Backstage Pass to North Dakota History

This blog takes you behind the scenes of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Get a glimpse at a day-in-the-life of the staff, volunteers, and partners who make it all possible. Discover what it takes to preserve North Dakota's natural and cultural history.

What a Little Guy! Small Things in the Museum Collections
Dream of the ’90s Is Alive in Recent Acquisitions
Swing Your Partner: High-Stepping Recent Museum Acquisitions
Recent Donations: A Look Back on the Final Acquisitions of 2021
Reorganizing Storage East: The Saga Continues
Surveying the Museum Collecting Survey
Keeping Track of Stuff
Women’s Work: Expanding the Scope of an Exhibit
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Elise Dukart is the assistant curator of collections in the State Historical Society’s Audience Engagement & Museum Department. She catalogs incoming collections, monitors the collections storage and exhibit environments, and assists with exhibit development, prep, and installation as well as other projects.