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What's Your Sign?

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Let the world know, with a historical marker custom-designed in collaboration with artist Norm Magnusson!  Playing off the familiar format of a typical state historical marker, Magnusson creates cast aluminum sculptures that cleverly focus attention on contemporary social and political issues by simply stating the concerns of individual Americans who "on this site stood"; Magnusson's exhibition On This Site Stood was installed along Main Street and in The Aldrich's Cornish Family Sculpture Garden as part of the Main Street Sculpture Project this summer. The artist created new markers especially for this installation, one of them directly inspired by the Museum's historical building; now he will do the same for you!

What topic will you want to memorialize?; Traditional historical markers refer to tangible items like a covered bridge or historic house, others designate sites of significant events that passed and left no trace, like the birthplace of a noted author; Magnusson will come to your home and discuss what national or international, social or political issues are on your mind, and then draft thought-provoking text for your marker, which will be cast in aluminum; After fabrication, your marker will be installed in a location of your choosing by The Aldrich's crack installation crew; As you watch it being erected, you will be thinking "on this site stood me, ecstatic that I was the successful bidder on this great Aldrich Experience!"