Deborah: Suggestions for your dilemma. If you can't find museums to take this material, clothing could possibly go to theatre/drama departments costume wardrobe of a local university or college or a fashion institute for display or class use. Spinning wheels could go to places that specialize in teaching this art (weaving, too.) such as a weaving arts center or art community. Living history museums may also be interested in using them for outreach programs or for satellite locations. Is there an Irish-American museum in your area or community center that could use/display the wheel? Dawn Scher Thomae Milwaukee Public Museum "Harding, Deborah" wrote: > Colleagues--our museum has historic collections dating from the years when > we were an undifferentiated, general purpose museum. We're trying to find > homes for these pieces. The local historical society has already looked > through and taken many of the things with regional provenience. Particular > pieces with out-of-region provenience will be transferred to appropriate > venues. > There are some collections that have me stumped as to what to do > with them, and we have that universal problem, a space crunch. Anyone with > ideas of what to do specifically with no-data clothing and spinning wheels > (some in workable condition) will earn my undying gratitude. There are > other, smaller collections to deal with later, but these are the largest and > take up the most space. Anyone have a need for a nineteenth century, Irish > double-flier flax wheel (that's for spinning two threads simultaneously, one > in each hand)? > > Many thanks, > Deborah G. Harding > Collection Manager > Section of Anthropology > Carnegie Museum of Natural History > 412-665-2608 > [log in to unmask] > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).