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I found all of these old hand written pleadings between the leaves of this book today. Under the hand of a man long since gone. And a thank you note received from a friend, appreciated and hidden for safe keeping 60 years ago.
Greymouth, NOVA ZELANDA 2023
History House Museum is a collection of photographic and archival records and historical objects relating to Grey District on the West Coast of New Zealand. The museum opened in the former Grey County Council Chambers in 1996, but the building was deemed unsafe in the event of an earthquake and forced to close in 2017. A new home for the collection is being sought
History House Museum was housed in the former Grey County Council Chambers at 27 Gresson Street, Greymouth. The Grey County Council was formed in 1877, and built the Grey County Council Chambers in 1924. In 1989 the building was vacated when the County Council amalgamated with the boroughs of Greymouth and Runanga and the Greymouth Harbour Board to form the Grey District Council.
The project to turn the empty building into a history museum was instigated by former deputy mayor Kevin Brown, Mayor of Grey Ron Hibbs, and Kevin Beams of Grey District Council. Kevin Brown recruited volunteers from the Lions, family, and local community to fit out the building and assemble a collection. The museum opened in 1996, with Brown as manager. When Brown was elected Mayor in 1998, volunteer Bob Naisbitt took over the running of the museum, along with assistant historian Margaret Mort. By 2013 Margaret Mort and Karen Prendergast were running the History House.
Volunteers Jack Flood and George Gardner apply a paint job to the Standard Austin-Western Grader outside History House Museum. The Grey County Council purchased the grader in 1920 for £225.
In February 2017 a seismic assessment of the Grey County Council Chambers found it was at only 10 per cent of the new building standard (NBS), well below the 34 per cent required for a public building; the standards had been revised following the 2010–2011 Christchurch earthquakes. The cost to strengthen the building would be $142,000, and it is in a flood zone. The museum was closed and the archives moved to the Grey District Library. Several options were pursued: eventually incorporating the museum into a "Discovery Centre", disbanding the collection, or moving to another space – the former Dick Smith premises at 130 Mackay Street at a cost of $50,000/year – in conjunction with an iSite visitor centre.
The location of the museum (at the other end of town from the railway station where most tourists arrived) and the lack of signage were blamed for the low visitor numbers: about 6–8 people a day.[3][8] The Greymouth iSite manager Phil Barnett claimed tourists were simply not interested in its collections.
In any event the Protected Objects Act and Public Records Act required the collection to be catalogued before moving, at a cost of over $100,000. One consultant suggested the bulk of the collection was not "of sufficient merit" to be archived. The archives at the museum also needed to be properly stored; the Council Chambers are unsuitable and in a flood zone. There is no regional archive on the West Coast, although Shantytown near Greymouth had offered to host one.
James Tunnicliffe cleaning the gold-mining Kershaw Pump outside History House Museum
After a stocktake of the collection, items relevant to other West Coast districts were sent to the Hokitika Museum and Coaltown Museum. The museum operated from a pop-up space in the former Dick Smith premises, operating Wednesday to Sunday afternoons from 20 December 2017. The space had to close in July 2018 but had 1200 visitors in the first month and 9000 visitors in total, compared to the 1200 visitors a year at its former home.
In September 2018, the Council budgeted $140,000 to strengthen the Gresson Street building, but resolved to move the museum to a new discovery centre combining a library and museum some time in the future. The cost to reopen History House was estimated at $455,000, and just to make the building safe would be $170,000: even strengthened the former Council building would still have problems with climate control, fire safety, and storage. The former manager Kevin Brown took back his extensive photograph collection in protest at the lack of progress in strengthening the building. In 2020 the building was emptied and the collection moved into two climate-controlled shipping containers at a cost of $90,000.
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The Iowa Interstate CBBI-01 with a solo unit on the point and a NS Geep along for the ride is eastbound through Grinnell, IA. Built in 1893 by the Rock Island this depot has seen more than 130 years of history pass by its windows.
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Holy Hill is a memorable place near Olomouc. Olomouc is the historic capital of the Great Moravian Empire. Now the city of Bishop. Many large churches in the area of 2x1 km is rarely seen in the world.
Святая Гора памятное место рядом с Оломоуц. Оломоуц является исторической столицей Великой Моравии. Сейчас город епископа. Многие крупные церкви в области 2х1 км редко видел в мире.
What was once a family home & working tyddyn (steading) is now an off-grid holiday let. Hardships have become marketable, & you can arrive by car. The depth of commitment has changed, & the social texture diluted. But let's try to adapt, hey?
Missouri History Museum
As a kid in the early '60's I knew it as the Jefferson Memorial. We'd get to visit it on school trips. Hadn't been there since I was a kid.
When I drove up, I didn't recognize it. It was modern. What happened? Only when I drove around behind the new building did I find my old Jefferson Memorial. They had modernized the front and renamed it the Missouri History Museum.
They have an ongoing exhibit on the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, so I had to see it.
I also drove around Forest Park and will include a few shots from that, including the area that was once occupied by multiple palaces that were torn down after the end of the World's Fair. But you can visualize what it once was like.
More photos will follow, as I add them.
Missouri History Museum
February 14, 2025
St. Louis, Missouri
This photo 'Convenient Time Portal' has received a 'Bronze Star Award' in the 'ND Awards 2021. category: Fine Art: Photomanipulation. Very happy with it!
Link: ND Awards / bronze star award / Convenient Time Portal
Winter mood
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The first written mention dates back to 1465. The Gothic fortress in the valley of the Dírenský brook on a granite cliff was built in the 14th century. By damming the stream and breaking off the rock neck, the cliff turned into an island. In 1530, the Knights of the Káb from Rybňany became the owners of the fortress. Jan Kába of Rybňany had the old Gothic fortress rebuilt into a more comfortable Renaissance chateau, since then called "Nová Lhota".
The name "Červená Lhota" appears only from the beginning of the 17th century, according to the colour of the castle.
Known as the Znojmo Rotunda, is a Romanesque rotunda located in Znojmo, Czechia. It is the town's most valuable monument, and features one of the oldest fresco compositions in the Czech lands. Besides the religious motives, of particular importance is the praising portrayal of the ruling Přemyslid dynasty.
The building was originally a castle chapel, dedicated to Virgin Mary, built in the mid-11th century. The painting was commissioned by Konrad II of Znojmo on the occasion of his wedding with Mary (Marija), daughter of Uroš I of Serbia in 1134. Apart of the donor couple, Konrad and Mary, the identity of the other depicted members of the dynasty is disputed among the historians. With two exceptions being the Přemysl the Ploughman, the legendary ancestor of the dynasty, and Vratislaus I, the first King of Bohemia.