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Executive Director Hal Spackman says after some delays the Sitka History Museum is set to open sometime this summer. (Photo/KCAW/Katherine Rose)
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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)
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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)
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Anichenko shows a form made by a volunteer that will support the robe on display (Photo/KCAW/Katherine Rose)