PUBLIC MUSEUM RECEIVES MAJOR ARTIFACT DONATION

THE SIOUX CITY PUBLIC MUSEUM HAS OBTAINED OF ONE OF THE LARGEST COLLECTIONS OF LOCAL ARTIFACTS EVER ASSEMBLED.  RON AND MARILYN MILLAGE HAVE DONATED THEIR COLLECTION OF   OVER 7500 SIOUX CITY ARTIFACTS.

MUSEUM DIRECTOR STEVE HANSEN SAYS THE MILLAGE COLLECTION IS A MAJOR ADDITION:



MILLAGE SAYS HE STARTED COLLECTING OVER 20 YEARS AGO, WHEN HE BOUGHT A GROUP OF BOOKS AT AN AUCTION. HE FOUND AN UNUSUAL DOLLAR BILL INSIDE:



THE COLLECTION GREW TO INCLUDE 3000 ARTIFACTS LIKE VINTAGE JOLLY TIME POPCORN BOXES, BUTTONS AND ROE DAIRY MILK BOTTLES. THERE'S ALSO OVER 4000 PHOTOGRAPHS AND MANY OTHER ARTIFACTS LIKE BROCHURES AND CALENDARS.

MILLAGE SHOWED OFF A SPECIAL COIN HE SAYS PROVES LEEDS WAS ONCE A SEPARATE COMMUNITY FROM SIOUX  CITY:



AN EXHIBIT SHOWING MANY OF THE ITEMS OPENS SATURDAY AT THE PUBLIC MUSEUM AT 4TH & NEBRASKA.