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Holland Museum to close Spark!Lab; announces expansion of family learning spaces

Ottawa News Network covered the conclusion of the Holland Museum’s seven-year Spark!Lab Smithsonian partnership and plans for expanded family learning spaces and the return of the Wichers Gallery.

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Holland Museum celebrates Laotian history, culture through new ‘Sabai Dee’ exhibit

Ottawa News Network explored Sabai Dee: Celebrating Holland’s Laotian Community and the museum’s work with local families, businesses, and community members to document a vital part of Holland’s history.

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Holland roofer donates massive artifact collection to preserve local history

FOX 17 highlighted Art Tolsma’s donation of roughly 5,000 pieces of Holland history and the Holland Museum’s work to preserve and display the collection through ARTifacts at the Armory.

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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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The Best Small Towns in Michigan to Chill Out In 2024

WorldAtlas | John Divinagracia | July 13, 2024 | READ THE FULL ARTICLE Michigan, from the Ojibwa word “meicigam” meaning “large lake” or “large water,” is adjacent to some of the Great Lakes of America. And on the shores of these humungous lakes or further inland from them are some of the

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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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