BY MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
Patrons of the St. Joseph Museum can now find two pieces from the museums collection online.
Registrar and collections manager Emily Zeman of the St. Joseph Museum worked alongside former coworker Trevor Tutt to compile two pieces for the Show Me Missouri Digital Exhibit.
Zeman says though that the selection process took some time, and that the two pieces selected, were not the only ones submitted.
"We selected probably around 15 items to send over to them, and when they told us to select items, they wanted us to go by certain categories, so they gave us a big long list of here's a certain category we're looking for," Zeman tells St. Joseph Post.
Zeman says herself and Tutt then went into the system matching each category with a piece that provided the most history. The two pieces selected were The Dueling Pistols and the 1951 Flood Map.
Zeman explains people will find an array of items when they go online to view the exhibit.
"The Show Me Missouri digital exhibit actually has items that came in from a whole bunch of different museums in the state of Missouri, as well as different historical societies," Zeman says. "Those exhibits cover anything from the very start of settlers here, to huge events that have happened in the state of Missouri, to wars that have taken place."
The two pieces online from the St. Joseph Museum are 'The Dueling Pistols' along with a 1951 Flood Map, displayed alongside many other pieces that Zeman says are all credited to the museum they came from.
Some of the most fun Zeman says she and Tutt had was finding these pieces, and learning the history behind them.
"We sat down together and just collaborated on basically the definition of what we would put with each exhibit, specifically 'The Dueling Pistols', him and I put that information together," Zeman says proudly.
Zeman adds learning more history behind 'The Dueling Pistols' provided a fun experience writing the description of the piece for the two of them.
"And there's some information with 'The Dueling Pistols' that I didn't know, which was a lot of fun being able to find out more on those, and be able to write on those, and be able to write that exhibit label with him.
'The Dueling Pistols' as well as a 1951 Flood Map can be viewed online along with pieces from other museums around Missouri on the Show Me Digital Exhibit located HERE