Director Richard Brettell's shovel used for The Jake and Nancy Hamon Building groundbreaking ceremony, 23 May 1991

Item — Self-Contained: 5

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Artifact Collection is an artificial collection created to describe various artifacts not part of another collection. The collection has been arranged into six series: Awards, Building Items, Buttons, Commemorative Plates, Logo Products and Merchandise, and Miscellaneous.

The Awards series contains the statues, plaques and certificates representing awards and commendations received by the museum, directors and architectural projects. The Building Items series contains models, items used during groundbreakings and other commemorative items related to buildings and renovations including the New Museum, Hamon Expansion, Horchow Auditorium & C3, gallery reorganization, and Eagle Family Plaza. The Buttons series contains various buttons and tags produced for exhibitions, programs and other activities. The Commemorative Plates are small decorative plates produced in conjunction with exhbitions as thank you gifts for docents. The Logo Products series contains prototype and final Arturo stuffed toys, products with the DMA logo, and products depicting DMA objects. The Miscellaneous series contains plaques from the Fair Park building, official gifts, and other miscellaneous items.

Dates

23 May 1991

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for public research.

Researchers must make an appointment to view this collection; contact the archives at archives@DMA.org.

Extent

From the Collection: 105 items (Collection is contained in 4 cartons, 5 various-sized boxed, 1 flat file drawer and 9 oversize items not in a container or the container they arrived in.) : 105 archival objects - 152 individual items