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.
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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In Rockland Dutch settlers came in and created this as a homage to their homeland.
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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This is a WWII camp in Rockland located in Orangetown.
Exhibition- Creating Community: 1950 Hickery Hill Experiment
References
Camp Shanks Museum - Orangetown
https://www.orangetown.com/document/camp-shanks-museum/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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America in 2026 will be celebrating there 250 birthday. In this memory there is ways how we can celebrated.
Exhibition: 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