Stavely Museum undergoing renovations
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Closed for renovations for two full years, the Prairie Post had its grand reopening in June of 2017.
Waymark Code: WMZ6HA
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 09/18/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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The Stavely Museum was established in 1989 and admission is by donation. The museum has limited hours of operation and when we were there it was closed, which we feel was most unfortunate as we always enjoy these local museums. The museum's main focus is their local history and there are several nice displays outside. One is a school bell from the Prairie Dell School District 1908 - 1943, another is a rare 1903 Altman Taylor Threshing Machine. As have most small town museums, they have managed to accumulate an eclectic collection of somewhat rare items from our past.

On their website the museum note that they were renovating in 1915. That seems to be an ongoing theme, as a newspaper article, reprinted in part below, tells us that renovations were continuing in 2017, with the museum scheduled to reopen in June of that year.
Stavely Museum undergoing renovations
Stavely and District Museum officials will be able to celebrate the museum’s grand re-opening in June. The museum has been undergoing renovations for the last two years and has been closed. That work is nearing completion. It’s hoped the public grand re-opening of the museum will happen at an unconfirmed date in June.

Stephanie Labbe | Wednesday, 12 April 2017
Museum board member Janice Binmore says the entire building has been gutted. Everything from removing walls, adding new flooring, and painting has been done. The interior was also somewhat redesigned. They are in process of putting the displays back together.

“We had to go from … basically an empty shell and then there’s a new roof (that’s) been added on,” adds Binmore.

Currently, Binmore says they’ve got all the help they need for finishing up the renovations and putting all of the displays back together. Binmore says one of the directors of the board is also entering all of the museum items into a computer database system, so people can search for specific items. There will now be rotating displays with artifacts in the museum.

Binmore says the outer shell of the building is set up as different themed rooms. Examples of this include a banking room, a military room, a parent’s bedroom, a child’s bedroom and an old bathroom. She explains the themes of these rooms will stay the same, but they will change the artifacts once in a while to keep things updated and new. The middle part of the building will have rotating displays that are changed every couple of months, so the artifacts are different. “This is our aim — that it’s … a museum that (shows) history grows and changes,” adds Binmore. All of the artifacts in the museum were stored in a side building so the entire museum could be emptied for the renovations.

Items in the museum range from the 1800s to the 1960s. Binmore says people are bringing in items from the Stavely area to donate.

The museum opened in 1989 and no renovations have been done since that time, so the board felt it was time to refurbish the building. The roof needed to be replaced, but it was decided to simultaneously redo the entire building.
From the Prairie Post
Type of publication: Newspaper

When was the article reported?: 04/12/2017

Publication: Prairie Post

Article Url: [Web Link]

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How widespread was the article reported?: regional

News Category: Arts/Culture

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