Public Museum of Grand Rapids - Museum Committee

Volunteers are needed for the Museum Committee.
Please contact Marg Ed Kwapil if you are interesting in becoming a part of this great group.

Books for the Public Museum’s Collections Department

We still welcome donated books even though we have grant money to buy books, too. You can give the books to any committee member: Gina Bivins, Pat Boucher, Norma DeBoer, Carol DeHaan, Bonnie Golder, MargEd Kwapil, Beth Ricker, Cindy Samson.

Building a WMQG Archive

The Public Museum has offered to create a WMQG archive, to be housed at the Community Archives and Research Center (CARC), the old museum building on Jefferson Street. As its name infers, the facility is a community repository but managed by the Public Museum.

This is an important move for the guild. It will preserve our records and therefore our history.

We are asking members, and especially past and present officers and committee members, to turn in records and documents relating to guild business and activities. Materials do have to be originals, not copies. If you are not sure about the validity of an item, check with committee members. Once the archive is established, it will be available to members, scholars and researchers for use on the CARC premises.

You can bring materials to guild meetings or other guild gatherings and/or turn them over to a museum committee member: Gina Bivins, Pat Boucher, Norma DeBoer, Carol DeHaan, Bonnie Golder, MargEd Kwapil, Beth Ricker, Cindy Samson.

For the time being, we are collecting all materials and putting them in our storage room at Calvary Reformed Church. In a few months we will organize a work day to sort and collate items in preparation for turning the materials over to the museum.