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Congressman Young, John (1916-2002)

 Person

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Aalbert Heine & Corpus Christi Science and History Museum Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Coll -248
Abstract Aalbert Heine was the Director of the Corpus Christi Museum for 27 years and a relentless advocate for using museums to teach with hands on learning, at a time when most museums had their artifacts hidden behind glass. Heine wrote reems of materials on how museums should function and traveled the world visiting other museums for ideas on how he could improve his own. He took a small cities Junior Museum and turned it into one of the best in the state, and this collection spans the time he...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1841 - 1989