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Moga Madness 2012

May 15, 2012November 25, 2021 Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

A group of students came to the museum today and brought with them a willingness to do anything we needed to have done. What a gift and I took advantage of the offer!

We have over a dozen buildings and this often means that things need to be moved from one place to another. In planning exhibits, it is necessary and cost effective to use existing display cases. There is very little budgeting for ‘new’ in the small museum. Use and re-use is what we do. Our Church building is being used for a special Centennial Exhibit space this summer.

So the students and their teacher moved panels from one building to another and moved church pews out of the way.

Then furniture acquisitions were moved and outdoor picnic tables were re-located.
All in all, it was a lot of work in a short time.

I can’t thank them enough. Our young people make great volunteers for their community.

~ Lucille B.

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Mystery Object

January 12, 2012January 14, 2024 Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

It’s a mystery object. Does anyone know what this metal object was used for? The top right has a loop that hooks onto bottom. The item is about eight inches long when hinged at the left.

It was found at a farm in Saskatchewan.

Do you know? Please comment at the bottom of this blog entry if you can help identify it.

~ Lucille B.

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Summer, Beautiful Summer

August 13, 2011December 20, 2021 Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

The summer has been a lovely one. Early mornings are bright with sunshine and promise of warm enticing afternoons.

The museum is humming along with a hired manager this year. It is so nice to have someone look after the everyday running of it. Our two student staff members have also been very busy re-finishing hardwood floors in our buildings. The buildings look great! And it helps to freshen up the smell in them too.

Time gets eaten up at the museum.

Every time I go to the museum to try and get a project completed, something else presents itself that needs immediate attention.

Yesterday was no exception. I was going to put up the curtains in the living room of the Duvall House, but needed an innovative fix for the period curtain rod that I wanted to use. I went looking in all the nooks and crannies that things hide there and made a hair-raising discovery that had nothing to do with hanging window coverings. Exciting, hair-raising discovery.

Very significant, historical tapes that I had no idea were on the museum site.

More on this later. Suffice it to say that the past keeps popping up in Clayton’s Collection. What insight he had in the research that he did 40 to 50 years ago.

Now back to the curtains that need some sewing adjustments for length and I still don’t have a fix for the rod. Gonna have to work on my sewing and carpentry skills. Or better yet, volunteer recruitment?

~ Lucille B.

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Teachers Help at Museum & Park

May 26, 2011December 20, 2021 Clayton McLain Memorial Museum

Local teachers, who are out on strike, spent yesterday morning cleaning museum buildings and doing work in the park and around the pond. This was a great way to do some community work and we are so grateful for it all.

It was also an opportunity for the new teachers to spend some time at the museum and park and see what we have to offer. Hopefully we can make more connections in the future.

~ Lucille B.