Historical Society hosts open house Sunday
NORWICH – The Chenango County Historical Society will be unveiling new exhibits and showing off some additional changes inside the museum when it hosts its annual Holiday Open House on Sunday from noon to 4 p.m.
After several years of oil paintings that ushered guests through the lobby of the museum, CCHS has removed the paintings to make room for their new exhibit, “A Walk Down Main Street in Chenango County,” showing past and present images of business districts in all 21 townships. A 2 p.m. dedication of this exhibit will take place in honor of the late John Turner, longtime CCHS member who helped develop the new exhibit and helped fund some of the organization’s past projects.
“Being a new exhibit, we want to get some feedback,” said Alan Estus, director of the Chenango County Historical Society. “We’re inviting any input from the community.”
Few historical photos of the businesses in some townships have been presented to the museum, said Estus, who encourages community members to bring in any photos they might have. “We only have two pictures for German, for example,” he explained. “Hopefully someone out there will have more pictures that they would be willing to let us use.”
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