01/25/2006: "The Whale Museum Gets New Lighting"

Thanks to San Juan Island Community Foundation and Guard Electric the Whale Museum, and the Museum now has new lighting in both the Gallery and the Store!

Each year, The Whale Museum closes in January and the first two weeks of February to make needed repairs and changes to our facilities. A grant of $2,360 from San Juan Island Community Foundation's Donor Advisor Fund was used specifically to purchase new lighting fixtures and bulbs for the Gallery and Store, and to pay for a portion of the labor costs involved in their installation. Guard Electric donated some labor costs and reduced the price of the lighting fixtures. The Whale Museum staff helped with the installation of the fixtures. "This is truly a wonderful example of the community working together! Thanks, team!," said Associate Director of Development Eliza Buck.

The Whale Museum's Gallery is the primary meeting space for its scholastic programs, the Nature Lecture Series, Marine Naturalist Training and other public events. "The increasing popularity in the number of events held in this space necessitated that we make new lighting a priority. We are very pleased to have an attractive and effective lighting system now in place for the coming season," said Museum Director Rich Osborne.

The Museum welcomes interested islanders to visit The Whale Museum to see the new lighting and some new surprises in the Exhibit Hall when they open again on February 16, 2006. On Thursdays there is no admission fee to the Exhibition Hall for Islanders!