Holland Museum 2024 Summer Interns

LEDA legacy lives on in museum exhibit curated by interns

The Lakeshore West Michigan| Andrea Goodell | July29 , 2024 | READ THE ARTICLE The Holland Museum is helping the Lakeshore Ethnic Diversity Alliance (LEDA) to pass the torch. The longtime West Michigan nonprofit closed its doors earlier this year, but in a statement released to the public, LEDA leaders

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Holland, Coldwater Receive Historic Preservation Grants

WOODTV.COM| Ottawa County | Corinne Moore | July 11, 2024 | READ THE ARTICLE HOLLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — The cities of Holland and Coldwater have been awarded historic preservation grants from the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). They join five other communities that will each get a chunk of $250,000.

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Holland Museum’s Levine to Retire in 2024

WHTC-AM/FM| Events | Gary Stevens | January 30, 2024 | READ THE ARTICLE HOLLAND, MI – Add the name of Holland Museum to that of entities along the Lakeshore looking for a new leader in 2024. On Tuesday, Ricki Levine announced her intention to retire as Executive Director of the

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Holland Museum Board to Honor Retiring Director Levine

  WHTC-AM/FM| Events | Gary Stevens | June 11, 2024 | READ THE ARTICLE HOLLAND TWP., MI – As Ricki Levine heads into the final fortnight of her seven-year tenure as the Executive Director for the Holland Museum, she will be honored by the Museum’s Board with an invitational retirement

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Hope College hosts panel to talk about asexuality during Pride Month

WZZM13.com | Events | Matt Gard | June 10, 2024 | READ THE ARTICLE Asexuality is one of the less-talked-about sexual identities, and the executive director of Out On The Lakeshore hopes Monday’s event will help change that. HOLLAND, Mich. — A few dozen people filed into Haworth Hotel at

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Windmill Island Gardens kicks off Books and Blooms Kids Summer Series

THE LAKESHORE | June 10, 2024 | READ THE ARTICLE Families are invited to Windmill Island Gardens every other Monday morning through Aug. 12 for the new Books and Blooms series. Programs in the series, which begins June 10, will start with an interactive storytime hosted by the Herrick District

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Stempien Named New Executive Director of Holland Museum

WHTC-AM/FM | May 30, 2024 | Gary Stevens | READ THE ARTICLE HOLLAND, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, May 30, 2024) – For the second time this month, a Holland community resource has been promoted from within to fill a leadership vacancy. On Wednesday, the Holland Museum board announced that Michelle Stempien, who

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Holland Museum taps education and outreach manager for lead role

Holland Sentinel | June 3, 2024 | Austin Metz | READ THE ARTICLE HOLLAND — Holland Museum has named a new executive director after the departure of Ricki Levine. In a social media post, the museum announced current education and outreach manager Michelle Stempien will fill the vacancy. Stempien has been with the museum

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Masonry restoration starting soon at Holland Museum

Holland Sentinel, History | May 17, 2024 | Austin Metz | READ THE ARTICLE HOLLAND — Renovations to the Holland Museum are set to begin in the coming weeks, following the approval of a $654,583 budget on Wednesday, May 15. Holland City Council also approved a $50,000 contingency budget. The funds

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Ricki Levine with the Social Justice Award for Education.

Retiring Holland Museum executive director reflects on legacy of inclusion, growth

The Lakeshore West Michigan | Published March 14, 2024 | Shandra Martinez | READ THE ARTICLE Over the past nearly seven years, Ricki Levine has led the Holland Museum’s transformation into an inclusive community hub, where every voice and story finds its place. Levine, who announced she’s retiring at the

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