Wizard of Oz Museum · Museum History · Chapter 4
From welcoming our first visitors to developing a broader museum experience, discover how the Wizard of Oz Museum began finding its place on Florida's Space Coast.
When Palina encouraged me to turn my rare Oz book collection into a museum, we began a journey that extended far beyond collecting. Opening the Wizard of Oz Museum in Cape Canaveral was only the beginning.
We now had to think about visitors, historical preservation, daily operations, and how to introduce the rich history of Oz to people who might know only the famous movie.
These five stories explore the museum's early public life and how its purpose developed from displaying rare books to sharing the larger literary and cultural world of Oz.
Chapter 4 · Stories 16–20
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