Posts tagged exhibit
Behind the scenes: Exhibit Design (or, how the historic sausage is made)

The staff at ACHS has one goal when creating exhibits: to make the presentation of information pleasant to consume. Contrary to logical thought, a simple display takes far more staff time than a complicated one packed with textual information and items on display. We want to pull the curtain back on the process and how the current exhibit, “Take Your Place in History,” came to exist.

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WWII history comes alive — for a little longer

December 7, 1941, a day that will live in infamy ...

Those words committed the U.S. and Anoka County to a conflict that became known as World War II, changing the face of warfare and politics forever. That war still holds tightly to our memories, even as the “greatest generation” continues to slip away.

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