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A Collection of Fossils (5 items)
Created by: Jesse
a collection of fossils that were lost in time up till now

Automobile Artifacts (10 items)
Created by: Ethan
automobile artifacts

Election History (20 items)
Created by: Andrea
This gallery features a variety of objects relating to the history of elections locally and nationally. Explore yard signs, ballots, souvenir pins, photos, voting machines and more from GRPMs Permanent Collection.

Fossils (10 items)
Created by: Kelly

Guess the Series! (9 items)
Created by: Erin
Can you guess what popular book and film franchise these items relate to?

Skylar's Artifact Research Pics (11 items)
Created by: Skylar
Airplane Micro Machines (4 items)
Created by: Ethan

Ball (4 items)
Created by: Cara

Exhibit Proposal Pieces (10 items)
Created by: Skylar

GR Curling Club (4 items)
Created by: Greg

Mesopotamia (9 items)
Created by: Kayci

Star Trek (12 items)
Created by: heidi
Star Trek spacecraft
Alex's Favorites (12 items)
Created by: Alex
Objects have power. They illustrate the ingenuity and skill of the people who made them, and remind us that we too can create beautiful and useful things. They connect us across time and space and demonstrate how our basic human needs, to eat and drink, to be safe and sheltered, and to communicate with each other, really aren't any different than those of our ancestors who may have lived a long time ago and far away. Objects tell stories. They are an anchor that keeps our collective memory from drifting too far from the truth. Objects are fragile and rarely speak for themselves. Museums like ours preserve and interpret objects to give them meaning for our time and place, and to ensure that future generations can do the same.

During a time of great uncertainty, these objects from the Grand Rapids Public Museum's collection, and the stories they tell, inspire me, make me smile, and give me hope.

- Alex Forist
GRPM Curator

Choir Collection (5 items)
Created by: Emry

Farm Tools (4 items)
Created by: Darrel
hand tools and materials used on Fellencer farm

GR Public Museum-Books-Pamphlets (4 items)
Created by: Darrel

Pandemic 2019-2020 (2 items)
Created by: Barbara

Stevens Favs (3 items)
Created by: Shannon
I love elephants.
All About Music (11 items)
Created by: Ashlee

David Kranker's Collection (2 items)
Created by: David

Favorite Fashions (36 items)
Created by: Kelsey

Grand Rapids Curling History (12 items)
Created by: Andrea

Plymoutharts.com Lisa! (5 items)
Created by: Lisa
A Weekly Collection for My AVP Families Week One March 23, 2020

Written Text Samples (10 items)
Created by: Peter
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