We are closed most Mondays in the fall and winter. It allows us to do projects that are easier when guests are not around- things like painting and shutting exhibits down. We try to squeeze a lot in to these Mondays. A couple Mondays ago Aaron took a pressure washer to the indoor walls and floors. The photos cannot really do justice to what things looked like, but here are a couple for you anyway. Thanks Aaron- things are muchRead more
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Hug Kent Day 2014
September 28th is Hug Kent Day. Some photos below of how things went this year. (It’s also Debbie May’s Birthday). Since Kent was not at work this year for his annual celebration, I allowed the hugging to begin early. I hope he has recovered. Read more
More drawings from Sherry
Blog readers know that I am artistically challenged. (click here, or here to see some other wonderful drawings of mine). This drawing (it’s a glove, or a hand) went up on the board a few months ago. I asked Volunteer Dan to go through our work glove box. I wanted him to make pairs, as well as get rid of any gloves that he deemed unusable. (too holey, too stiff, too…) Kent and Elaina thought the number of gloves thatRead more
What do you do at 10:30 on Thursdays?
I was looking at a Museum planning calendar and came across what happens for the “important people” Thursdays at 10:30. What are you doing at 10:30 on Thursdays?Read more
On top of the world…well the hide structure actually…
All of the animals at the museum get enrichment…here are few posts about enrichment. There are many times where we make awesome enrichment that we think the animals will enjoy but it turns out they are uninterested. Then there are the times when they are interested in the enrichment which means picture time. In the picture below, one of our Box Turtles is enriching himself despite us providing different types of enrichment. As long as they are interacting with theirRead more