The museum is also putting never-before-seen pieces from its vast collection on display in the ‘Cabinet of Curiosities: 70 Objects for 70 Years’ exhibition in honor of its 70th annivers…
To mark the Catalina Museum’s 70-year anniversary, venue officials have dug deep into its vault for an exhibition dubbed “Cabinet of Curiosities: 70 Objects for 70 Years,” which runs through fall 2024. the Catalina Museum for Art & History has been celebrating the island’s unique history and art with a variety of exhibitions in the heart of Avalon.has amassed a large collection of artifacts that now make up its substantial permanent collection.
“Most of these have never been seen before. They’re kind of curious and odd artifacts, photos and paintings that we’ve acquired over the years and some of them are just difficult to tell a story about, but we have their history,” said Johnny Sampson, deputy director and chief curator ofTo mark the Catalina Museum’s 70-year anniversary, venue officials have dug deep into its vault for an exhibition dubbed “Cabinet of Curiosities: 70 Objects for 70 Years,” which runs through fall 2024.
To mark the Catalina Museum’s 70-year anniversary, venue officials have dug deep into its vault for an exhibition dubbed “Cabinet of Curiosities: 70 Objects for 70 Years,” which runs through fall 2024. Mailed in 1826, the earliest known letter carried eastward from Alta, California via Cape Horn is among the items on display at the exhibition.
“On the letter you can see the postmark, so it shows how it was put on a ship, it went around the cape up to Massachusetts,” he said. In the letter, the writer talks about the boredom and everyday life on the ship. The price of the stamp at that time was six cents.The Olympia, which was commissioned in 1895, is the oldest steel American warship still afloat and the museum was gifted a cedar chest that was once housed on the vessel.
“In true artistic and creative fashion she just decided to put the snake skin on the oar. For myself, I thought what an odd thing for the museum to have. But it does talk about our history,” Sampson said.It once hung in the first official Avalon Post Office, located on the waterfront in the Steamer Terminal Building. The clock was stored away when the post office moved to its current location in the Atwater Arcade in 1927.
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