July & August 2009 are almost behind us now. Three more festivals including our own. The Come Back to Erin exhibit has been very successful. Lots of great comments.
Come Back to Erin Exhibit in Dublin, Ohio
Dublin Irish Fest was great. Wonderful music and weather. La Crosse was great too although rain threatened often…they managed to get in all 3 days without consequence.
Our hardy crew at work at La Crosse Irish Fest.
Then we took the exhibit home to Milwaukee! The Archives Gallery was quite busy again this year. We want to thank all the volunteers that helped out with our operation. Besides our exhibit we had 4 volunteers helping out with videotaping at the festival and added another person to collect ephemera. The program where folks can donate 10 Irish Music related items for 2 free tickets to Irish Fest was hugely successful. While of course there are many duplicate items…I would estimate over 100 new items came into our Collections.
Plaque from the Great Great Grandson of Edward Bunting, Frederick J. Mahoney
We also had a wonderful moment with the presentation of a Plaque from Frederick J. Mahoney who is the Great Great Grandson of Edward Bunting.
Items recieved through our program of 2 free tickets to Irish Fest for the donation of 10 Irish music related items.
In September the Archives take the Come Back to Erin exhibit to Kansas City, Chicago and then to Muskegon, Michigan. Hope to meet lots of new friends at these festivals!
