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Wells Fargo donates $10,000 for Brady Collection

Wells Fargo recently donated $10,000 to support the Museum in preserving and cataloging its collection of 65,000 aerial photographs (including prints and negatives) by Ed Brady of Aero Photographers Inc. (API). This collection documents Marin County and California from above from the 1950s through 1980s.

Museum Receives California Heritage Council Award
The California Heritage Council, dedicated to preserving and honoring those places and buildings that have given quality and distinction to the cultural life of California, recently recognized the Marin History Museum for its restoration and preservation of the Boyd Gate House, built in 1879. Executive Director Merry Alberigi accepted the award on behalf of the Museum at the Council’s 46 th Annual Award Ceremony on Thursday, June 22, at the Presidio Golf Club in San Francisco.

Alberigi gratefully acknowledged Museum Board Member and California Heritage Council Member Richard Torney, who nominated the Boyd Gate House for the award. Torney has been instrumental in overseeing the preservation of the building for the past twenty years. Other organizations honored that evening include the Castro Theatre (San Francisco), Napa River Inn/The Still House at Greystone (Napa), San Mateo County Court House and Museum (Redwood City) and Swedenborgian Church (San Francisco).

New Grant to Preserve the Past for the Future
The National Institute of Conservation recently awarded a Conservation Assessment Program grant to MHM. This grant will help fund an architect to assess the preservation needs of the Boyd Gate House and a specialist to review the conservation needs of the Museum’s permanent collection.

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February 13, 2006
The Marin History Museum Story Featured on Shirley Graves’ Public Advocate Show

January 23, 2006
Marin History Museum Hosts “Photo Day” February 11 for Marin Generations Club

January 5, 2006
Marin History Museum Introduces “Marin Stories” Speaker Series

November 14, 2005
Marin History Museum Hosts Holiday Open House Thursday, December 8, 2005

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