in Savannah. He wrote about his trip in the current issue of the council’s Missouri Passages.
“While I was there, I viewed their exhibit ‘A Rural Way of Life,’ and got to meet their staff and some of their dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers,” Mr. Giglierano said. “Simply put, I was blown away by what they have accomplished.”
By Jess • September 23, 2010 • Press • Comment
On September 23, 2010, the St. Joseph News-Press profiled Andrew County Museum in an opinion piece about the success of the museum following the Rural Way of Life exhibit.
History has much to teach us. In Andrew County, they’ve taken the lesson to heart.
The Andrew County Museum and Historical Society has operated an excellent local museum for many years. Now, the group has earned a Governor’s Award from the Missouri Humanities Council and will be recognized for exemplary community achievement.
Museum leaders report this achievement was 15 years in the making, starting with a strategic plan in 1995. A capital campaign raised $825,000 for a “Rural Way of Life” exhibit that documents the region’s agricultural history from 1841.
By Jess • September 7, 2010 • Press • Comment
On September 7, 2010, the St. Joseph News-Press published an article announcing the Governor’s Humanities Award won by Andrew County Museum.
SAVANNAH, Mo. — A Northwest Missouri county museum will be the recipient of a 2010 Governor’s Award from the Missouri Humanities Council later this year.
The Andrew County Museum and Historical Society has received word that they will be receiving the Governor’s Humanities Award for exemplary community achievement, said Harold Johnson, museum board president.
Last October, the museum opened its long anticipated Rural Way of Life exhibition that documents Andrew County’s agricultural development and history from 1841 to 2001.
It all started as a strategic plan back in 1995, Mr. Johnson said. A capital campaign raised some $825,000 for the exhibition’s creation, Mr. Johnson said. And county residents helped supply artifacts and photos for the exhibits, he said.
Now, the museum’s being recognized by the state for its work in helping Andrew County residents understand their own history, said Glenn Uminowicz, the museum’s new director.
By Jess • November 26, 2009 • Press • Comment
On November 26, 2009, the St. Joseph News-Press noted that Andrew County Museum is a great place to spend a Thanksgiving holiday weekend:
SAVANNAH, Mo. – Need a break from television and shopping? Stop by the Andrew County Museum and Historical Society, which will be open Friday and Saturday.
“If you have relatives or visitors in town this weekend, bring them out to see our new exhibit, ‘A Rural Way of Life’,” said Harold Johnson, board president.
The museum recently completed this agricultural history of Andrew County, which documents the changes as farming methods became mechanized and electricity changed the rural way of life. The exhibition features artifacts, photos and hands-on activities that tell the stories of farms, towns, businesses and people who have called Andrew county home, said Sue McClaran, chairwoman for the exhibition steering committee.
