Curious Artifacts

As museum director for the Cedar Hill Museum of History, it is my duty to search through the collections in our care and locate those curious objects and artifacts labeled forgotten or unimportant. Forgotten indeed, but its unimportance nonetheless absurd. Objects tell stories, and through investigative research and dogged determination for the truth can uncover the…

All That Jazz

A recent trip to Kansas City, MO created a new affinity and appreciation for all things jazz and all things Kansas City. Residing in the historic 18th and Vine district, The American Jazz Museum is the quintessence of African-American social life in a segregated city between the 1920’s and 1940’s. The Jazz District earned its…