Records of the Newark Museum Educational Loan Dept., 1912-[ongoing].

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Records of the Newark Museum Educational Loan Dept., 1912-[ongoing].

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Chiefly correspondence between the department and various school districts in northern New Jersey; together with approximately fifty-years worth of departmental reports, files regarding lending collection objects, and documentation of the branch museum program, which established small exhibits within local libraries and schools between 1929 and 1969.

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Newark museum

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Related to the work of the Newark Museum's educational loan collection was the establishment of several "branch museums" between 1929 and 1969. During this period, the staff created temporary displays for the benefit of residents who could not easily travel to the museum. Branches were installed in regional libraries, schools, and storefronts, utilizing objects lent from the collections. The program continued for over forty years, until the work of assembling portable exhibits was taken over by ...

Newark Museum. Educational Loan Dept.

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Beginning in 1912, the loan department became a public resource for museum-quality art and science objects to the state's primary and secondary schools. From the description of Records of the Newark Museum Educational Loan Dept., 1912-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71128532 ...