“ ‘Round the Museum with the Palmers: travel the world right here at

the Putnam! ”

MST 500Independent Final Project

by Emily Grady

Introduction/Overview

D.D. Palmer (1845-1913), “The Founder”

B.J. Palmer (1862-1961), “The Developer”

Mabel (1881-1949), “First Lady of Chiropractic”

David Palmer (1906-1978), “The Educator”

“In Many ways, the early history of chiropractic is the history of three generations of Palmers.”

The Palmer Family, http://www.palmer.edu/ThePalmerFamily/.

Purpose

To create and later on install an exhibit in a display case located at the Putnam, which focuses on the contributions the Palmers made as members of this community

Through the things the Palmers collected, to generate a greater local interest in both the Putnam and the Palmer Museum and Mansion

Review of Literature

Purpose of museums: Museums in Motion: An Introduction to the History and Functions of Museums

Ideas surrounding objects: The Participatory Museum, Museum Objects: Experiencing the Properties of Things

How to create a display: Museums in Motion, Mastering a Museum Plan: Strategies for Exhibit Development, Exhibitions: Concept, Planning and Design, Museum Basics

Project Design

Content

Title sign, introductory didactic, map to pin the locations of the artifacts in the world, photos of B.J. and Mabel and their travel books, artifact didactics, personal photos from B/J. and Mabel’s travels, excerpts from their books, map of the Putnam to connect an activity locating other Palmer donated artifacts, and closing didactic

Roof tile from China, opium pipe from the Orient, cookie mold from Germany, blow gun and darts from Malaysia or Indonesia, boomerang from Australia, and pair of slippers from East India

Results

Budget: didactic backing, didactic paper/printing, mounts, maps, Palmer photos, paint, tape, ETC

Evaluation: front-end (test ideas -> YOU!), formative (testing effectiveness -> attendance, summative (discover if the exhibit works -> track and/or interview)

Chiropractically Yours

The B.J. Palmer way to sign off!