With the flipping of the calendar comes a change in hours for the Port Huron Museum’s Carnegie Center and satellite sites. Andrew Kercher, the Museum’s Community Engagement Manager, says the change in hours took effect Monday for all museum properties except for the Huron Lightship. Those hoping to board the 100 year old vessel will have to wait a while longer, says Kercher, as it undergoes more preservation work.
“We’ve recently had a cathodic system installed. It’s a series of cathodes and anodes buried in the ground, basically to keep the ship from rusting away,” said Kercher on the WPHM Morning Show. “It’s National Historic Landmark that’s a hundred years old, it’s been buried in dirt for fifty of those (years). We want to make sure (the ship) is there for the future.”
Meantime at the Carnegie Center, Kercher says there is still time to check out the current exhibit called “threads” featuring vintage clothing. That exhibit will remain for at least a few more weeks. All museum sites will be open seven days a week from 10am to 5pm now until September 19th. Masks and social distancing will still be required at least for now while indoors. Details on all of the sites can be found on the Museum’s website, www.phmuseum.org.
