Birmingham Museum

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Have you given our podcast a listen yet? Twice a month we dive into the life of a Birminghammer from the past. Past episodes include folks you may have heard of, like Benjamin Pierce, and folks you may not have heard of, like Rhoda Bingham Daniels. youtube.com/watch?v=k1IgBT…

Happy Cow Appreciation Day to this cow photobombing Ella Parsons and this cow only.

A Gruesome Find/Glorious Fourth/Base Ball. We challenge you to find a better combination of headlines! From the July 7, 1905 issue of the Birmingham Eccentric.

How was your 4th of July celebrations? In 1925, the Birmingham Eccentric reported that B'ham had it's safest fourth in many years, the only injury being a young boy who lost an eye playing with fireworks.

The Museum is closed today for the 4th. Whatever you have planned, we hope that you have a safe and joyous holiday! Below is a photo from the 1924 4th of July parade.

What's better than a fireworks show and hotdogs? Dancing the night away in a hot ballroom with no air conditioning! You are cordially invited to a 1867 July 4th Ball.

Holiday Weekend plans: buy some fireworks (add for Shain's Pharmacy in 1910) and then not throwing them out of a window of a moving vehicle because I don't want to be arrested (police report of some boys throwing firecrackers out a car window in 1943).

We treasure this 1959 diploma from Birmingham High because Ron Buchanan was a beloved volunteer and board member, but also because this was the last year that the school was known as Birmingham High. The next year the school was renamed Seaholm High.

It's a collections mystery! This photo appears to be a class photograph and came with another photograph that was labeled "Birmingham High School June 1949" but we cannot confirm the year for this photo. Do you recognize this photograph or anybody in it?

We apologize for getting our next episode out a day late, but we just had to go down a bunch of rabbitholes about the history of vaccinations! Ziba Swan wasn't just the father of Greenwood cemetery, find out more by downloading the episode wherever podcasts live.

In 1885, Birmingham's Union School (later renamed Hill School) boasted of six graduating seniors!

On this date in 1912, 41 students graduated from Birmingham High in a ceremony held in Baldwin School's auditorium. Notable grads include Clyde Peabody and Harry Brooks.

Happy Pride! Did you know that B'ham was one of the first cities in Michigan to add sexual orientation as a protected class under its Fair Housing Ordinance in 1992? Learn more about our LGBTQIA+ history in our current exhibit!

On this Juneteenth, you can learn more about Birmingham's black history in our online virtual exhibits: bhamgov.org/about_birmingh…

The engineering department always finds cool things during renovation projects! This brocken pottery lid was found during the early 2000s under Shain Park and may have gotten there when that area was a residential neighborhood before the park was constructed in 1934.

We have a lot of quilts in our collection and every single one tells a story. This quilt was made for Almeron Whitehead (1851-1926) by his grandmother Hunt (first name unknown). The pattern is called "Grandmother's garden".

The Allen House will reopen to the public tomorrow (June 15) at 1 pm! Stop by and catch our current exhibit "A Tapestry of Birmingham: Exploring Our Diversity".

Our next podcast episode is all about three sisters who went everywhere together-even the middle of the 1818 wilderness!

How would you picture a day in Birmingham? This supplement, published in cooperation with the Townsend Hotel, was included in a June 1988 issue of the Birmingham Eccentric.