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When I started in 2021 , we were ready

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to begin the exhibit design process for

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the museum so that we could fully open

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to the public for the first time in

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1617 years . And it's been a really

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long project , but it's now starting to

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come to fruition . Welcome to the

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Weapons Gallery will be , I think , one

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of the most popular areas for the

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museum . We have a very large

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collection . I believe it's around 900 ,

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and it's one of the largest publicly

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available weapons collections west of

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the Mississippi , and the fabricators

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are currently on site with the install

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of the weapons . It's really a fun and

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interesting process . They have created

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these large templates of each of our

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weapons that they can . Post on to each

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of the display cases before they start

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drilling . And they're creating special

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brass mounts for each of the weapons ,

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and they will place those mounts , they

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will drill , they will remove the

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templates , and then , uh , they will

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install the weapons . And in some cases ,

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they're even matching the paint color

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to the weapon itself . A part of this

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process too has been A massive labeling ,

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and , uh , each artifact should have

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its own object number positioned onto

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it , so that everything is easily

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identifiable . This is just the

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beginning , and it's really , I'm

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getting goosebumps thinking about it

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because it's just so exciting that this

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is finally happening and I'm getting

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emotional . So It's , it's just , it's

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really exciting and I , I can't wait to

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share it with everybody . I can't wait

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to share it with OMD . I can't wait to

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share it with the state . I can't wait

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to share it with , you know , everyone

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who decides to come to our facility .