Tour of the History Museum

 

(originally written on June 25)

The people at the Minnesota History Museum call this the "Indiana Jones" room (think Raiders of the Lost Ark!).  The room is 3 stories high, and every box in it hides secrets from the past.  If you go to the Reading Room at the library, you can request one and dig through the maps, documents, and photos left by people in history.  I actually touched a scrapbook over 70 years old, kept by a woman during World War II recording her life on the home front.  After the tour, I wrote research questions, searched for sources on the mnhs website, then requested MY VERY OWN BOX. I had a great time gathering information about a feisty woman who organized Civilian Defense Activities on the home front.  Then I found another interesting source about women journalists during the war. Now I don't know which way to go. I have to go home, quietly contemplate, then commit to one direction or the other. There are just TOO MANY BOXES...