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Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan Executive Director Chris Witulski inspects a 15th Century Savonarola chair at the museum in April.
ALPENA The Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan houses thousands of artifacts, but not all of them end up in exhibits where visitors can see them.
Of the 38,000 artifacts owned by the museum, only a fraction make it into the museum’s exhibits. Artifacts that aren’t included in an exhibit are housed in six different artifact storage rooms in the museum’s basement, with specific rooms designated for furniture, textiles, art, and the museum’s archive.
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Museum Garden Club volunteers helped clean up the garden beds, put down mulch and clean up the front lawn Saturday at Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan in Alpena.
The individuals who came to help were: Marilyn and Jon Bloomberg, John Grochowski, Lori Rochefort, Roger Shumaker, Lisa Dahlinger, Judy Poli, Janet Chroninger, Isabella VanDyke, Matt Klimczak (facility manager) and Christine Witulski (executive director). Pictured here in front is Witulski and in back is Dahlinger, both raking the beds.
The Museum Garden Club cares for the garden beds throughout the year and is always looking for volunteers. If anyone is interested in helping, they can contact the museum at 989-356-2202.