From the Pr e s ident D e a r F r i e n d s ,
Well it happens every year, it just took a little longer this year, but winter is over and Salem is enjoying another beautiful spring. It is a special feeling indeed when Salem comes back to life—flowers and trees awaken and the sidewalks bustle with visitors. We have had quite a busy winter as you will see with the articles in this issue of the magazine. One of the things you will notice is a transition to a smaller format magazine with
more articles available online. This is a conscious decision we have made (yes, there are some modest cost savings) to deliberately encourage our followers and supporters to use our new website for even more content than was found in the old format mag- azine. The magazine has a role and we love sharing Old Salem Museums & Gardens through this medium, but we firmly believe that committing to the website as the primary source of content is the way of the future. The flexibility to deliver current stories with even more photographs and sometimes audio or live action video allows us to share a far more comprehensive and rich view of this wonderful place and staff. We hope you will visit our new website at
www.oldsalem.org to see what we have been
doing and to access even more stories about what is going on. There, as in these pages, you will find interesting insights and behind the scenes stories
about Art in Clay: Masterworks of North Carolina Earthenware featuring Johanna Brown’s new scholarship and traveling exhibition with our partners at Chipstone. Old Salem’s 60th Anniversary is this year so we have numerous events lined up to celebrate. In this edition we share some personal stories about growing up in Salem, and the founding of Old Salem Inc. We are very proud of our newest gallery at MESDA, the Textile Gallery, which pro- vides a terrific showcase for our rare textiles collection. We are nearly half way through what will be another great year at Old Salem Museums
& Gardens. Leadership at all levels is committed to our mission to preserve and share the structures, landscapes, objects and stories that make Old Salem such a treasure. We are also committed to continuously evolving so that we remain relevant to you and the way you live. Please take a break and come see what is happening. On behalf of everybody here, thank
you for your continued support. We can’t do it without you. I will look forward to seeing you on the square.
—Lee French, President & CEO, Old Salem Museums & Gardens
old salem museums & gardens administration Lee French
Gary Albert
President & CEO Eric Hoyle
Vice President & CFO
Vice President, Communications & External Relations
John Larson
Vice President, Restoration Robert Leath
Vice President, Collections & Research Spring/Summer 2010 5 Paula Locklair
Vice President, Education, Programming, & Research
Tom Connors Vice President, Development
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