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Looking back to ’72: The Junior Curators Honor the 50th Anniversary of the 1972 Flood

Even before I moved to Corning, I had heard about the 1972 flood. A few weeks before I moved across the country to take a position at the Museum, I spent my last day as a volunteer docent at the … Read more →

Rakow Library Exhibition: The Flood of ’72: Community, Collections, and Conservation

It’s hard to believe that forty years has passed since the devastating flood of 1972. An exhibition at The Rakow Research Library recounts the aftermath of the flood in Corning, with particular focus on the strength and determination of the residents, leaders … Read more →