Exhibit Features Rarely-Seen Artifacts from the Museum Collection

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Been wondering what ever happened to the Statue of Liberty that stood in front of the old Municipal Auditorium? Or what about “Wayne” the display horse from Maurice Lazriowich’s West Side Harness Shop?

Find out this weekend as the Sioux City Public Museum opens its new summer exhibit, “What Ever Happened To…” The exhibit will showcase large artifacts from the Museum’s collection that for various reasons have either not been displayed for many years or not at all.

“When we give visitors tours through the Museum’s storage area a few of these items almost always draw people’s attention,” said Matt Anderson, Exhibit Preparator. “We thought it was a good time to take advantage of the display space the new facility affords and get these pieces out for public viewing.”

Given the space limitations of the Museum’s former site in the Peirce Mansion, many of the artifacts were not displayed due to space considerations. Others were proposed for inclusion in the Museum’s permanent gallery at the new site but did not fit in with selected themes, Anderson explained.

“Still others are interesting examples of past technology, but are not unique to Sioux City,” he noted.

Other artifacts to be featured in the exhibit include:

The Sioux City “Late Show with David Letterman” Home Office sign
A hat and umbrella stand from the basement of the City Hall Building when it was the Post Office/Federal Building during the early-1900s
A 1920s Burroughs Billing Machine owned by Prince Manufacturing
A 1918 Brenkert Slide Projector
An 1895 Koken Barber Chair

The Sioux City Public Museum is located at 607 4^th Street in downtown Sioux City. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more information, call 712-279-6174 or visit www.siouxcitymuseum.org.