The Pecan Park Eagle

New Cardinal Virtual Museum Opens Today, Jan. 30, 2012.

The new website, www.cardinals.com/museum, will be launched today, Jan. 30th, to showcase the team’s extensive collection of baseball memorabilia, as it encourages fans to explore and learn more about the 121-year old, very deep and accomplished history of the  team with the two redbirds on one bat.  The exposition includes hundreds of historical photographs, newly developed virtual exhibits, and educational videos that  examine the internal side of the collection and also highlight the biographies of the great Cardinals in club history. The new webpage also has interactive elements designed to encourage fan input. Bill DeWitt III, president of the Cardinals, commented, “We wanted to create a place to showcase our vast museum collection, while giving fans a chance to learn more about the rich history of the Cardinals.” In terms of size, the Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum collection of 15,000 items and 80,000 archival photographs is the largest team-held collection in baseball and is second only to the National Baseball Hall of Fame

(The preceding comments were reformulated from information sent to me late yesterday by Bill Rogers of St. Louis from an original notice that had been posted by broadcast e-mail to numerous Cardinal fans by Jerry Berger. Because of my ties to the St. Louis community, many of these kinds of communiques quickly reach me too. I have known St. Louis Museum Curator Paula Homan for years and all I can say is, “Paula and the other Cardinal people really know how to give history the right treatment.” – I haven’t had much chance to explore this new offering, so let’s visit it together. Maybe we shall hit upon some ideas that could ignite here in Houston.)