Explore ‘cabinet of curiosities’ at Mac-A-Cheek
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WEST LIBERTY – The Mac-A-Cheek Foundation for the Humanities, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that provides educational experiences at Piatt Castle Mac-A-Cheek, received a grant from the Ohio Humanities to produce a free public talk and three visitor guides to more effectively interpret the massive walnut cabinet of curiosities in the drawing room. In preparation, staff and volunteers shared research from the Piatt family archive with museum consultants in material culture, anthropology and archaeology, and interpretive strategies.
One interpretive guide will be located inside Mac-A-Cheek Castle for use by all visitors. Youth guides will be created and given away for free, and a third guide containing essays by consultants along with historical images and photographs of artifacts and natural history specimens will be available for sale by summer.