Museum Week opens selected Beaver Island homes to visitors, 1989

Also Museum Week house tour 1989

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TypeEvent

Date1989-07

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1989-07
Kind: Opening
Where: Beaver Island
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: heritagetourismcommunityhousing
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

During Museum Week, Ann Stanhope organized a house tour featuring five island homes and apartments, presenting private buildings as part of the community’s heritage programming.

Sources

“House Tour,” Beaver Beacon, August 1989.
Reports Ann Stanhope organizing a tour of Jackie Timsak's apartment, the Cull, Cruickshank, Peterson, and Stanhope homes. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, August 1989, held issue PDF, source scan.
Paired held twenty-four-page August issue PDF.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Museum Week opens selected Beaver Island homes to visitors, 1989”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-museum-week-house-tour-1989/, accessed [date], citing “House Tour,” Beaver Beacon, August 1989. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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