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2007 At The Salvation Army Museum of the West Happy New Year! 2007 is going to be a big year for The Salvation Army Museum of the West. The website has been given a complete face lift and redesigned with users in mind, with more to come. The mobile display at the museum has been prepared and is ready for off site exhibits and learning workshops. The catalogue will continue to grow, which will allow for even larger amounts of information to be dispersed electronically. To keep up on all the changes at the museum you’re going to want to bookmark this page and check in regularly. How are all these changes going to affect you? In a couple words; The Museum of the West will become more accessible for people all over the Western Territory regardless of geographic distance. The digital exhibits will allow online visitors to view displays comprised of images of artifacts and documents, written descriptions of viewed material along with historical analysis of the subject, some digital exhibits will also include audio. The exhibits on the web page will be changed periodically and will cover diverse subject matter that is not necessarily viewable at the physical museum. The mobile display will be prepared for traveling so that if a corps or division near you would like to host a workshop the museum will be able to bring pieces of our past to your doorstep. The growth in the catalogue will help all those who are trying to research certain portions of the past by allowing the museum staff to send digital primary documents to all those who request them. By reaching out beyond our physical location, it is hoped that, more people will take a heightened interest in Salvation Army history and the history of our beloved Western Territory. Remember to bookmark this page so you can stay in the know, with
The Salvation Army Museum of the West. Museum of the West Working Hard to Collect and Preserve Our History On January 26th retired officers and life long Salvationists gathered in Murrieta California to help the Museum of the West. The task was to identify over 200 photographs from the territory’s past. Needless to say not all the photographs were identified and there is still a need for additional photo identification night events, but the evening was a step in the right direction. The concept of the night was simple, gather together as many people, with memories stretching back thirty or more years, as possible and let them identify people, places, or events as they reminisced. The night not only gave an opportunity for reminiscing, it also accomplished its main goal of helping fill in some gaps in the historical record for the territory. The Museum hopes to build on the success of the night and schedule similar nights anywhere corps or divisions are willing to host. Hopefully through events, such as these, the Museum of the West will be able to fill in more of the historical record. A special thank you is due to Majors Darren and LeAnn Trimmer in Murrieta California. Not only did they help come up with the idea, but they also graciously offered to host the first of what will hopefully be many photo identification nights. Thank you, also, to Major Ed Covert for all his help as president of the Retired Officers Association for Southern California. Both Major Cover and Majors Trimmer were instrumental in the night and helping make it a complete success. If you are interested in your corps or division hosting a photo identification
night please have your CO or DHQ contact the museum's coordinator, Clinton Trimmer
at:
Phone# (310)265-3649 |
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