THE STORY OF
THE MUSEUM OF YESTERDAY

The Museum of Yesterday is the culmination of a lifetime of selective collecting and documenting by engineer and educator John G. DeMajo. Early in his life, DeMajo realized that many of the technological advancements of the early to mid 20th Century, were becoming obscure in the new age of space exploration, computers, and modern science. In the late 1950's, while still a high school student, he began assembling a collection of items that represented the progression of scientific development that defined the American "Industrial Age." As a person keenly invested in Science and local history, he began to not only collect memorabilia, but to photograph people and places that he deemed important to both technology and human interest. Today, the Museum of Yesterday houses the DeMajo collection of historical artifacts and photographs. Available in virtual form, with the intention of opening as a brick and mortar institution in the near future, the visitor can gain meaningful insight into life in the mid 20th Century through the exhibits featuring developments in Communications, Medicine, Industrial and Railroad artifacts, and items depicting life in the American home of that era.