Middlesex County Museum appreciates its many volunteers

Museum volunteers Vel Gray and Claudia Soucek visited with Middlesex High School history students, who toured the Middlesex County Museum this month. They helped students with a scavenger hunt designed around the World War II exhibit, including Middlesex County veterans and their personal stories. The students heard a first-hand family account of Soucek’s uncle’s story of being shot down over France four days after D-Day.

New county resident Renee Loustaunau joined our pool of volunteers after visiting our tent at Arts in the Middle event. She began working with us researching and installing exhibits. She then transitioned to working with records related to our accessions. She has captured specific information on each item that has been donated to the museum which then allows David Jett to enter it into the computer system. She has also helped with research into the background information about the objects…