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Museum to reopen after renovations
SAYREVILLE - The borough's Historical Society Museum will officially reopen on Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
The museum, at 425 Main St., has been closed for almost a year because of construction to provide handicapped access. A new entrance ramp, elevator and bathroom will allow more visitors to visit the museum, and enable volunteers to continue working with artifacts recently donated to the Sayreville Historical Society.
The improvements were funded through state grants obtained by the borough, and municipal employees and Historical Society members recently concentrated their efforts to speed up the reopening.
New exhibits include an extensive collection of Girl Scout memorabilia and uniforms from the 1930s. Most of the Girl Scout items displayed were owned by Miriam Fehrle and her family members, who were among the original leaders and first Girl Scouts in Sayreville. The collection came to the museum through the work of Shimaa Saad, a Girl Scout seeking to achieve her Gold Award. Shimaa presented the results of her research and work of several years to an assembly of Sayreville Girl Scouts and later to members of the Historical Society.
Other immediately noticeable improvements at the museum are a large reframed county map (pre-Sayreville), a matted photograph grouping, and a recently donated map of very early Sayreville. Many artifacts in the Sayreville Historical Society's collection will be displayed in the museum for the first time.
The museum can be visited on most Sundays between 1:30 and 4 p.m., and special group tours can be arranged during the week. The Historical Society can be reached at (732) 390-7046, on the Web at www.sayhistory.com or via e-mail at history@sayhistory.com.
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