Demoulin Museum

The DeMoulin Museum is closing out its year with a party on Friday December 23 from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. The Museum has attracted over 900 visitors this year and would like to say thanks to all of its supporters. Recently obtained artifacts from the old Greenville Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen of America [...]

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The DeMoulin Museum has added a Surprise Chair to its holdings (see photos below). The Museum purchased the chair November 26, 2011, from Bill Castle of Haggle Shop Antiques in Kingsport, Tennessee. The chair reportedly came from a lodge in southwestern Virginia. A previous owner re-upholstered the chair. Patent dates are stenciled on the seat base. For [...]

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The author of a new book about lodge initiation devices manufactured by the DeMoulin Bros. factory will visit Greenville on Sunday, November 20.  Julia Suits will sign copies of “The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions: The Curious World of the Demoulin Brothers and Their Fraternal Lodge Prank Machines” from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at [...]

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DeMoulin Museum, Inc. is proud to announce that we now own the building that houses the museum. Thanks to American Legion Post 282 of Greenville for donating the building to us. Ownership will allow the DeMoulin Museum to seek grant funding for renovations of the building.  The official deed signing ceremony took place October 13. Participating [...]

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The DeMoulin Museum welcomes tour groups of all sizes.  Class reunions, Scout and church groups, senior citizen travel clubs, and school classes have all visited the DeMoulin Museum.  Tours can be scheduled for any day and any time.  Call (618) 664-4115 to book your tour.  Suggested donation is $1 per person.  School tours are free. [...]

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