Scouts Paint Museum and Research Center
Posted on Nov 21, 2005 in categories Press Releases
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Andrew Gern painting the pitched ceiling in the Historical Society’s Research Center.
New Trier High School Junior Andrew Gern organized a Boy Scout Painting Project to benefit the Glencoe Historical Society this past weekend. Five hours Saturday and five hours Sunday were spent rolling interior walls with two coats of ivory tinted paint. Participants included Andrew, twelve of his high school friends and fellow Scouts, members of Andrew’s family, and Historical Society Board Members. Even Andrew’s little sister got into the act, using an appropriately sized roller! The combined muscle power and camaraderie of the participants made relatively quick work of an otherwise daunting task.
This past summer the two main exhibit rooms of The Eklund History Center were painted, floors sanded and moldings installed. Andrew Gern’s offer of painting assistance provided the initiative to extend the painting/floor refinishing project to the remaining rooms in the museum. Additionally to protect collections and provide energy savings, UV window film is scheduled to be applied to all exterior glass surfaces in the building.
Andrew Gern’s little sister rolling paint on a wall of the GHS furnace room.
History Center Curators are anxious for the renovation work to be complete to enable exhibits to be mounted. This year the theme of the exhibit is Glencoe Schools Through the Years. Germane to this exhibit is a recently donated 148-year-old bronze bell which once hung above Central School and more recently hung in the tower of Glencoe’s Trinity Lutheran Church. Visitors to the Historical Society are welcomed during the renovation, but the public is encouraged to watch for a “grand opening” after the first of the year.