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Effort being made to keep antique lighthouse lenses in St. Joseph

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Some volunteers for the St. Joseph Lighthouse are urging the city to do everything in its power to keep heirlooms on loan to the community from the U.S. Coast Guard in St. Joseph as the deadline looms to return them. Speaking to city commissioners this past week, former lighthouse volunteer Jim Brooks said the Heritage Museum and Cultural Center has had two antique Fresnel lenses from the lighthouse light on display for the past ten years. “Thes…

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Heritage Museum and Cultural Center hiring archivist to sort through stored materials

Volunteers with the Heritage Museum and Cultural Center in St. Joseph are sorting through the institution’s vast archive as they prepare to vacate the museum’s property at 601 Main Street and move to a new location. The Heritage is selling the building to the Curious Kids Museum, which plans to start renovations there this summer. Heritage Museum Board President Mike Garey tells us they’ve got thousands of documents, photos, and antiques from th…

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