Added: Mar 10, 2010
From: SmithsonianNeighbor
Duration: 11:30
Take a look at this video and learn about the Sharlot Hall Museum, a Smithsonian Affiliate in Prescott, Arizona. More info at http://www.sharlot.org/ Sharlot Hall Museum is named after its founder, Sharlot Mabridth Hall (1870-1943), who became well known as a poet, activist, politician, and Arizonas first territorial historian. Sharlot Hall was one of the Wests most remarkable women. As early as 1907, Ms. Hall saw the need to save Arizona's history and planned to develop a museum. She began to collect both Native American and pioneer material. In 1927, she began restoring the first Territorial Governors residence and offices and moved her extensive collection of artifacts and documents opening it as a museum in 1928. Today, the Museum features seven historic buildings, compelling exhibits and beautiful gardens, which serve as the setting for numerous public festivals. The Library and Archives, open to the public, hold a vast collection of rare books, original documents, historical photographs, maps and oral history. The Blue Rose Theater offers an entire season of historically based plays, and Living History programs bring the past alive through hands-on demonstrations.
Channel: Education
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