I saw on Facebook yesterday that Larry Lane is working to update a list of Scouting museums across the country. This list also includes many council displays that might hang in the office or out at camp. But importantly he is seeking to identify who is considered the "curator" of these collections.

• Boy Scout Cloth Badges
• Okinawa Japan RWS Set Of 6. BSA
• BSA Patches Badges Pins Other 50s 60s
• Related Lot Patches Bandana 1950s BSA
• Bataan Battle Sites Historic Trails BSA Trail Medal
• Powder Horn Medal 1999-Current Venturing Program BSA CG
• Hudson 1942 - 1946 War Cloth Tan and Red TRS Community Strip BSA
• Boy Shirt Scout with Camp School Director, Eagle, 15year Patches 1940's

It got me thinking that 2025 would be a great summer for another Scouting Historian session at Philmont. There is no Jamboree or NOAC filling up the summer schedule. In fact is quite rare that there is a summer with nothing going on - not counting COVID you would have to go back to 2019 to see this opportunity.

• Lodge Flap A2 Lot Of 15
• Maheengun Lodge 136 BSA
• Salado Lodge 551 S1 First Flap, Cut Edge
• Boy Scout 395 Kowaunkamish round 9250NN
• Boy Scout 127 Cahuilla Jacket Patch 9235NN
• Wiyaka Luta Lodge 403 F2 Flap, Merged 1975 Bv
• Pamrapaugh Lodge 14 S2 Flap Rolled Edge Missspelled
• 1971 Area VD Section Conference Patch Ittawamba Lodge 235

One reason I am advocating for this is that in the end Larry might end up with 100-200 "museums" on this list. But how many of the curators have any training in capturing oral history or finding stories to tell through the memorabilia. Is it a museum if it's just a bunch of patches behind glass with no context? We need some training to equip enthusiastic volunteers to serve in these roles (including me!). Now that I'm not running a summer camp and have more time to travel in the summer I look forward to the next opportunity.

• 1948 Camp Shaginappi Patch Badger BSA
• 1949 First Jamboree Felt Patch Ottawa Canada Retro
• 25th World Scout 2023 South Participant Badge Patch
• Knights of Dunamis- Verdugo Hills Eagle Shoulder Patch
• 2023 (25th) Jamboree World Scout Participant Pocket Patch
• 1947 BSA District Camporee, Berkeley - Contra Costa Area Patch
• 1952 Kirtland Air Force Base New Mexico Explorer BSA Patch TT2
• Robins Air Force Base Explorer Encampment 1957 BSA Patch TT2

On eBay I have 141 live auctions running. Don't miss these! I have been scheduling some of the top pieces that I've gotten in the last six months. The project card on my dry erase board called these my "better items" and they include felt camp patches, OA, a 1937 Jamboree strip from Region 9 and more.

• Cape Fear NC Hat Diamond
• 1937 Camporee Detroit Area (Sewn) Patch
• 1951 Felt Camp Tamarack New Jersey Patch
• Suwanee River Area FL 85th Anniv 1995 Jacket
• Suwannee River Area FL 2007 Friends of Scouting
• Papakitchie 142 Pioneer Trails IN 1961 Area 7H Conclave
• 1935 Region 9 Subcamp W Troop 11 Oklahoma Felt Patch
• Tejas 72 East Texas Area TX 1966 Area 9B Conference Patch