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Skagit County Historical Museum reports digitization progress, collection and facility issues
Summary
At the July 22 Skagit County Board of Commissioners meeting, the county historical museum outlined visitor numbers, collection-digitization progress and building issues including elevated radon in a storage area and recent vehicle damage; staff and volunteers plan mitigation while finances remain strained.
On July 22 at a Skagit County Board of Commissioners meeting, a representative of the Skagit County Historical Museum delivered an update on visitor programs, collections work and facility needs, saying 3,866 people had participated in museum activities since the last report.
The museum representative described recent and current exhibits, including a rodeo history show featuring material loaned by the Peth family, a Laurie Wells retrospective, and a community juried exhibit titled “Everyone’s a Critic,” which had 103 entries and public voting through mid-November. The museum reported 23,336 objects entered into its PastPerfect collections database and said 14,914 of those entries include photographs.
Staff outlined education and outreach programming, including bused school tours, a “La Conner Now…
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