Podcast 2 at the Jordan

As I mentioned before, I am doing my own unauthorized podcast of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum here in Eugene, Oregon. Well, as my second podcast I’d thought there would be much improvement. However, I’m afraid that my voice alone might you. I don’t think I’ve got that “Museum Voice.” I know preached about the importance of “Voice” in my earlier entries. And that is how I can safely say, I am not IT. The only thing I’ve got going for me is my age and even that is deceitful in my podcast.

But, to listen to it click here.

Anyways, instead of telling you what is in my podcast, I thought I’d tell you about the Jordan Schnitzer Museum. The “Jordan” as I am affectionately calling it, is technically the local museum.

In his book, Priceless Heritage, author Ian Finlay states, “the words ‘local museum’ have an almost apologetic ring about them. They conjure up memories of neglected little buildings, of venture born perhaps of the nineteenth-century passion for improvement, the initial momentum and the contents of which have been deteriorating ever since.”

However, the Jordan (doesn’t it have such a hip, but yet sophisticated sound to it?) is nothing like that of Finlay’s “local museum.” According to a Register Guard article, “The museum reopened two years ago after a $14 million renovation.” Need I say more? After a $14 million dollar face job anything is more than just a “local museum.”





The Jordan is one of only 81 university art museums nationwide accredited by the American Association of Museums. And it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. So, don't overlook a place just because it's from your hometown or because you don't read about it everyday in the New York Times.

Give 'um a chance.

“Home is the place where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” By Robert Frost