Executive Director Hal Spackman says after some delays the Sitka History Museum is set to open sometime this summer. (Photo/KCAW/Katherine Rose)

 

Jenya Anichenko considers how to display various artifacts (Photo KCAW/Katherine Rose)

 

Tom Bennett works on a mount for a small exhibit. Bennett, a curator at the Alaska Heritage Museum in Anchorage, traveled to Sitka for three days to teach volunteers how to properly build mounts for various exhibits in the museum. (Photo/KCAW/Katherine Rose)

 

The back of a Russian Orthodox priest’s robe from the 1800s- one of 96 objects that will be on display at the new museum. (Photo/KCAW/Katherine Rose)

 

Anichenko shows a form made by a volunteer that will support the robe on display (Photo/KCAW/Katherine Rose)