A Message from our Programs and Operations Manager,
Emily Baker :
Dear friends of Iredell Museums,
The museum and Statesville are fortunate to have some incredible artifacts and historic material culture. What is material culture you ask? Glad you did. Material culture is the tangible physical objects that help us understand the ideas, behaviors, and habits associated with them. It helps us understand larger social and cultural practices, as well as fleshing out the everyday lives of individuals. It defines how we understand and bring to life the histories of events and people. You are surrounded by material culture in your home, school, work.
The preservation of material culture—artifacts—and being able to share them with the public while providing historical context—how and why they were used and what they were used for is the most important function of a museum. And long term care for 3,000 artifacts can be a little pricey. Climate control, preservation materials like archival quality boxes and packing materials, conservation, and appraisals, the labor to relocate our collection for better long term care and accessibility certainly add up quickly. So I want to implore you to consider becoming a member or making a tax deductible donation to Iredell Museums. Your help is essential to collections care, staff salaries, exhibit development, educational programs and events like our Living History activities, and day to day operations and mundane yet necessary things like utilities and property upkeep. Due to Covid-19 Iredell Museums has been closed for several months now, so your support is more helpful than ever. You can become a member or make a donation right now by going to www.iredellmuseums.org/membership or www.iredellmuseums.org/donate
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Emily
Programs and Operations Manager
The museum and Statesville are fortunate to have some incredible artifacts and historic material culture. What is material culture you ask? Glad you did. Material culture is the tangible physical objects that help us understand the ideas, behaviors, and habits associated with them. It helps us understand larger social and cultural practices, as well as fleshing out the everyday lives of individuals. It defines how we understand and bring to life the histories of events and people. You are surrounded by material culture in your home, school, work.
The preservation of material culture—artifacts—and being able to share them with the public while providing historical context—how and why they were used and what they were used for is the most important function of a museum. And long term care for 3,000 artifacts can be a little pricey. Climate control, preservation materials like archival quality boxes and packing materials, conservation, and appraisals, the labor to relocate our collection for better long term care and accessibility certainly add up quickly. So I want to implore you to consider becoming a member or making a tax deductible donation to Iredell Museums. Your help is essential to collections care, staff salaries, exhibit development, educational programs and events like our Living History activities, and day to day operations and mundane yet necessary things like utilities and property upkeep. Due to Covid-19 Iredell Museums has been closed for several months now, so your support is more helpful than ever. You can become a member or make a donation right now by going to www.iredellmuseums.org/membership or www.iredellmuseums.org/donate
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Emily
Programs and Operations Manager