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Displaying 1 - 25 of 54Mannequins (non-archival materials), one male with head and one female without head
Assorted take-home educational materials/projects (mostly made during pandemic closure) covering topics such as Reading and Writing in the 18th Century, Making Victorian Valentines, Introduction to Cross-Stitch, Basic Bookbinding, and Optical Illusions.
Free-standing/bifold/trifold exhibit panels for temporary displays
Possibly items from our collections, or certainly copies of some of the archival materials could be shared.
We have 1 large gallery that can accommodate up to 30-35 people comfortably seated without tables, and about 20-25 at tables. We have 3 restrooms in the building and a staff-use kitchen with a fridge and microwave.
Large format scanner for digitizing maps and oversize photos (larger than 11"x14")
Good Electrician (we have been looking for some time)
General advice - in rebuilding mode to right the ship. Our board is understaffed, Membership has fallen off, our main building is under construction, our collections are in piles of boxes without any indexing or organization, we do not have a functioning central office, etc. So it's really impossible to specifically list our needs because we need to right the ship first.
Small area can accommodate comfortably 40 persons for a presentation. Convenient parking available.
Our collection of Franco-American literature is one of the largest in NYS. We frequently have researchers use our resources.