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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.
Apr 16, 2021
Courtesy Photos The Northeast Michigan Artists’ Guild exhibit “Divergence” opens Wednesday at Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan. Above left is a piece titled “Cattail Marsh” by Stephanie LaFramboise.
ALPENA The Northeast Michigan Artists’ Guild selected “Divergence” as the theme for its 2021 exhibit at the Besser Museum for Northeast Michigan.
The colorful exhibit will be on display from Wednesday, April 21 to Aug. 22.
Definitions of divergence include moving or extending in different directions from a common point; differing in opinion, form and turning aside; deviating from a path, practice or plan. NEMAG members have created art expressing their interpretation of divergence. Some are realistic, some abstract and each will provoke thought about moving from one common point to another from any personal aspect.
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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.
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