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Strategic Planning Members' Survey Results
February 4, 2010
Kentucky Gateway Museum Center begins a new strategic plan this year. The 2010 - 2012 plan was approved by the Board of Trustees after much discussion and an analysis of KGMC’s mission and organizational goals. Focus groups with staff and trustees, and a membership survey were essential to this new plan. Especially the ... Survey Results
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Annual Art & Antique Charity Auction
January 19, 2010
2010 ART AND ANTIQUE AUCTION WILL BE FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 2010
2010 Auction Catalog
The Kentucky Gateway Museum Center is preparing for their 12th annual Art and Antique Auction to be held on Friday, March 5th. The proceeds from the annual auction help support the operating funds of the museum. The board committee chairman Vicki Tichenor is asking for donations to the event and can be contacted through the museum if anyone wishes to give an item or service to the event. All donations are tax deductible.
Preceding the auction a preview of the items being offered will be held at 5:30 with hors d’oeuvres and cocktails followed by dinner at 6:30. The cost for this preview and dinner is $60 per person or $55 for Museum Center members. The auction will begin at 7:30 and admission is free, but there is a $10 bidder registration. Craig Stanfield of Stanfield Real Estate and Auction Service will serve as auctioneer. Reservations for the dinner, questions or offer of donations may be made in person at the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center or by calling 606.564.5865.
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Precious Jewels Speakers Series
October 1, 2009
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Precious Jewels Speakers Series
The Kentucky Gateway Museum Center in conjunction with the EAT Gallery owners, Simon and Laurie Watt are pleased to present the Precious Jewel Speakers series.
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Steve White Painting Donated
August 10, 2009
STEVE WHITE PAINTING DONATED TO
THE KENTUCKY GATEWAY MUSEUM CENTER
An original painting by local artist, Steve White, titled "Christopher Gist-Going Downriver" has been given to the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center by an anonymous donor. The painting was unveiled Monday, August 10th, at a reception at the museum. The painting is a24" X 36" oil on canvas depicting Christopher Gist who may have been the first white man to explore the area in 1751.
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THE BIG READ COMES TO MAYSVILLE!
June 23, 2009
The Ke
ntucky Gateway Museum Center today announced that it has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to host The Big Read once again in our area. The KGMC is one of 269 nonprofits—including arts, culture, and science organizations; libraries; and municipalities—to receive a grant to host a Big Read project between September 2009 and June 2010. The Big Read gives communities the opportunity to come together to read, discuss, and celebrate one of 30 selections from U.S. and world literature. The Big Read in our area will focus on THE GREAT TALES AND POEMS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE.
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WHAT PAGE ARE YOU ON?
June 23, 2009
Have you been aching to read a good novel recently? When was the last time you enjoyed discussing a book that you read with your friends? The KGMC is proud to announce that your opportunity to do both of these things is here!
Once again during the month of October the KGMC and our partner organizations, Maysville Cultural Arts District, The Ledger Independent, MCTC, Mason County Library, R.S.V.P., Mason County Schools, will be promoting the Big Read, a nationwide program that involves communities in literary reading. In its third year, the Big Read, which is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, has awarded the KGMC a $10,000 matching grant to sponsor community events revolving around the book GREAT TALES AND POEMS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE, by Edgar Allan Poe. Our community is one of only three in the nation focusing on this book and one of five in Kentucky that was chosen for the Big Read!
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Kentucky Gateway Museum Center Is 130 Years Old
January 1, 2008
Actually, it’s not, but the Maysville and Mason County Library, Historical and Scientific Association is! The history of the Association is fraught with change, but that only means that it is also fraught with growth. The history of the Association…and therefore of the Kentucky Gateway Museum Center…could be…and is… somewhat confusing, but actually, it’s not!
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