Name/Title
Grand Opening of the Andrew County Museum Harry F. Duncan Building.Entry/Object ID
2023.ACM.38Scope and Content
On Sunday, April 30, 1989, the Harry Duncan building had it's grand opening. It was a 10,000-square-foot building, including a proper place to store the museum collection. The new museum added 42 new exhibit cases with exhibits on Native Americans, pioneers, and county history. Exhibits were both upstairs and downstairs. Also downstairs was the genealogy room.
This flyer was used as an advertisement for the Harry F. Duncan building's grand opening. In April of 1989, this was an all-weekend event. That included burying a time capsule and a drawing for an RCA console TV. It also advertised the opening of exhibits on Mabel Duncan Dray's Kewpie Dolls and antique cars by Maurice McCarty, along with all the exhibits that had been in the Clasbey Center. The flyer also shows a map of Savannah, indicating where the museum is located.Context
This is a poster advertising the grand opening of the Andrew County Museum Harry F. Duncan Building.Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
PosterNomenclature Primary Object Term
Sign, AdvertisingNomenclature Class
Advertising MediaNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
Jul 7, 2023Archive Items Details
Title
Grand Opening of the Andrew County Museum Harry F. Duncan Building.Date(s) of Creation
Apr 1980Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Harry F. Duncan, Maurice McCarty, Mabel DrayProvenance
Notes
This is the poster that was an advertisement for the grand opening of the Harry F. Duncan building.Exhibitions
Exhibition
Andrew County Museum and Historical Society HistoryNotes
B7
