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Into Banksianow.” Joyce, director of the moving day has finally ar-Aiken County Historical rived.Enter Here -- The New Museum. (Photos by Helen Marine)By HELEN MARINEAIKEN - ‘‘We will havethe best small museum in South Carolina,” said Joyce Ross ‘‘and it won’t be longMuseum is justly proud of the newly renovated facility and happy to announce thatIt took Joyce and her staff--and a covey ofvolunteers-six weeks to pack up the Museum and see it moved and safely stored inthe County warehouse andBanksia vault. ‘‘We are now in the process of moving everything out of thosestorage areas and into place in Banksia. I can’t give a firm date,” she added, ‘‘but we hope to be ready for ouropening by early summer.”The old schoolhouse was moved into place last week and is now in a lovely wooded area of the Museum grounds, Joyce pointed out,and it looks totally ‘‘at home.” The schoolhouse can be seen by persons on South Boundary or from any window in the building.The renovation of all the rooms is complete, with the last bit of carpeting laid last week. A new entrance to the building, on NewberryStreet, is close to beingfinished.Exhibits in the Museumwill include 12 old printsrelating to the textile industry contributed by theGregg Graniteville Foundation. These will be in a room(Contlnuad on Pago 12)The Old One-Room Schoolhouse Now Looks At Home.09
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Aiken County Register
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Wed, Mar 28, 1984
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