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Beaver Island library reports temporary disappearance and return of orange sculpture, 2018

Also Beaver Island Library Hemingway sculpture 2018 · orange library sculpture returned

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TypeEvent
Dates2018-06-18 – 2018-06-29
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Dates
2018-06-18 – 2018-06-29
Kind
Property incident
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
artlibrariescommunityproperty
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Beaver Island

Summary

In June 2018, the Beaver Island District Library reported that an eight-foot orange steel sculpture outside the library had disappeared. Eleven days later, a forum participant reported that the sculpture was back.

Evidence limits

This record preserves the library’s contemporaneous report and the later return observation. It does not establish the cause of the disappearance, police involvement, or the identity of anyone who moved it.

Sources

  1. The library reported that an eight-foot orange steel sculpture outside the library was missing and asked for its return without initially involving police. A later participant reported that it had returned. The thread does not establish whether the incident was theft, vandalism, prank, or authorized movement, nor who returned it.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 13 · t013193

Added 8 August 2026. Recent changes

Cite this article

Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island library reports temporary disappearance and return of orange sculpture, 2018”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-hemingway-library-sculpture-disappearance-return-2018/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island District Library and community contributors, “Hemingway Sculpture Missing,” Beaver Island Forum, June 18–29, 2018..

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