Curator's Note - March 2014
As many of you know, we launched the museum for the National Pigeon Association
convention weekend in January and it was a great success. The museum had over
300 visitors in 3 days. They came from all over the United States and we had
some international visitors as well. There
are some great images on the website. For now, the museum is open on Fridays
and Saturdays from 10 AM to 4 PM and by appointment.
Since January, we have been blessed with numerous new
donations. One in particular is a large pigeon basket from Her Majesty’s Royal
loft in England.
This is such an exciting time. We may have just begun but
the museum continues to add to the collections and to develop new programs and
exhibits. One way you can help is to become a member. By
becoming members, it helps us to grow and especially, care for the collections
we have. Membership information will be added to the website so all the pigeon
fanciers can take the opportunity to become members even if they can’t visit
anytime soon. For now if you would like to become a member of the museum, just
mail me the $25 membership fee (checks made out to The American Pigeon Museum) and
your contact information. Send to The American Pigeon Museum & Library;
2300 NE 63rd Street; Oklahoma City, OK 73111. You will be given a
membership card; 10% off in the gift shop; quarterly newsletter, and advanced
notification for special events. Gift shop will be accessible online soon.
Upcoming events:
June 13 and June 14: Kick off Summer Event to welcome pigeon
fanciers who haven’t had chance to visit yet and to invite the local community
to see what we are doing here. Museum
will be open from 10 AM to 4 PM both days. There will be some local food trucks
here selling refreshments. We will also be having a special exhibit in honor of
the 100th anniversary of WWI. Jerome Pratt had given us two 16mm
reels of WWI footage that I am having digitized at this time to be part of this
exhibit. More information on the June celebration will follow.
Let me know if you have any questions or comments. And as
always, thank you for your support!
Lorrie Monteiro, Curator
The American Pigeon Museum
2300 NE 63rd Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73117
(405) 478-5155
