Tehama - The Magazine

14 TEHAMA - THE MAGAZINE, May 2017 preserving and sharing the area's cultural heritage, and they continuously look for new ways to spark interest in the museum and its artifacts. Museum programs have expanded in recent years to include popular Museum in a Box presentations for schools and community organizations. "Artifacts help make history relevant and interesting," explained Bauer. "When discussing an object, people gain an appreciation for how tasks were accomplished in the past and can compare the past with the present, and thus the artifact becomes more than a relic in a display case. It becomes meaningful." When the founding members saw the advertisement for a pile of bricks decades ago, they understood they had the opportunity to make history relevant and meaningful through an old building — Tehama's most treasured artifact. These are the bricks advertised for sale that spurred a group of history buffs into action to preserve the rich cultural heritage of Tehama County 14 TEHAMA - THE MAGAZINE, May 2017 preserving and sharing the area's cultural heritage, and they continuously look for new ways to spark interest in the museum and its artifacts. Museum programs have expanded in recent years to include popular Museum in a Box presentations for schools and community organizations. "Artifacts help make history relevant and interesting," explained Bauer. "When discussing an object, people gain an appreciation for how tasks were accomplished in the past and can compare the past with the present, and thus the artifact becomes more than a relic in a display case. It becomes meaningful." When the founding members saw the advertisement for a pile of bricks decades ago, they understood they had the opportunity to make history relevant and meaningful through an old building — Tehama's most treasured artifact. These are the bricks advertised for sale that spurred a group of history buffs into action to preserve the rich cultural heritage of Tehama County

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