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#AskACurator- your questions, answered!
#AskACurator- your questions, answered!
Thanks to those who submitted questions to the 390th Memorial Museum for #AskACurator Day! Mariel Watt, our outgoing Curator and Archivist, and Kate Doak-Keszler, our Director of Communications, wrote up [...]
Seeking Volunteer Librarian!
Seeking Volunteer Librarian!
The 390th Memorial Museum is seeking a volunteer for a start-up library geared towards education and outreach! Successful candidates will be detailed and enjoy interacting with diverse staff and museum [...]
Best Practices for Preserving Your Family Archives
Best Practices for Preserving Your Family Archives
Shown: Henry Gerards records, from POW camp. These documents, like many family records, were stored for years in a closet. Courtesy of the Joseph A. Moller Library. Many of us [...]
Museum Collections Portal is Now Online
Museum Collections Portal is Now Online
The 390th Memorial Museum’s Collections Portal is now accessible online! The Collections Portal allows you to search across the entire museum collection including personnel and mission data, objects, archives, and [...]
390th Memorial Museum Participates in Regional Archives Event
390th Memorial Museum Participates in Regional Archives Event
The 390th Memorial Museum participated in the Southern Arizona Archives Bazaar at the Arizona Historical Society on November 3, 2018 in order to further the museum’s mission make its collections [...]
Southern Arizona Archives Bazaar Connects People to Family History
Southern Arizona Archives Bazaar Connects People to Family History
Are you interested in researching and preserving your family history? Do you want to know the story of your home or neighborhood? Do you know someone who has a passion [...]
Who Calibrated the Norden Bombsight?
Who Calibrated the Norden Bombsight?
Shown: Due to the excellence of these 390th Bomb Group Bomb sight technicians, not once in 301 missions was a failure of 390th bombing equipment registered. For every WWII heavy [...]
The Psychosocial Complexity of the Norden Bombsight
The Psychosocial Complexity of the Norden Bombsight
Shown above: 390th Bombardment Group (H) dropping bombs on industrial facilities in Derben, Germany. The complex Norden Bombsight was an analog computer used by bomber crews during World War II [...]
Remembering Operation Chowhound
Remembering Operation Chowhound
On May 1, 1945, forty B17s from the 390th Bomb Group lined up near the runway. As usual, their bomb bays were loaded to capacity. However, unlike any other previous [...]