Historic Preservation
2001
Presidio of Monterey Museum
Celebrates Grand Re-Opening |
Cooperative Effort Focuses on
Upkeep of Local Treasures
Year in Review
Presidio of Monterey Museum
Celebrates Grand Re-Opening
The newly renovated Presidio of Monterey Museum officially re-opened in May at
the Lower Presidio Historic Park. Museum exhibits cover the indigenous
period, which highlights the area’s Native American populations; through the Spanish and Mexican periods; and up to present day.
The Museum focuses on the military’s presence in the area, an important part of Monterey’s heritage.
With the help of volunteer guides, the Museum is open four days a week, Thursday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 4 p.m. More than 26 volunteers have been trained to lead visitors through the new exhibits. More than 400 visitors visit the Museum each month.
For more info on the museum, call 646.5640 or visit the Presidio
of Monterey Museum web site.
Looking Ahead
Cooperative Effort Focuses on
Upkeep of Local Treasures
Preservation, interpretation and promotion
of Monterey’s fascinating history are in good hands.
The City signed an agreement with Monterey State Parks and Monterey History and Art Association (MHAA) this past year to collaborate on “seamless” Historic Monterey.
Historic structures, resources and landmarks owned by separate entities and located throughout the City will ultimately have common signage
and be identified and described in one common brochure. The three organizations plan to cooperate to improve the preservation and exhibition
of historical resources, such as the stamp pictured at right, and streamline how the public
learns about Monterey’s history. As part of the agreement, we have identified mutual cataloging and database needs. Three types of materials are owned by the various agencies: books, archival materials (maps, photographs, letters)
and artifacts (paintings, sculpture, furniture, costumes).
Last winter, the Library completed cataloging the books in the Colton Hall collection. They are now searchable at computer stations in the Library, on the Bookmobile and on the Internet at the
Library Web site. The Library will also catalog books held by Monterey History and Art Association’s Mayo Hayes O’Donnell Library. The next step is to secure funding to complete cataloging of the remaining MHAA book collection in the Maritime Museum.
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