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FHD 2021 Week 40

Full week. Here are the highlights…


Liggett Opening

The MT Liggett Visitor Center opened over the weekend–sounds like it was quite a party with food trucks and a band!

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They asked Anthony to say a few words about he and Graham’s design process as well:

M.T. Liggett visitor center opening

El Pomar Installation Photos

The museum staff sent some photos of their completed installation. They did an outstanding job planning and installing everything! It’s a nice little update for their 80th anniversary.

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Lincoln Showcases

We wrapped up the prototype process and moved into production on the first order of Lincoln Showcases.

The final inspection before starting the production run was quite thorough:

exhibit case inspection

Here’s a quick video showing how the cases open and close. So smooth.

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Young Alumnus Award

One other note from the week: I was honored to receive Bethel College’s 2021 Young Alumnus Award. Here’s a photo of my youngest son giving me some advice before my speech to 500-600 students and faculty attending the award ceremony / convocation class.

Joel Gaeddert Bethel College Young Alumnus Award

It was a fun weekend with another museum professional many of you know–Steve Friesen–being presented Bethel’s 2021 Distinguished Achievement Award at the alumni banquet the night before.

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