Thread by @InteriorMuseum

The #MuseumMoment slated to be happening now at @InteriorMuseum has been indefinitely postponed, but our registrar Jason Jurgena still wanted to share with you some of what he'd prepared. READ ON 👇 (thread 1/6) #MuseumFromHome

In 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) as part of his New Deal program, sending millions of jobless Americans back to work during the Great Depression. (2/6)

Through Federal Project Number One within the WPA, many unemployed artists worked on arts-related projects, including creating 14 designs for screen-printed posters promoting 13 @NatlParkService sites from 1938 to 1941. (3/6)

There was interest from other parks in also having posters made, but the project came to an end with the onset of WWII. At the time, these and other WPA-era posters weren't as widely recognized for their artistry--and eventual historical value--as they are today. (4/6)

The majority of them weren't cared for in a way that would preserve them, and over the years many were inadvertently discarded, destroyed, or lost to history. 😕 (5/6)

I hope you'll be able to join me in person when we reschedule this #MuseumMoment. In the meantime, please enjoy this image of the two rare serigraphs of @YellowstoneNPS (INTR 07498 & 07499) donated to us in 2018. I'll have them temporarily on view then for you to see. (6/6)