Duvall House Cleaning Bee

A volunteer group met at the Duvall House today to work on woodwork and upstairs floors.
As well a group of Grade 10 Work Experience boys also helped out with this and other jobs at the museum. Each year we are most grateful to have these young people come and spend time doing work for us. We are also grateful to Marcy for organizing the crew.
The woodwork still needs some more work but having the water turned on in the washrooms now means that we won't have to haul water so far! Yay! Also bathroom breaks are a bit simpler.
Nasty pigeons left a lasting legacy of 'you know what' for us to deal with as the windows were broken in the house before we moved it to the museum site. Lots of water and elbow grease are our weapons against the acidic droppings.
Sure hope we can have the building ready for a grand opening this year.

Just when we thought we were having fun!

The snow this weekend has turned to water and turned up in our basement at the museum.
Thank goodness we were able to pump it out promptly.
The flooring has been installed in the entrance area - looking good!
This weekend we'll be in the Duvall House finishing up the woodwork.

Spring Storm

The storm this week brought welcome moisture for our neighbouring farms but left our museum with yet another building issue. The store roof lost some shingles and has sprung a leak.
Our heritage buildings are beautiful but need constant upkeep. This is a big expense for the museum's budget. Especially this year as we had already prioritized the roof of the Station as needing replacement.
This will push back other improvements that were planned in the Exhibits.

Spring Inspection

This year's museum walk through was so much more pleasant because it was warm! Usually we are shivering as we go through the buildings that have been closed all winter.
We looked at what needs fixing, the new plans for exhibit areas, and then prioritized them all.
For the past several years we have been working to have our buildings wheelchair accessible. This year will bring some more improvements in this area.
Our heritage buildings need constant upgrading and repairs. This bites into our budget. A new roof for the Freight shed on the Station will be this year's focus as well as a bunch more painting.
There are lots of plans for exhibit changes. Hopefully we'll be able to finish some of them this summer.

Plans and more plans

Strategic planning, Business plans, Marketing plans...
Boy, I should have taken some Commerce classes years ago in university. Not I'd probably remember that much, but at least the terminology wouldn't be so foreign.

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