Silk paintings and a surprise TRC presence: The National Silk Art Museum, Weston, USA
see 25 October 2017). It was a pleasant surprise to see, at the end of this second visit, a large copy of that TRC blog on the Museum’s wall.
It was a very pleasant surprise to learn recently just how far the TRC’s blogs can reach. I was at the National Silk Art Museum in Weston, Missouri (US). I had first visited the Museum in 2017, and written about the visit in a TRC (When I told the Museum’s director, John Pottie, that I was a TRC volunteer and had written the blog, he thanked the TRC and said the blog piece had been “a real turning point for the Museum.” “Some upscale European magazine read the TRC’s blog and listed the Museum in its ‘Ten Museums to See in America’” Pettie said, which resulted in an upsurge of visitors and revenue.
A third of the Museum’s visitors now come from Europe. “We’ve been able to increase our collection to over 800 pieces, and double the objects we have on display to 400,“ he added. And all because of the TRC’s blog!