Orangetown Museum Volunteer
May 2024 - present
Programs- Adobe Illustrator, Capcut
Socials- Instagram, Reels, Youtube
Skills- Social Media Manager/ Graphic Designer/ Exhibition update
Info on Museum
Orangetown Historical Museum & Archives is a little museum located in Rockland County. This museum has two Sandstone houses, nicknamed Salyer and Depew. This museum has artifacts that are 250 years of age. They have connections to the local history and area that helped shape the United States, like Camp Shanks and the ‘76 House.
My position as a volunteer was to help out with the technical side of things within the museum. This includes small updates to the website, making videos for social media (Instagram and YouTube), and creating online exhibitions (Prezi).
OHMA Houses
Saylers House
DePew House
Content from archives I used
Social Media Posts
I started out with many many videos and images of the objects and items around to build and make sure to make the strongest post I could get. I would edit it on Capcut to edit the sounds and adjust the videos to make it easier to place into Instagram.
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Prom Season
1950s dress donated to the museum.
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1950's colors
Displaying the various hues of the Hickory community.
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Orangetown Resolution Advertisement
Showing the 250th anniversary of Orangetown.
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Resolution Recap
Showing the activities of what went o at July 4th celebration.
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Arts and Crafts Fair Advertisement
Showing the eventual 2nd Annual Arts and Crafts Fair an what to look forward too.
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Hicky Hill Community
Remembering those who lived in Homes
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Autumn
Gilmore girls energy of the two houses talking
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Time Traveler
1950 creating community youtube advertisement
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Annual holiday walk through
Walk through of the Sayler House 1950s.
Interactive Classroom
Our Dutch Sandstone
These were made on Prezi for people to look at and explore history at home.
Youtube Videos
From Camp Shanks to Hickory Hill: Tales of a 1950s Time Traveler
Collected, edited, and directed the video
Program: I-move
Creating Community 1950
Filmed video
Program: none
Learn About History
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The museum also has two Dutch Sandstone houses. The county of Rockland is littered with multiple Dutch Sandstone houses. Dutch (now Netherlands) Houses inspired these. Made of red sandstone, some of these houses are on the national register
Exhibition: Our Dutch Sandstone
References:
New York Dutch Room - Met
https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/collection-areas/the-american-wing/period-rooms/dutch-roomDutch Architecture Style: An Overview - Architecture Helper
https://architecturehelper.com/blog/dutch-architecture-style-an-overview/The Legacy of Dutch Architecture in Upstate New York - Historic Albany Foundation
https://www.historic-albany.org/news/2021/8/1/the-legacy-of-dutch-architecture-in-upstate-new-york
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After WWII people who were in Camp Shanks wanted a new opportunity. Hickery Hill is a small community located in Tappan, NY.
Exhibition- Creating Community: 1950 Hickery Hill Experiment
References
Camp Shanks Museum - Orangetown
https://www.orangetown.com/document/camp-shanks-museum/Hickory Hill Community House - https://www.hickoryhillcoop.com/
Camp shanks
https://www.dalecenter103id.org/camp-shanksRemembering Camp Shanks in the Hudson Valley - Hudson Valley
https://hvmag.com/life-style/remembering-camp-shanks/
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With the upcoming 250th anniversary of America, we take a nice perspective at the 200 celebration.
Exhibition: Orangetown and the Bicentennial: From Democracy to Disco
References:
250 America
https://america250.org/American Revolution - History Channel
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolutionTimeline of the Revolution - National Park Services
https://www.nps.gov/subjects/americanrevolution/timeline.htm