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Museum division previews Piney Point rebuild, new water taxi and expanded exhibits
Summary
The county’s museum division described a $1 million operating budget, a Piney Point museum rebuild ahead of schedule, a new Coast Guard–certified water taxi named First Landing Explorer, and plans for a permanent exhibit that includes Piscataway contributions.
Karen Stone, museum division manager for St. Mary's County, told the Recreation and Park Citizens Advisory Board that the museum division’s annual operating allocation from the county is just over $1 million and covers staff, maintenance and utilities but not exhibits or programming.
Stone described an active construction schedule at Piney Point: demolition is complete, rebuilding is underway and the division is roughly a week ahead of schedule on a new museum building that is expected to be finished around Christmas of the next year. The department awarded the construction contract to WM Davis and said exhibit design work is being prepared for subcontracting to exhibit firms.
Stone said the museum division…
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