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Making Something "Old" New Again
For any of you who have ever worked in a historic home, you may recall a lingering feeling of stagnation and the difficulty of injecting energy into buildings that are well past old age! When we get...
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Gibbes Museum Closes for Renovations
The Gibbes Museum has temporarily closed for major renovations that will begin in October, 2014. The Museum Store will remain open through August 30 offering reductions on all merchandise. A community...
View ArticleA Critical Time for Our Nation's Museums
“I love museums!” The comment was enthusiastic and genuine. It came from one of South Carolina’s Congressmen last month during Museum Advocacy Day organized by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM). A...
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Mysteries at the Museum
Everyone, The Mysteries at the Museum session at #SCFM2016 was a huge success-thanks to those who participated! One of the goals was to package together a handful of great objects and stories to...
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Adventures in Tweeting
Today we'd like to share a recent Gibbes Museum blog post by SCFM President, Zinnia Willits. As an individual of a certain age, my relationship with social media has been tenuous at best. I am of the...
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Coastal Discovery Museum Becomes Smithsonian Affiliate
The Coastal Discovery Museum on Hilton Head Island is has just become a Smithsonian Affiliate, joining over 200 museums,and other educational organizations across the county in this prestigous...
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SCFM Awards Program
The SCFM Awards Program was established in 1990 to recognize the outstanding achievements of museums, museum professionals, and supporters in South Carolina. Please consider nominating an institution...
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2016 SCFM Conference: The Winchester Museum
In March 2016, SCFM will be hosting it's annual conference at the Winchester Museum in Edgefield, SC. Registration will be opening soon but in the meantime, we're going to share some of the great...
View ArticleHistoric Columbia Offers Assistance for Flood Victims
Historic Columbia Foundation Steps in to Help Preserve Family Objects In October 2015, torrential rains fell across the state of South Carolina, causing record floods and created a catasrophic event...
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Art in Sight
From a press release issued by the SCAC: Art in Sight Did you know that The South Carolina Arts Commission has a State Art Collection that they will loan to art museums, state agencies, and public and...
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White Gloves Gang, Part II
This is part II of an interview with Zinnia Willits, Director of Collections Administration at the Gibbes Museum and current President of the South Carolina Federation of Museums. Find the original...
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The White Gloves Gang, Part 1
How long have you been involved in SCFM? Though originally from Chicago, Illinois, I have been part of the South Carolina Museum community since my grad school days in the Public History Program at...
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Smithsonian Exhibit About American Labor History to Tour South Carolina
Attention all South Carolina museums! Humantiites CouncilSC has announced a new traveling exhibit! Find out more HERE! From their press release: Apply to host the exhibit! Deadline: November 2, 2015...
View ArticleMuseums United!
Big news for museums across the county! In March, 2014, 46 state museum associations gathered together to define the purpose of state museum associations, as well as identifying barriers preventing...
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Downside UP: How Art Can Change the Spirit of a Place
Downside UP How Art Can Change the Spirit of a Place ~A Documentary by Nancy Kelly~ Downside UP will be the featured film at the New York Statewide Preservation Conference this April. The conference's...
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Preserving Your Personal Collection: Daguerreotypes
For this blog entry, we're sharing a recent article from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's blog, Eye Level, on Preserving Your Personal Collection: Daguerreotypes. Maybe you have a family...
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Participate in Museum Advocacy Day!
Museum supporters from around the country gather in Washington, DC each year for Museum Advocacy Day, sponsored by the American Alliance of Museums, to bring a unified message to Congress about why...
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NCHE Conference 2015- Reasons to Attend!
2015 NCHE Conference Encounters in History St. Augustine, Florida Flagler College March 19-21 Justify Your Attendance at the 2015 NCHE Conference With budgets tight and resources at a premium in...
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SCFM Museums and Technology Workshop
South Carolina Federation of Museums presented its first workshop of the fall this November which focused on the relationship between museums and technology. The workshop was held in the Thomas...
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White Gloves Gang On the Road!
SCFM's White Glove Gang recently traveled to the South Carolina Railroad Museum in Winnsboro, to assist Curator, Rodger Stroup preserve their amazing collection! They helped label items in the...
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