DAR Museum Outreach
Kristine Bartley, Chairman
The DAR Museum Outreach Committee strives
to "Celebrate the Stars & Stripes
Forever.” The mission of the DAR Museum
Outreach is “to support the National Society’s
goals of preservation, education, and
patriotism by collecting, preserving,
exhibiting, and interpreting the material
culture and social history of pre-industrial
America. Memorial Continental Hall was
originally envisioned in 1890 as a central
location for Daughters of the American
Revolution “to provide a place for the
collection of Historic relics… (with) the
erection of a fireproof building.” In 1910 the
DAR Museum opened its doors to the public.
DAR members and public audiences can enjoy
the DAR Museum from home by exploring the online
exhibitions and online collection
database. Virtual tours
of the period rooms also provide access to
museum content and collections. Note that
museum staff are constantly updating the
online database but objects online may not be
on view in the galleries or period rooms.
Interested in viewing and studying more
collection highlights? Go to the Featured
Object page to see some of the
magnificent objects given to the museum. These
sites are accessed through the DAR Museum
Outreach Committee web page on the
dar.org/members web site.
Members can support the DAR Museum by
donating funds to support education
programming and the conservation/restoration
of the collections. Please see the Wish
list for more information.
Chapters are encouraged to educate members and
the public about the historic treasures in the
DAR museum by inviting a Correspondent Docent
to present a program. Iowa Daughter Roberta
Swartzendruber is a Correspondent Docent and
Carol Hasvold is a Correspondent Docent in
Training. Members and chapters can also become
involved with the DAR Museum Outreach
Committee through donating funds to support
the educational programs, and
conservation/restoration of the collections.
Donations can be made through financial
donations supporting the restoration of a
particular object, the acquisition of objects
for our museum, or even to encourage the
museum’s initiatives, which include
educational outreach and programming.
To access the DAR Museum Outreach
Committee, log on to the NSDAR Members'
Website, enter your state, chapter, and
national number as prompted. Then choose the
Committees tab and click on the DAR Museum
Outreach Committee link. From here you can
enjoy the DAR Museum from home by exploring
the online exhibitions and online collection
database. Virtual tours of the period rooms
also provide access to museum content and
collections. The museum staff are constantly
updating the online database but objects
online may not be on view in the galleries or
period rooms. Interested in viewing and
studying more collection highlights? Go to the
Featured Object page to see some of the
magnificent objects given to the museum. You
can also Sign up for the monthly newsletter
and event announcements to stay updated on DAR
Museum.
Through our efforts to preserve our
artifacts and educate others about them,
together we will “Celebrate Stars &
Stripes Forever.”
Kristine
Bartley
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