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Category: Historic Preservation
Written by: Heidi Campbell-Shoaf, DAR Museum Director and Chief Curator Every year, DAR Museum curators field hundreds of questions from members and the public alike. One of the more common is a variation on, “what do you need for the collection” or “is this item I have suitable for…
March is Women’s History Month and the DAR Museum has joined the commemoration by highlighting not only the achievements of many women in American history but also the objects in the DAR Museum collection that were made by women. Join this month for a variety of programs…
By an official electronic vote, the National Board of Management approved a recommendation from the Executive Committee that for the first time in the history of the National Society, Continental Congress will be presented as an online virtual experience via the DAR Members’ Website. Plans are underway to present the…
We are thrilled to share that thanks to the high rate of DAR Application submissions and approvals, we now project by October to surpass ONE MILLION total members who have joined DAR since our founding. In anticipation of this momentous milestone, we today officially launch our exciting DAR…
Randy Sullivan, the Digital Production manager for the University of Oregon, was our featured speaker at the May 11, 2019 chapter meeting. Randy works with the University library digitizing their historic collections. He also works as the University photographer, photographing events and other projects. Randy told us that he previously…
