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Museum Board

Jeff Barth Ron Helwig—Vice Chair Kim Koblank Arthur Kriens III—Secretary Mike MacDonald –Chair Dianne Metli—Alliance Liaison Elizabeth Squyer Pat Starr Allison Struck Roger Terveen Tim Schendel

Museums Alliance Board of Directors

Marcy Bird Marty Davidsohn Jennifer Dumke Bill Hoskins—Secretary Cindy Konda —Treasurer Beth MacDonald Mike MacDonald Dianne Metli – President Greg Olsen—Vice President Cindy Steinhauer

Siouxland Heritage Museums

200 West Sixth Street

Sioux Falls, SD 57104

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December Calendar of Events 1st Noon-1pm Winter Concert Series, Plains Folk (OCM)

3rd 1:30 Victorian Tea Party at the Pettigrew

7th 11:30 Museum Board Meeting and Staff Potluck( OCM)

7th 6pm Preserving Your Family Papers and Photos, Call to Register 367-

4210 (OCM)

7th 7pm Sioux Valley Genealogical Society Meeting (OCM)

8th Noon-1pm Winter Concert Series, Flower and Flame (OCM)

14th 10 am –6pm Bobbin & Pins Lace Makers Demo (OCM)

14th 5-8pm A Holiday Evening at the Pettigrew (PHM)

14th 5:30pm Alliance Board Meeting (PHM)

14th 6:30pm Ceili Dance, (OCM)

15th Noon-1pm Winter Concert Series, Dakota Wind Quintet (OCM)

19th 1-4pm Rosemaling Demo (OCM)

21st 9-11am 1pm-2:30 Kids’ Activity Day Let It Snow!! (OCM)

21st 7pm Minnehaha County Historical Society Meeting, (OCM)

22nd Noon-1pm Winter Concert Series, Doc Walker Trio (OCM)

24th Museums Closed in observation of Veterans Day

25th Museums Closed in observation of Veterans Day

28th 1:30, 2:30 Starlab, $2 a person, for ages 5 and up (OCM)

29th Noon-1pm Winter Concert Series, Anjelic (OCM)

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VOLUNTEER NEWSLETTER December 2017

Look What’s In This Issue: - Upcoming Opportunities Page 1 New Front Desk Interpreter

Page 1 Collections Center Update Page 2 Education Department Page 2 Exhibits Depart-

ment Page 3 Collections Department Page 4 Calendar of Events

Collections Storage Center Construction Update

The pictures below show the structure’s walls and the roof decking is underway. At this

point the project should be completed by August of 2018. If you drive up by 4300 North West-

port Avenue to check out the daily progress.

New Face at the Desks

With Ben having the opportunity to get into the exhibits department

there has been a new Interpreter hired. Thomas Beck from Crooks,

SD.A graduate from South Dakota State University and has been active

for the past nine years with the US Army Reserve. His first day was No-

vember 27th and will be working both the Old Courthouse Museum

desk and the Pettigrew Home and Museums. Make sure to tell Tom hi

and make him feel welcome.

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Volunteer Report

November 2017 Volunteer Stats

No. Volunteers

30

Total Hours

258.5

Total Visitation to Museum

7,161

Overall Total for the Year

77,812

Volunteer Committee: Jessie Nesseim Volunteer Coordinator Jill VanVeldhuizen Education Representative Kari Kohlhoff Collections Representative Molly Engquist Exhibit Representative Michele Gregg Volunteer Representative Alison Eden Volunteer Representative

The next Volunteer Commit-tee Meeting will be held at 4pm on Wednesday, Decem-ber 20th at the Pettigrew Home & Museum.

Happy Birthday To YOU! December Birthdays:

7th Marianne Waite 15th Hayden Graff 23rd Kari Hall 29th Barb Nesseim 30th Greg Olsen

Exhibits - Flying High with the Birds

I want to start by saying a big THANK YOU to all the volunteers that helped

with the Theaters exhibit. From sewing, to artifact help, to helping with the

opening, your help makes the exhibit even better! Thank you! December finds

the exhibits department looking into the next year. It’s fun to be able to look

ahead at all the fun history we will be able to bring to the community. Ideas for

a medical, a South Sioux Falls, and a toy exhibit are being tossed around. It

should be a fun year! First, we need to finish 2017. The hallway exhibit

“EGGS-traordinary Birds” will be flying away, but we will be keeping the eggs.

All kinds of breakfast kitchen artifacts will take its place. “Sunny Side Up” will

be installed mid-December. Be sure to eat breakfast before you check it out

or you will leave hungry. As always we can use help in our department with

many different projects, from exhibit binders to shop projects. Come in and

chat with us whenever you are in the building, our door is always open!

Education - Movies and Murder coming in January

The Education Department is looking past the holiday season and is al-

ready planning programs for January and February! The Museum is excited

to host Movie Night at the Museum in the restored courtroom of the Old

Courthouse Museum again this winter. A movie will be offered in conjunc-

tion with Downtown’s First Friday events on January 5 and February 2. Visi-

tors are invited to bring a blanket or pillow (or grab one of our chairs) and

settle in for an evening of entertainment. Admission is FREE, and popcorn

and drinks will be available for sale. We are looking for volunteers to help

with sale of refreshments.

There will be murder at the Pettigrew again this year! Paavo is working on

a new original script for the Murder Mystery. As in past years, participants

will tour the crime scene to view evidence and meet with suspects, then will

put their wits together to determine who is responsible for the crime. We are

looking for volunteers to act as “deputy detectives” to lead groups through

the home. Volunteers will be responsible for introducing characters, leading

questioning, and making sure there is no touching of artifacts in the

home. This year’s murder mystery will take place on January 19 & 20, and

January 26 & 27.

If you would like more information or are interested in helping with either of

these events, please call Kevin at 978-7007.

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities

Taking down decorations at the Pettigrew Home Monday January

8th at 9:30. Call Jessie @ 367-4210

Winter Concert Series still need volunteers to help sell sandwiches

from 11am-1pm at the Old Courthouse Museum. Call Jessie @ 367-

4210

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Collections Department - Holiday Decor

November in the Collections Department usually means decorating at the

Pettigrew Home, and last month was no exception. Staff members and volun-

teers spent a good portion of the Tuesday after Thanksgiving putting out the

Christmas tree and other festive ornamentation in the historic home. Besides

helping to put together the artificial tree, volunteers assisted with creating silk

flower arrangements, setting the dining room table and placing evergreen rop-

ing both inside and out. This month, some of our volunteers will also be in-

volved with staffing the home during the museum’s Holiday Open House on

December 14th from 5 to 8 p.m.

Once the holidays are past, the Department could use volunteer help to take

down the various decorations. Current plans are to begin undecorating on

Monday, January 8th,

2018, at 9:30 a.m. If

you are interested in

assisting with this

task, please contact

Jessie at the muse-

um, 367-4210.

Museum Store

Getting into holiday shopping and looking for some

unique gifts? Check out the Museum Store at the Old Courthouse Museum for everyone on your list. There are puzzles, books by local authors about the area, tea, lotions, and South Dakota-made products. Come take a look around and maybe buy a treat for yourself. Remember to mention you are a volunteer to get a 15% discount in the store, too.