“Broadwater County Museum has Opened for the 48th Season”
 | Author:
Linda Huth, Broadwater County Musuem Curator
Linda Huth: MT43 News Board Member and Copy Editor |
Broadwater County Museum has Opened for the 48th Season Linda Huth Broadwater County Musuem Curator The Broadwater County Museum opened for the 2023 season on Tuesday, May 15. This is our 48th season. In two years, we will have been in operation for 50 years!
Much has happened at the museum during these 48 years and much continues to take place. In 1986 the first addition was added which was an additional display area, a kitchen, a storage room and an attic. The year 2000 saw another addition of more areas for displays and an area for public gatherings.
We continue to maintain the building as required and have upgraded many areas of the building. A few of the improvements that have been done in the last few years include: the roof has been replaced; the new carpet was laid in the original building and the second addition; more display cases have been purchased; the lighting has been upgraded; new water heaters have been installed; the ceiling in the original part of the building has been reinforced; new windows were installed in the office and the attic has been insulated.
In the next few weeks, we will be installing two new park benches on each side of the front door of the building. These benches are in memory of the many long-time Historical Society Board members, including three members we have recently had to replace. Those three are Connie Shindoll, John Stoner and Helen Turcotte. Each of these former members, and several who came before them, have devoted countless hours to the preservation of Broadwater County history and they deserve a heartfelt thank you.
Every year we try to do a new display in the entrance of the museum. This year we have a display of some of the beautiful and fun hats worn by Marie Sullivan. These hats were kept by her daughters and it is an honor to have them with us. Our other display is a collection of photographs of our parents and grandparents. We have a fun collection of many of those who came before us and we are happy to display them for your pleasure. Art Graham said the following when he saw some of these photographs that were posted on FaceBook, which pretty much conveys what we were trying to say when we decided to do this display: “The generation which instilled in us values of hard work, dedication to meaningful improvement, and respect for nation and neighbor And they endured, at home and abroad, a worldwide war.”
The open house this year will be at the museum at 133 North Walnut Street in Townsend at 2:00 on Sunday, June 4th. The speaker for the program is Linda Huth, the museum Curator. Linda will be giving a talk entitled “Outstanding Citizens and Colorful Characters”. This talk is about the everyday citizens of Broadwater County – the ones who were not always in the news, but who helped make us who and what we are today.
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Image 1 Caption: Marie Sullivan Hats on display at the Museum Photo Credit: Linda Huth
