Volunteers outline museum displays as city gives update on 118 West West Coast Street renovation and state funding

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A volunteer with Friends of the Aberdeen Museum described ongoing rotating displays and collections work; staff updated the council on finalizing architectural plans for the city's planned museum space at 118 West West Coast Street and summarized state grant reimbursements and appropriations referenced at the meeting.

A volunteer who runs displays for the Friends of the Aberdeen Museum told the council about the group’s volunteer-managed exhibits and reference materials, while city staff reported progress on design and funding for a planned public museum at 118 West West Coast Street.

Volunteer Connie Parson said the museum volunteers have been managing rotating displays since 2018, now changing exhibits roughly every two months and maintaining three-ring binders of photographs and documentation for public reference. Parson said the group participates in First Friday evening events and that local donors and organizations have loaned artifacts for temporary display.

In a staff report, Director Barnett said Harbor Architects is finishing the final design for the first-floor remodel with an estimated completion of construction…

Volunteers outline museum displays as city gives update on 118 West West Coast Street renovation and state funding

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