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Mount House operations: events up in October; museum closed briefly for termite tenting; collections policy draft presented to board
Summary
Town staff reported improved October visitation at the Mount House, a successful Moonlight Market event and a two‑week closure of the museum building for termite tenting; staff also asked the board to review a draft collections management policy.
Karina Bridal, Mount House operations staff, and Jeff Hoagie, the town staff liaison to CELCAB, provided the board with operational and programming updates at the Oct. 23 meeting.
Bridal reported that visitation in October improved after a slow September: “October had great numbers,” she said. Personnel and program highlights included three school or group visits in October (Edison Robotics Club, York Innovation Academy and a Florida Gulf Coast University group), and a Moonlight Market event that drew seven vendors and “approximately 150 visitors,” Bridal said. A virtual lecture titled “Bats of Pine Island Sound” with Mike Mills of the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation was scheduled for Oct. 30 and will be shared via the museum’s social media channels.
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