Bill Weber
In memory to her parents Ethel & Herman Fenske. Joyce and Frosty have donated the former "JOYCE'S CLOTHING STORE, at 1112 S. Superior Ave. as the site for a new TOMAH AREA MUSEUM .
"I am 81 years old and have spent most of my life as a business woman in Tomah, " said Joyce Mades who's father Herman and uncle Otto owned this building . At first it was used as both a barber shop and clothing store. I ran it for 35 years as a clothing store and when I first started there were 7 other dress shops in Tomah. My mother and I also owned and operated a delicatessen shop, in Tomah, during the years of WW 2, " said Joyce.
WEBSTERS definition of "museum" is: Mu.se.um \myu.-'ze--*m, : an institution devoted to the procurement, care, and display of objects of lasting interest or value; also : a place where objects are exhibited
The main themes of the Museum will be: FRANK KING creator of Gasoline Alley a resident of Tomah and long time friend of the Mades, the RAILROADS, LOGGING INDUSTRY, NATIVE AMERICANS, PIONEER HERITAGE, AGRICULTURE and the MILITARY.
The museum is a non-profit organization with a 9 member board of directors (June Jensen, Marie Drescher, Jean Lessor, Phyliss Rice, Ruth Eirschele, Robert Steele, John Kenny, Joyce Mades and Forrest Mades.
Membership is open to all who would like to join and can be had by
contacting the Mades
at
1112 S. Superior Ave.,
Tomah, WI 54660
or phone the Museum at (608) 372-1880
The promoters of the Tomah Area Museum are asking that anyone who has something of historic interest and would like it displayed at the Museum that they should contact the Tomah Area Museum committee at 608-372-1880
VIRTUAL LIBRARY OF MUSEUMS
A detailed list of hundreds of Museums of all makes and models.
>http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/other/museums/lists.html<
MUSEUM OF MODERN TECHNOLOGY
200 W. Main Street-Sparta 608-269-4500
e-mail: techmuseum@centuryinter.net
>http://www.tomahwisconsin.com/info.htm#Museum<
MONROE COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
200 W. Main, Sparta - PO Box 419 - Ph 608-269-8680
ELROY RAILROAD MUSEUM - ELROY
Going to the WEB site below gives info on both the Library and RR
Museum.
>http://www.elroywi.com/library.htm<
HARRIS G. ALLEN TELECOMMUNICATIONS MUSEUM
306 Arthur St. Tomah 608-374-5000
http://www.tomahwisconsin.com/info.htm#Harris<
CRANBERRY EXPO LTD.
Rt. 2, Box 14-Warrens 608-378-4878
>http://www.tomahwisconsin.com/info.htm#Cranberry<
THE LITTLE FALLS RAILROAD & DOLL MUSEUM LTD.
PO. Box 177-Cataract 608-272-3266
>http://www.centuryinter.net/raildoll<
LITTLE RED SCHOOL HOUSE
Open Memorial Day to Labor Day.
>http://www.tomahwisconsin.com/info.htm#Little<
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY WEB page.
A number of Wisconsin Museums such as the Tomah Area Museum and the Sparta History Room are a
part
of the Wisconsin Historical Society. For more information go to:
>http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/<
For more information on other activities in the Monroe County area go
to:
TOMAH AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:
>http://www.tomahwisconsin.com/<
For a look at the WEB pages of the SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM go to:
>http://www.si.edu/organiza/start.htm<
James Smithson (1765-1829) bequeathed his estate to found an
establishment in
Washington, D.C., From this man's estate, 150 years ago came the
nation's largest
museum complex.
What will the TOMAH AREA MUSEUM be like in the year 2148?
A FOOTNOTE TO THIS ARTICLE:
On June 28th about 9:30 in the evening a terrific wind storm struck Monroe and surrounding counties. Thousands of trees were blown down and some property damage also occurred. No lives were lost although there were minor injuries.
Because of the magnitude of the storm there were hundreds of residents and business in this area that were without electrical power for several days. Temperatures were in the 90's no air conditioning, perishable foods in deep freezes spoiling, many farmers had to get emergency generators in order to get their milking done, banks and retail outlets in some areas unable to do business as computers and cash registers need electricity to function.
Today I post an article about MUSEUMS where we go to see and read about what it was like during the days when our parents and grandparents inhabited this area. We see old kerosene lamps, candle in fancy candle holders, hand pumps that gave us water from our wells or cisterns, typewriters and cash registers that did not depend on some electrical company in order to operate, or home electrical generating plants such as Delco.(Some of these things many of us had to resort to again during these past few days. This writers home was without electricity for 36 hours) Perhaps we need times like this to remind us. What will the Museums of the future tell our children and and grandchildren about this period of history in which we live? Could the experiences of this past week be a wake up call of things yet to come.
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