One possibility is a memorial book.   You get a posh leather  bound book and inscribe the names, where you have purchased something you could also mention that (avoiding the need for a plaque on the memorial photocopier).  You could keep the book in a case in the volunteers tea room and turn the pages from time to time


Trevor Reynolds
Collections Registrar, English Heritage
37 Tanner Row, York, YO1 6WP tel: 01904 601905
 

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From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Carrie Blough
Sent: 29 March 2010 21:16
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Subject: Memorials

Hello List Members:
Does anyone have a policy on how to manage memorial requests at historical societies?  We have a large number of volunteers who support our historical society with a variety of programs.  We have been getting requests for memorials to be erected to honor the work of volunteers who have passed away.  While we wish to acknowledge the wonderful support of these volunteers we do not want to become a museum of memorials.  We have requests for benches, plaques, trees, large engraved stones, etc.  We have 150 acres and this would eventually become a problem!  What are other organizations doing in this instance?  We like the idea of using memorial funds to purchase something needed for the museum and acknowledging the volunteer that way. Has this worked for anyone?
Thanks for any input!
Carrie Blough
Curator, Historical & Genealogical Society of Somerset County Somerset, PA 15501

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