Tag: collections

Traveling With Grace: Our new Tuesday series!

A blog post by JMM Marketing Manager Rachel Kassman. To read more posts from Rachel, click here. Do you follow #TravelTuesdays on your social media platform of choice? (If not, I

A Story from the Archives: Is This Goldie?

Blog post by JMM archivist Lorie Rombro. You can read more posts by Lorie here. In 1948 the United Jewish Appeal, with the help of numerous international organizations assisting in moving

Hours of Devotion

A 19th Century Prayerbook for Women A blog post by Director of Collections and Exhibits Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. As often happens, I blithely signed

Torah Mantles on a Field Trip

A blog post by Director of Collections and Exhibits Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. This week, Trillion and I had the pleasure of taking some of

Digging In To The Collections: Dora Buckstein

A blog post by Director of Collections and Exhibits Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. Exhibit research can be an opportunity to look more closely at some

An Efficiency of Seal Presses

A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. There are arguments to be made in favor of collecting multiple iterations of an artifact. 

Two souvenirs from a European vacation, 1911

A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. Isaac Hecht (1864-1913) was a prominent businessman in the small Maryland town of Havre de

A Research Dive: The Hebrew Orphan Asylum

Blog post by JMM archivist Lorie Rombro. You can read more posts by Lorie here. A few weeks ago, I received an information request about the Hebrew Orphan Asylum.  The person

Charge It!

A blog post by Collections Manager Joanna Church. To read more posts by Joanna click HERE. In celebration (or at least acknowledgement) of that most modern of holiday traditions, Cyber Monday,

Boating in Maryland

A blog post by Graham Humphrey, Visitor Services Coordinator. To read more posts by Graham clickHERE. Although the first day of fall was last week, it still has been feeling