Metropolitan Monroe Museum

Board Officers Mrs. Anthony (Anna) Broussard, Chairman The Rev Chester King, Secretary	Mr. Steve Norris, Vice Chairman The Rev Gregg Riley, Treasurer
Directors Mr. Bob Allen Mr. Paul Bonin, Jr. Mr. Anthony Broussard Mr. Bob Canterbury Mrs. Bob Canterbury Mr. Les Davis Mr. Jack B. Files	Mr. Jeff Hicks Mr. Bill Mahan Mr. Ed. Marshall Mr. Seth Partnow Mr. Kevin Rieger Mrs. John A. (Nan) Salisbury Mr. Chris Thrash
Staff Dr. Patricia Partnow, Curator Dr. Dean S. Hartley, Director	Dr. Michael Hartley, Assistant Curator Ms. Barbara Hartley, Assistant Director

What was gathered is now dispersed,
A collection in memory alone,
Viewed solely in virtual display,
Yet available as never before.

Collections

The Metropolitan Monroe Museum is a virtual museum. Col D. S. Hartley, Jr. collected these items - and more; however, he had many bad experiences with the lack of care with which collections of others were treated by inexperienced curators in the various brick and mortar museums. Further, these museums often did not afford access to the truly interested. He found that serious collectors appreciated, cared for, and shared what they owned. Accordingly, much of the physical objects have been dispersed to those who would truly appreciate them. This virtual museum was created to show what can be collected. Some of the items are labeled appropriately, others are (perhaps) mislabeled, still others are merely included as general items of a type. The quality of the pictures varies also. Many of the best pictures are taken from the IM Chait Gallery auction catalogs (labeled with catalog number and attribution) and are used by permission or were made by Ed Marshall to allow collectors to see all of the points (good and bad) or swords for sale, also used by permission.

Click on a Gallery to see the rooms in that gallery (or click on the associated picture).