Reluctant Home School Lesson 3

I hope you and your house-bound students are getting along okay. If you need a boost, here’s a short video that looks at Patent Medicines and Household Items from the 1800s. Discuss with your students how advertising and marketing products have changed. What is still the same?

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Thank You To Our Volunteers

The Cobblestone Museum is pleased to pay tribute to the many dedicated volunteers who helped make the Civil War Ghost Walk (October 2019) such a big success. The cast of about 75 made this production possible. Also, special thanks to show directors Sue Bonafini, Brenda Radzinski and Marty Taber. Preparations

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Reluctant Home School-History Lesson II

This is going out to all of the new “home-school” parents responding to the school closures. David Damico demonstrates an old printing press from the Cobblestone Museum. Students are well aware of the speedy, efficient laser and ink-jet printers that meet our needs today. In the attached short-clip David demonstrates

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Reluctant Home School – History Lesson #1

Okay, this is going out to all of the new, reluctant “home school” parents everywhere. Perhaps you are struggling with being creative in your “lesson plans.” In light of the current shortage in our food-chain, I am sending along this short video clip that you can share with your children

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Missing you!

I just wanted to check in with our friends to let you know we hope you are well and we miss you! We’ve had to postpone several events that were planned for this spring while we await some good news about public gatherings. I’ve attached a short video to show

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Sunday Painters Classes

Ginny Kropf describes her first painting class in the Hub.

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Five To Revive

Read about it in the Hub.

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Sligh Grandfather Clock Featured in Auction

By Russ Bosch, Building & Grounds Chairman. Each year at our Membership Dinner, we feature many exciting items in the live auction held at the event. One such item in this year’s auction is the beautiful grandfather clock pictured above. This large grandfather clock was built in 1999 by the

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Award Winning Photo

Congratulations to Bruce Landis of Photography by Bruce. “You want it when?” is the title of photo of Dave Clark working in the harness shop, at the Cobblestone Museum, Albion New York. The image earned a first place award at the Professional Photographers of America International photo competition, and will

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