Historic museum mural gets a facelift

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Featured Link: Wilmette Life, 25 Dec 2008, p. 5
Creator: Ken Goze
Media Type: Newspaper
Item Types: Articles; Photographs
Notes: Restoration experts commenced work on a project to restore a century old art mural with ties to Wilmette's early history. Comments by museum director, Kathy Hussey-Arntson. The mural was created in 1909 by Wilmette artist Mattie Akeley. It depicts Native American life along the North Shore area.

Photograph workers from Parma Conservation preparing a 14-foot mural for a move to a restoration studio in Chicago.
Date of Publication: 25 Dec 2008
Subject(s): Art
Galleries & museums
Historical societies
Murals
Corporate Name(s): Wilmette Historical Museum
Local identifier: Wilmette.News.299096
Language of Item: English
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