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Work is underway at the Butler County History Center and Kansas Oil Museum, adding sidewalks, cement areas for the pumps and upgrading some of the exhibits.
“I’ve been dreaming about putting in sidewalks for a couple of years,” said Teresa Bachman, museum executive director. “This is a big step forward in my mind.”
A large part of the work is concrete.
Sidewalks are replacing the regrind leading to the exhibits to the west and the mulch out to the old school house, making them more accessible. In addition, a large concrete pad is being place by the fence to the south of the museum, on which they will place their pump jacks. They also will run electricity to some of the pumps to make them operational so people can see how they work.
“We also have carpenters who are doing work on some of the exhibits,” Bachman said.
The work is being completed by Innovative Concrete, M&S Construction and Steve Scheutz Construction LLC.
The concrete is expected to take about 10 days, then the carpentry work will begin.
Bachman said they expect it to all be done by the end of February.
The work was funded by individual donations and private foundations.
The outside exhibits will be closed while the work is going on, although inside the museum is open, including the new traveling photography exhibit, “Red Desert, Green Prairie, Blue Sky.” In addition to that exhibit, they will be having some work by local and Kansas artists in another part of the museum, for which a reception will be held Feb. 23.
Work is underway at the Butler County History Center and Kansas Oil Museum, adding sidewalks, cement areas for the pumps and upgrading some of the exhibits.
“I’ve been dreaming about putting in sidewalks for a couple of years,” said Teresa Bachman, museum executive director. “This is a big step forward in my mind.”
A large part of the work is concrete.
Sidewalks are replacing the regrind leading to the exhibits to the west and the mulch out to the old school house, making them more accessible. In addition, a large concrete pad is being place by the fence to the south of the museum, on which they will place their pump jacks. They also will run electricity to some of the pumps to make them operational so people can see how they work.
“We also have carpenters who are doing work on some of the exhibits,” Bachman said.
The work is being completed by Innovative Concrete, M&S Construction and Steve Scheutz Construction LLC.
The concrete is expected to take about 10 days, then the carpentry work will begin.
Bachman said they expect it to all be done by the end of February.
The work was funded by individual donations and private foundations.
The outside exhibits will be closed while the work is going on, although inside the museum is open, including the new traveling photography exhibit, “Red Desert, Green Prairie, Blue Sky.” In addition to that exhibit, they will be having some work by local and Kansas artists in another part of the museum, for which a reception will be held Feb. 23.
