Updated: 6/23/2011 
THE PEOPLES MUSEUM
ASTORIA, New York
Description

With a special outreach to children and adult with special needs particularly the mentally and physically challenged.

Mission

We are looking for a building to house the collection.

Artifact Collections

Americana, African, Egyptian, Dinosaurs Bones, New Guinea, American Indian, Military Equipment, South American, contemporary art, Hollywood Memoradilia, Modern Art, Coins, Stamps, Decorative Art, Pre-Columbian, antique Whaling equipment, rocks and shells, photographs, rare books, arms and armor, fish and insects, Roman pottery and sculptures, Zulu War of 1879, Civil War 1861 to 1865, American Revolution War, fire and police department, fossils, a Mummy, Mummys hand, guns, swords, war medals & memorebilia, rare lobby cards and posters, currency confederate state, ancient Greek and Syrian pottery and sculptures, preserved animals, animal heads & skeletons, zulu ceremonial dance shield, dinosaur eggs, dinosaur tibia, elephant tusks, Art of south and southeast Asia, Oriental, Oceanic, 20th-Century Art, World War 1 and 2, Vietnam War, Sudan War, Boer War, Little Big Horn, live animals or fish tanks, Masai, Bushman Zulu and Turkana, Zulu Beaded Headband,

Research Collections

ANIMAL HEADS & SKELETONS

Programs

Conduct museum sponsored tours condust walking tours present talks and lectures present slide show and audio and video presentations bring exhibit to public and private schools and institutions.

Governance

Board of trustees: Mark A Sepanski April D sepanski Fred D Wilson Paul L Sieswerda Henry Galiano Howard S Rose Jeffrey R Myers Pamela E Ransom Brandon Ballengee Werner Schreiner Carmen L Uter Richard S Christ Santa Maria Maida Anthony Archibald j

Library

Access: General Public, Students, Scholars, Staff Only, Members

Appointment required: True

Services
Gift Shop
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MUSEUM CONFERENCES

March 31 - April 3, 2025

Arkansas Museums Association 2025 Conference

Historic Washington State Park

Washington, Arkansas

April 5 - 8, 2025

New York Museum Association 2025 Conference in Ithaca, NY

Ithaca Downtown Conference Center

Ithaca, New York

April 6 - 8, 2025

Nebraska Museum Association 2025 Conference

Hosted by the Knight Museum in Alliance, Nebraska

United States

April 6 - 9, 2025

Texas Association of Museums 2025 Conference Austin

AT&T Conference Center

Austin, Texas

April 27 - 29, 2025

Oregon Museum Association 2025 Conference

TBA

Independence, Oregon

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