Museum Exhibit Hall Now Closed For Season

​“The WCHM Exhibit Hall is now closed for the season,” so reported Executive Director Jed Malischke during the after dinner program at the 2024 Canoe & Brew. For the last five years the event has been held on the last Sunday of September, the museum’s last regular open day of the year (visitation can still be made by appointment). Along with that pronouncement Malischke included a few facts on the year’s success. The museum exhibit hall was open 98 days in 2024. During the year eighteen different “Keymasters” filled 171 shifts at the museum, some doing as many as 25 and others just one or two, but all contributing to the overall success.
 
Those same Keymasters recorded 630 visitors, an average of about 6.5 per day. Visitations, admission fees, and store sales were all up about 5% over the previous year, which will help the bottom line when things are tallied up for the year. The WCHM Exhibit Hall will open again for the traditional spring season opening event “Canoe Heritage Day” on May 24, 2025.

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