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Limitations remain in place for visitors exploring the Guthrie County Historical Village and Museum, but Guthrie County Conservation is working on ways to improve upon its offerings for the time being.

The village opened for its 2020 season in June, with the main museum building and restrooms closed, visitors restricted from going inside the village buildings, and a freewill donation being accepted instead of the normal admission fee. Conservation Director Brad Halterman says Village Curator Kristine Jorgensen has been looking at another way they can attract the public while ensuring social distancing, “Kristine has been working diligently on the implement building and we’ve been working on the implement building to try and rearrange things in the implement building and rearrange a couple of the displays in there, and working towards being able to open that building up with an entrance and things roped off. And people being able to walk in and kind of follow the areas around that building and then exit through another door to keep people separate.”

Halterman adds his staff is in constant communication with similar museums in the state to find new ways to offer educational, tourism opportunities to the public. The village is open from 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and Saturday from 1-4 p.m. in Panora.