5/5 Jennifer L. 1 year ago on Google
The
People’s
Museum
Somers
Town
is
an
important
model
for
documenting
and
giving
physical
form
to
a
place,
neighborhood
and
community.
I
enjoyed
an
informative
walking
tour
with
Steve
McCarthy,
and
especially
appreciated
the
opportunity
to
meet
and
learn
about
the
lives
of
several
residents
who
have
shared
history
and
objects
with
this
extraordinary
community
museum.
Go
and
see
this
if
you
are
interested
in
urban
planning,
social
history,
cultural
heritage,
architecture,
public
art,
or
effective
community
engagement
programming
and
projects.
The
physical
space/collection
is
a
treasure
trove
deserving
of
a
larger
space
to
display
its
holdings
(I’m
envisioning
the
addition
of
storage/conservation
space
and
a
“reading”
room
where
objects
and
archived
materials
could
be
studied
and
discussed).
This
is
a
special
combination
of
people,
place
and
vision
of
what
a
collective
dedicated
to
“living
history”
can
accomplish.
I
could
have
spent
another
full
day
looking
through
the
objects
and
on-site
book/publications
collection.
I
look
forward
to
a
return
visit
on
my
next
trip
to
the
UK.
1 person found this review helpful 👍