Heritage Museum Opening
June 4, 2012
With intermittent rain showers eventually giving way to some
sunshine, the Heritage Museum held its opening day events
Saturday with an assortment of activities and
demonstrations. On hand were the Spinning Squares to
demonstrate square dance moves in the refurbished Swamp
Creek Community Hall, Patty Rambo demonstrating Native
American games, Jeff Gruber narrating a DVD of a 1947 film
of logging operations on Warland Creek, the Kootenai
Muzzleloaders with a Living History exhibit, Bob Gray
demonstrating flint knapping, gold panning, a mining exhibit
demonstrating hand drilling, a rock crushing operation,
Charles Robbins from Missoula demonstrating rope making,
bluegrass music from the band Beyond Help, and Rick Klin
with an amateur radio demonstration. Refurbished exhibits of
the Libby Volunteer Fire Department, the history of buttons
and children's toys were ready for opening day and on
display, and the Shay engine's caretakers were on hand to
explain their restoration of the workhorse locomotive.
Although the weather wasn't completely cooperative, the
Museum had another successful opening day. Many thanks to
all the volunteers who make it happen and keep the museum
the fantastic resource it is.
The museum is now open through the summer. Museum hours are
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 1:00 to
5:00 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is by donation.
Photos by Maggie Craig, LibbyMT.com
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