Good Will Home Association

The L.C. Bates Museum will conserve 35 unique historic and scientific ornithological taxidermy mounts and their historic case housing dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The project activities will be shared with other museum colleagues through museum newsletter articles and a workshop, and will be shared with visitors through an exhibit and docent tours, five family workshops, a hands-on activity, and a public cable television program of the museum workshop. These bird specimens have significant scientific, artistic, educational, and historical value that meet the needs of today's visitors, and they need to be preserved for future generations of learners.