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The Charles H. MacNider Art Museum has received an additional grant award from the Chautauqua Circuit #889 Questers chapter of the Iowa Questers, the museum announced in a press release.

For this project the museum used the grant money to send two artifacts to the Midwest Art Conservation Center for conservation work. The selected artifacts are part of the famed "The Sound of Music" puppets created by Mason City’s own Bil Baird.

The purpose of the grant is to stabilize and restore artifacts in local communities. The artifacts must have significance to the community in which they reside. This follows closely the purpose of the Questers organization which exists to research, study, and preserve antiques for the future as well as promote the field of preservation.

The projec

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