The little narrow-gauge locomotive that welcomes visitors at the front gate of the Museum has been getting some much-needed TLC these past few weeks! His cab was falling off, and he was looking pretty decrepit there for a while! But, …
Big Wheels – together again!
Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy – do we have some BIG news for you today! Brian Reynolds, the amazing wheelwright in Manitoba who has been rebuilding our circa-1908 logging arch, has it finished! Rebuilt. Reassembled. Ready to …
Big news…Big wheels!
Brian Reynolds, the Manitoba-based wheelwright who has been rebuilding the Creston Museum’s logging arch, has been sending us some pretty exciting progress pictures. Both wheels are now completely finished – wooden parts made and assembled, original steel tires heated up …
It’s Apart!
Dismantling the logging arch yesterday went really well, thanks to our awesome volunteers – Chris, Skip, David, Todd, Walt, John, Lance, and Paul. We’ve identified a few original pieces of eastern hardwood, surprisingly – most of the logging arch’s wood …
History Mystery Play-Time
Here at the Creston Museum, we’re always receiving new donations of stuff connected to local history. One of our most recent donations is a collections of several dozen photographs, all from the 1940s to 1960s, and most of them we haven’t …
How to use a logging arch
Seriously, getting to work in a museum is the best thing ever. I mean, where else do you get to talk to all sorts of fascinating people, get transported back in time through old newspapers and photographs, and play with …
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