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We've been busy this January, but we have missed having guests! We are excited to see all of you back in the Museum when the galleries reopen on February 1! Can't come tomorrow? Check out the news below to find other opportunities to hang out with us...
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Exhibits Opening: Curators' Closet and New Acquisitions
Step into the catacombs of the Pratt Museum! Curators’ Closet invites past and present curators of the Pratt Museum to share some of their favorite artifacts from collections. Join us for the opening on Friday, February 2, from 5-7pm. This retrospective exhibit highlights items in storage that visitors may  not see often, gives some insight into the role and nature of the Museum’s collections, and invites visitors to think about what they value as individuals and, collectively, as a community.
Sharing the opening reception with Curators' Closet is a second exhibit: New Acquisitions. This exhibit is made up of artifacts and art new to the collections, and will be on display in the downstairs art gallery. New Acquisitions will also be debuting on Friday, February 2.
Curators' Closet is part of an epic year of programming celebrating 50 years in this building. Stay tuned for a schedule of community conversations, workshops, a call for art, and curricula in local K-12 schools!
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Annual Meeting
Please join us at the Pratt Museum on Tuesday, February 6, from 5-7pm for the Museum's Annual Meeting. This year, we invite you to join Staff and Board members for a mixer-style evening. Get to know the people who keep the Museum running, and learn about the exciting programs and events that will take place in 2018!
Anchorage Women's Club visiting Homer, c1950-60. PM1993.025.0002
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Collections Tours
 Does Curators' Closet have you craving more? Schedule a Collections Tour with Collections Manager Savanna Bradley, and experience the behind-the-scenes gems, fragile artifacts, and historic wonders that make up Museum collections! These $5, 40-minute tours will occur at 2pm on Thursdays, starting February 8 through March 29. With a limit of six people per tour, it is important to schedule ahead! Contact Savanna for details or to make arrangements.
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Winter Carnival - February 10
If you are out and about enjoying Winter Carnival activities around town on February 10, stop by the Museum to warm up! We're offering 50% off admission prices for the day, so you can have your own mini "hibernation vacation" on a budget! Partake in a scavenger hunt among the Pratt's displays, or just check out the newest exhibits.
Winter Carnival beard contest, 1957. PM2006.002.0007
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Pratt Play Dates
Bring your toddler and enjoy hands-on activities at the Museum! Join us on Friday, February 16, from 10-11am for this FREE family event, designed for babies, toddlers, and their families. You are never too young to start visiting your local museum!
Can't make it for February 16? Mark March 16 on your calendar: the next Pratt Play Date!
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Pratt Museum Celebrates 50 Years
 Did you know that 2018 is an important celebratory year for the Pratt Museum? 2018 marks 50 years since the Museum first opened its doors in this building back in 1968! Keep an ear out for upcoming special events and programs related to this magical number, starting with an exhibit celebrating 50 years of collecting: Curators' Closet, which opens Friday, February 2.
Parade Float with model Museum, 1967. PM2015.013.0002
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History as it Happens
When you think of Homer History, what comes to mind? Is it coal trains along the Spit? Homesteading? The 1964 earthquake? Or do you think of oil spill clean-up actions? Annexation? The recent Recall? Women's Marches? All of these things are important earmarks on contemporary Kachemak Bay History.
Collecting History as it happens is not a new trend in museology, or even at the Pratt. Think of how quick our response was to the 1989 Exxon Oil Spill! However, collecting contemporary moments in history has re-emerged on the forefront of museum practice over the last decade, reflecting an increasingly fast-paced age of instant information that our communities and constituents live in."Everything you do today will be history by tomorrow! Even things that people of the past found commonplace are interesting, important, and inspiring to us today," (Ohiohistory.org). You may have even seen mention of this kind of collecting in the New York Times: "'Any moment when America is debating its identity, it’s crucial to collect it,'" (quoted in the New York Times).
We want to hear from YOU about what should be considered from the last few years of local Kachemak Bay events—what should we be actively collecting for Museum archives?? Watch for updates on this subject, and other ways you can help contribute to Museum Collections!
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Pick.Click.Give.
 If you give, and your neighbor does, and another, it will add up quickly. When you make a donation from your PFD through Pick.Click.Give., you can make an impact by sharing just a little with a cause you care about. The Pratt Museum has been part of the Pick.Click.Give program since it began in 2009. Donors may give part of their permanent fund dividend to the Pratt through the Pick.Click.Give website.
The filing deadline for your Permanent Fund Dividend (PFD) application is March 31, 2018. If you have already filed for your PFD, and would like to make a change to your donations, you may do so until August 31, 2018.
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