Motorcycles terrify me. Well, not motorcycles themselves, but its the idea of riding one out on the open road, surrounded...

Artifact: Blue Wedding dress / bridesmaid dress Accession Numbers: Blue wedding dress – to follow tomorrow Bridesmaid Dress, c.1957 #147100...

Artifact: Table 82.1.3. Author: Amy and Steve Ruis Remember setting the table as a child? A chore, right? Most of...

Items from Rudell Drugstore, in the Grand Rapids Public Museum Archives You know how it is. Sometimes it’s a slant...

Come back with me. Way back. European settlers had discovered the New World but had only begun to push into...

During my time as an eight-year-old supernerd, I never felt more in my element than during my frequent visits to...

1960’s Tablet Desk Accession Number: 2009.2.5 Manufacturer: Irwin Seating I was thrilled and honored when Gayle DeBruyn asked me to...

Old Fashioned Pot Roast 1 5lb Chuck 1 Large Red onion, wedged into 8s 2 Cups chopped (into 1 inch...

The Detroit Jewel captures an automotive guy’s heart Born and raised in Detroit in a very automotive-focused family, Wally is...

Way in the back of the third room in on the second floor of the Grand Rapids Public Museum Archives,...

In our current world of brutally hard-edged, utilitarian machine design this Paragon Cutter captures one’s aesthetic sense and reminds us...

Our great thanks to the staff at the Public Museum Archive! Thank you Andrea Melvin, Alex Forist, Tim Priest and...

I love wood – from a walk in the woods under tree canopies – to the furniture and architecture they...

Are you the King of Pop? Hiya, ladies and gentlemen! King Kernel here with a “pop” quiz for ya. Let’s...

“The Merchant Marine has the largest ratio of casualties of any branch of the services….” stares back at me from...

A recent quick walk through the old public museum at 54 Jefferson Street was such an amazing and delightful tease....

The band REO Speedwagon is one of my favorite bands, and I’ve always known it was named after a car....

When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear...