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SHARED MUSEUM DREAM

November 21, 2015 by

A museum dream from MAC’s big window. Regulars at Portland’s Multnomah Athletic Club walk in with the same stride they have walking into a grocery store. Just another door. But if you haven’t been a regular, as in never been inside, only seen the big window and balcony from the stadium stands, it feels like […]

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NEIL GOLDSCHMIDT HISTORY CLUB

November 4, 2015 by

From Salem To An Unknown Location, Neil Goldschmidt’s Long Strange Trip. The first thing you learn about the History Club is you never talk about it. Replace History Club with museum storage and you still don’t talk about it. Those were rules broken only if you wanted to be an ex-employee of the Oregon Historical […]

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GRANDMOTHER GUNS IN PORTLAND

October 9, 2015 by

A True Story About Grandmother Guns In Portland Oregon. An elderly lady pulled her car into her NE Portland garage on a hot day. I was there to pick up a museum donation, three quilts for the Oregon Historical Society. Museums love fragile textiles, product packaging, anything you’d throw away a hundred years ago. Quilts […]

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MUSEUM DAY LIVE. WORTH IT?

September 24, 2015 by

This Saturday Opens The Door To A Free Museum Day Live. Will You Go? Of all the free things in the world, Museum Day Live looks like a steal. Two free tickets await you upon registering with Smithsonian Magazine. Name, email, the usual. Aside from balking at joining yet another list that may or may […]

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PORTLAND’S FARM TRIP

July 13, 2015 by

How Far Away Is Portland’s Farm, Portland’s Midwest? Not Far At All. Do you ever imagine golden waves of grain while sweating it out in your hotbox apartment? You wait for a breeze to blow through the crops in your mind while heat mirages rise off the asphalt beach parking lot. Or you’re standing in […]

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ROSE FESTIVAL BAR FLY RULES

June 8, 2015 by

The Rose Festival Parade Always Starts With The Right Intentions. If the sun’s out on parade day, Portland looks better than ever. Big Pink grows out of yellowed brick if you find the right parking place. The right parking place for Rose Festival is a big deal. Park in the wrong place and you get […]

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PORTLAND: THE FOG OF HISTORY

June 1, 2015 by

Yesterday’s Tomorrow – A Portland Journey. From the street under your feet to the places you walk by everyday, the untold story unfolds. Except you never see it. We live in the moment. Moving from one place to another is our goal, and it’s enough. But it’s not enough for everyone. It’s not enough for […]

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HAMMERING ART IN THE HUMAN ARCHIVE

February 28, 2015 by

Inhuman With The Human Archive: Taking It Out On A Statue This is how a museum works: You study parts of museum collections to discover gaps in time, material, and style. It’s an archive of stuff made by human, a human archive. For instance, American clocks had metal workings before the Revolutionary War. Wooden workings […]

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THE LOMBARDI TROPHY, BRANDING EXCELLENCE

July 11, 2014 by

The Oregon Historical Society And The NFL. The most important rule of success is finding the right formula and repeating it. No need to follow failure. You’ve got that covered. If branding is your goal with either a product or a name, learn from the best. Take a lesson from the National Football League, the […]

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THE PEOPLE BEHIND BOOKS

June 27, 2014 by

For Example: I met the author during years of employment with the Oregon HIstorical Society. Some people called him TV. He was the regional history boss with enough pull to land international exhibits in Portland. While TV was the lead dog, he had a capable team pulling behind him. One of them was Bob Stark, […]

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