Our tentative reopen date is set for Wednesday, February 2nd. Some contractors that we called were 6-8 months out, so we are thankful that we can get this done sooner rather than later.
* Update : We have a date for the installation of our new flooring! Abbey Flooring in Newport is coming to place vinyl flooring in our giftshop in January 13th. This is the final step in our recovery from the flooding and now have a reopen date of Wednesday, February 16th. * Update : We now have our new flooring in our gift shop (scroll down to see photos). Please denote that the check is for the “Keep Us Afloat” fundraiser, so we can send a proper thank you letter and recognize donors in our newsletter. If you feel the call to donate, click the donate button below or send a check to the address below. This will be a long road to recovery for the museum, but with your help, we can set sail as soon as possible. See images below photos of the flooding and our progress. We are setting a goal of 20,000 dollars in donations to help offset the cost of repairing/replacing damaged carpet/drywall, servicing our elevator (which also took on water), and continuing to contract preventative measures. We still have a lot of work to do, and we are calling on the museum community for help. We then began working toward preventative mitigation, which included clearing drains, repairing gutters, leveling our garden, and rocking all areas that have the potential for flooding. We called an emergency cleanup company, and they went to work drying the building. Our insurance claim was denied, citing that coverage only includes flooding caused by broken interior pipes, not due to rainwater flooding. Thankfully our artifacts were not damaged because they are stored off of the floor.
It came through both our front and back doors and seeped in through the sides of the older portion of our building. In mid-November the museum took on water. Keep Us Afloat No, this boat is not on Siletz Bay, it is in the accession work-area of the museum.