• Read From the Collection: COVID-19 Artifacts

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    From the Collection: COVID-19 Artifacts

    As the reality of a global pandemic set in, historians, archivists, and museum professionals recognized the need to collect artifacts telling the story of VA's efforts to care for Veterans against COVID-19. Part of that collection fell to the newly established VA History Office which led to its first agency-wide historical preservation effort.

  • Read Archiving VA’s History

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    Archiving VA’s History

    How does VA do it? Many people interested in VA's archives have asked excellent questions about archiving and what that team does, how will it expand, and what can be accomplished. As those answers have come clearer at the National VA History Center, Archives Month seemed to be an excellent time to discuss them.

  • Read What Goes Into a Collection?

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    What Goes Into a Collection?

    Curator Corner blog - So the VA is getting its own museum? That's pretty cool! But what goes into finding the right pieces to display from the collection? Or how to even start a museum from scratch? The National VA History Center's curator Kurt Senn tells you how. He's new on the gig, but he's experienced, so he knows a thing or two about this. Take a peek at what he's doing now to start this VA museum!