Mission Statement
The museum is owned and operated by a nonprofit
corporation, the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce. The Baseball Museum Committee
was created in 1999 as a subcommittee of the St. Paul Area Chamber of Commerce.
Inquires can be made to or information mailed to the Museum of Nebraska Major
League Baseball, 619 Howard Avenue, St. Paul, NE 68873-2022, phone (308)754-5558.
Through its mission, the Museum is committed
to:
Collecting, through donation, baseball artifacts,
works of art, literature, photographs, memorabilia and related materials which
focus on the careers of players, managers, coaches and media personalities.
Preserving the collections by adhering to professional.
museum standards with respect to conservation and maintaining a permanent
record of holdings through documentation, study, research, cataloging and
publication.
Exhibiting material in permanent gallery space, organizing
on-site changing exhibitions on various themes, working with other individuals
or organizations to exhibit loaned material of significance with regard to
Nebraskan's in baseball and providing related research facilities.
Honoring, by enshrinement, those individuals who had
exceptional careers, and recognizing others for their significant achievements.
The museum accepts information and artifacts
both as items of loan and as donations. Individuals making a loan or donation
are required to sign a a loan or donation contract which specifies terms and
responsibilities the all parties.
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Credible sources of major league baseball
statistics have been used to accumulate the lists and statistical information.
Information presented is not purported to be complete. People who have statistics
in the resources reviewed by the committee are those who have been included.
Should there be someone who has made achievements
in baseball, specifically pertaining to the majors whose accomplishments have
not yet been recognized in the museum, the committee will review the information
it is presented with at least annually and decide who if anyone should be included.
Open by appointment only until further notice – please call 308-754-5558.
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Museum Board of Directors: standing: Trent Mettenbrink, MaryAnn Fredrick, Vaughn Scarborough, Loren Studley with former Major League player Jeff "Whitey" Richardson, Jim Sidel, Carolyn Scarborough; seated: Ken Christensen, Galen Trimbath |