One of the main goals
of Allison-Antrim Museum is to share our community’s rich history and heritage
with students and teachers. Our history is part of America’s history. During
this past year at AAMI, a graduate student at Shippensburg University completed
an internship, as part of the requirement for a master’s degree. In the fall,
the museum provided an accredited professional development program, under the
Teaching American History grant program, which was open to teachers in Franklin
County. A high school junior completed 30 hours of community service, required
for graduation; and AAMI’s pre-written local-history lesson plans were
introduced to students in the school district. In this past school year, AAMI
spent more hours with teachers and students than ever before. If the museum can
excite our students about their past, they will be able to make a connection
with what is happening in their lives today, and think about how they can get
involved and make a difference in their community tomorrow.
As Allison-Antrim Museum moves forward in its important role as a steward of our
local history and enters the next phase of its long-range plan – the barn
project – the museum, more than ever, needs your continued membership support.
The barn will provide many new opportunities and programs for the
Greencastle-Antrim community and surrounding areas. Allison-Antrim Museum can
become the leader in the field of museums and historical organizations in
Franklin County.
Membership dues help pay for the annual overhead costs such as utilities,
office, curatorial and conservation expenses and, in addition, support the
monthly speaker series, the Reminiscing Series of videotaped oral histories of
the Greencastle-Antrim area, the wide-ranging monthly exhibits, maintenance of
the museum’s website, and publication of Allison-Antrim Annals.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, a sincere “thank you” to every member,
volunteer, donor, and program attendee over the past year. Allison-Antrim
Museum’s future successes depend on help – from you, your family, friends, and
neighbors. I’m asking you to consider the value, to both you and the community,
of membership in Allison-Antrim Museum and participation, in whatever way you
can help.
“Thank you” for helping to honor the past by preserving our local heritage for
future generations.