{"id":22,"date":"2019-05-05T02:38:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T02:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2021-01-16T13:52:33","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T18:52:33","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mission<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The mission of the Crane Museum of Papermaking is to collect, care for, and exhibit the history of Crane Currency in order to create an entertaining and educational experience of Crane Currency\u2019s unique story, as well as the art and science of papermaking with a special focus on currency paper and anti-counterfeiting technologies<\/p>\n\n\n\n

History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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19th century Millworkers<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The Crane Museum of Papermaking is located in what was the rag room of Crane’s Old Stone Mill, dating back to 1844. This was the first mill built by the second generation of Crane papermakers in Dalton, Mass.\u2014 Zenas Marshall and James Brewer Crane, following the retirement of the pioneer papermaker Zenas Crane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Museum opened in 1930 after an extensive renovation, making it one of the oldest corporate museums in the country.  The grounds were designed by the F.L and J.C Olmsted firm. Exhibits in the Museum trace the 250-year history of Crane papermaking from The Liberty Paper Mill in Milton, Mass., which operated from 1770 to 1793, to the present. The Liberty Mill was indeed a cradle of the American Revolution, serving such revolutionary luminaries as Paul Revere, Henry Knox, John Hancock and a host of others responsible for today’s freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Anti-counterfeiting technology at work<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Since 1879 Crane has continuously supplied banknote paper  for United States currency. Anti-counterfeiting technologies have been developed, updated and implemented by Crane since 1844. The Museum was expanded in 2001 as part of the company’s bicentennial celebration, and again in 2014 to accommodate corporate archives and create an area for hands-on papermaking and paper arts. The museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    The Mill<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    Crane paper makers at work<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    Crane paper makers at work<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    Crane paper makers at work<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Mission The mission of the Crane Museum of Papermaking is to collect, care for, and exhibit the history of Crane Currency in order to create an entertaining and educational experience of Crane Currency\u2019s unique story, as well as the art and science of papermaking with a special focus on currency paper and anti-counterfeiting technologies History […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cranemuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}