Webster museum addition set to open in May with artifacts from former courthouse museum

Museum board president Jim Brakefield unpacks artifacts from Day County Courthouse Museum Jan. 28 in Museum of Wildlife, Science & Industry’s new Bloom-Knapp Addition which will open in May. The combination of the two museums had been in conversation for several years before being put into motion last year with the construction of a 2,400 square foot addition to the highway museum. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee
Museum board president Jim Brakefield unpacks artifacts from Day County Courthouse Museum Jan. 28 in Museum of Wildlife, Science & Industry’s new Bloom-Knapp Addition which will open in May. The combination of the two museums had been in conversation for several years before being put into motion last year with the construction of a 2,400 square foot addition to the highway museum. Reporter & Farmer | Leyton Beardslee

Museum of Wildlife, Science & Industry in Webster recently completed a new building to house thousands of artifacts from the Day County Courthouse Museum with the combination of the two museums, a process which has been underway since last spring.

Museum volunteer Monte Rougemont said combining the two museums had been an idea for several years but with donations from the Harold and Irene Bloom…