Tomorrow morning we are having the “official” openings for the new railroad exhibit (Byron’s Railroad Era) and the Outhouse exhibit.
Here are some pictures I just took at the end of today… we have a few very minor details we’ll need to iron out or finish after the opening, but it is 95% completed now.
I think this is a stunning exhibit and something that will really set the tone for future exhibits at the museum. We are excited and hope that there will be a good turnout for tomorrow’s opening.
We give special thanks to our staff for extra hard work in getting this ready in time, as well as Melissa Clark who started this process over the summer when she interned here. Kira took it from there and put on the finishing touches. I don’t know WHAT we would have done without Jim Brubaker the past 2 days to help us get everything installed. Andy Jackson built a beautiful case for Tom Norris’s model train, and Randy added some details to make the case really stunning. David Wise from Byron has loaned us a number of original Milwaukee Road items for the exhibit case. I am probably forgetting someone but … well, I am brain dead!
Tomorrow, the official opening time is 10am. We’ll have guys dressed as engineers, hobos, and free pictures with them. We’ll have a mosaic craft using broken pieces from our summer outhouse dig, and decorating the edge of a mirror with mosaic. Several volunteers are lined up to help with all of it. There will be some refreshments and lots of train-related activities for all ages. We really hope to see lots of people come in!
