Uncovering the Biographies of Objects

Did you know that in 1909 there was a fire that destroyed the original Rollins Museum? What was in it? By 1920 the museum was rebuilt; with almost 10,000 objects received from multiple donations; it became the Thomas R. Baker Museum of Natural History until it closed in the 1970s. Join Rollins Professors Zack Gilmore, Robert Vander Poppen, and CFAM Curator Gisela Carbonell in a conversation about the stories of the objects in this intriguing collection in anticipation of the upcoming exhibition Storied Objects: Relics and Tales from the Thomas R. Baker Museum.

 

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Image caption: Native American (Sioux), Beaded bag, ca. 1850, Animal hide, glass beads, cloth. Given to Rollins College in 1925 by the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of Natural History 1977.82.6