Major Updates for Song of the South Memorabilia Museum

The Song of the South Memorabilia Museum has received some much needed attention! This is the single biggest update to the museum since I migrated it to a database in 2009. Here are what’s been going on behind the scenes:

  1. Redesigned interface — As you may have noticed, the entire web site has be redesigned from the ground up, including the memorabilia section. The museum is now more mobile-friendly and adaptable to any size screen, so no more squinting on your phone or tablet!
  2. Suggested Values added — About 17 years ago I planned to publish a Song of the South memorabilia price guide book, but that proved to be too impractical. So, I’ve added this information to the database, free of charge and available to everyone. The suggested value ranges for each item are based on nearly 25 years of collecting Song of the South memorabilia; I hope you find it useful.
  3. Advanced Search added — As the museum has grown so much in the past 20 years, I’ve added the ability for you to perform your own custom searches with the new Advanced Search feature.
  4. 20 New Items added — A lot of new memorabilia and extra photos to existing items have been added (the database now has over 850 photos!) Visit the New Additions page to see what’s new.
  5. Books & Print section split up — At nearly 200 items, the Books & Print section has proven to be the largest memorabilia category, so I have split it out into 2 separate sections: 1) Story Books for books, and 2) Periodicals for comic books, magazines, etc.
  6. Database Code Updates — Under the hood, I’ve updated all of the PHP and MySQL code to improve security and version compatibility, which should hopefully help future proof the database for several years to come.

I hope you like the improvements! If you enjoy this website and would like to support my efforts, I’ve added links in my Store and on individual memorabilia pages to relevant products you can purchase for yourself. Clicking on these links and purchasing items through them will benefit the both of us. Thank you for your support!

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