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Bell County Museum reports higher visitation, new archives; commissioners approve trustee appointments
Summary
Museum director Paul Clement told commissioners that recorded visitors rose to 15,731 in FY2024, the new climate-controlled archives building opened, school outreach expanded, and the commission approved five trustee appointments to the museum board.
Paul Clement, presenting the Bell County Museum’s FY2024 annual report to the Bell County Commissioners Court on Sept. 9, said recorded visitation rose to 15,731 and highlighted the museum’s new Museum Archives Building, which Clement described as “a state of the art facility” with temperature and humidity control and a curator’s workshop.
Clement told the court the archives building will help preserve county artifacts “that might otherwise go into decay or be destroyed,” and credited county facilities staff and volunteers for assisting with the move of thousands of objects. He said the museum hosted six temporary…
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