By the third excavation attempt, everyone involved had started to wonder if the missing time capsule had become more myth than history. There had already been two attempted digs behind the Walls Elementary School sign. Shovels hit rocks. Soil was moved carefully by hand. Old memories were tested. Former students and administrators tried their best to remember exactly where the capsule had been buried back on Jan. 3, 2000, when Walls Elementary students sealed away a snapshot of life at the start of a new millennium.Then came the backhoe.And finally after weeks of digging, laughter, prob...
The 蹤獲扦 Museum received its first congressional proclamation from the office of U.S. Rep. David P. Joyce in recognition of the museums recent reaccreditation by the American Alliance of Museums, the highest national standard for museums. ...
For years, Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., has studied wetlands and the complex ways they filter water, store carbon and support ecosystems across Ohio. Along the way, she found herself asking a different kind of question: how do you tell the story of science in a way that helps people feel connected to it?This summer, she will have a dedicated week to explore that question alongside several other researchers, including Christabel Devadoss, Ph.D., a two-time 蹤獲扦 alumna whose work focuses on environmental decision-making and community narratives in rural Rust Belt communities. Kinsm...
The 蹤獲扦 Museum and the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board announce Ohioans in Space: The Carl E. Walz Spacesuit from the 蹤獲扦 Museum, a special installation opening on May 19 at the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, celebrating Ohios legacy of excellence in aviation and space exploration. The installation will be on view through Nov. 3.The 蹤獲扦 Museum, which holds one of the worlds most comprehensive collections of fashion, textiles and decorative arts, is bringing a spacesuit from its collection into the heart of Ohios Capitol, undersc...