Reopening our two Museum sites

 

The new hours for the General Store Site for the remainder of the Fall is Wednesday and Thursday 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM and Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 PM. The Hoffmann site remains open until the end of October with limited hours.

 

Our archival material is accessible to the public via our email. Email the museum whatever you want to research, and we will provide you with the materials.

 

All our school tours, Museum Sundays, programming will be virtual as our guest’s safety is still a top priority for us here. We are currently working on methods to bring school programming to the schools with minimal social interaction.

  

 

 

When you arrive the museum staff will ask you information for contact tracing (phone number, email, and address),and ask you health questions to determine whether or not you are able to visit the museum at that given time. We ask that you use the hand sanitizer that we have at the front of the building before you enter. Once you have answered all our questions you can wander the museum by following the pathways we have marked along our floors. We ask that visitors do not touch anything, and we have done our best to remove all hands-on items from our galleries.

 

We are also only allowing four visitors in our buildings at one time. There is the exception of a “bubble” of six people but only if there are no other visitors in the building. We have created lines/circles outside of our sites to allow lineups if needed.

 

There will be no public washrooms at this time, no exceptions. The upstairs of the museum as well as the staff kitchen will be roped off to prevent guests from wandering into off limit areas.

 

We are now requiring the use of face masks within the building. We are offering disposable masks for visitors who want them for a $2.00 donation. We ask that guests use the front doors of both sites to go into and out of the buildings (both sites front doors open onto Harris Road). Door handles will be sanitized as much as needed, and between each staff members use.

 

There will be signage regarding all the above-mentioned measures.

  

 

We are sanitizing any touch points in the museum after every single guest. We are hand washing and sanitizing as needed (for example: after touching anything, before dealing with guests). The staff will also be wearing face shields during your visit, with the option of also wearing masks. There will be more cleaning in place as we see fit to keep the guests and staff safe. We are also only allowing one staff member to greet guests on each day to minimize contact.

 

The staff have received separate protocols regarding keeping our working space safe during Covid-19 and cleaning procedures for high contact points for staff (i.e. the washroom).