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Jan. 12, 2012
According to numbers provided by the Garrett County Historical Society, nearly 7,000 persons – representing seven countries besides the United States – have visited the society’s new Transportation Museum in Oakland since its opening in late August of last year.
Bob Boal, society president, said that he is pleased with the level of interest in the new facility, which was made possible in large part via a grant from the Howard and Audrey Naylor Family Trust.
“In just over four months, there have been 6,889 visitors to the new museum,” he said, adding that the society’s other museum, also in Oakland, averages between 6,000 and 7,000 visitors per year.
There were 65 visitors in the final days of August following the official opening of the new museum, 1,302 visitors in September, 4,069 in October (the majority during the Autumn Glory Festival), 775 in November, and 678 in December. The lower numbers in November and December are partially the result of fewer hours of operation during the winter months.
“While most of the our visitors, as expected, are Americans, we have also had guests from Canada, England, Germany, France, Bulgaria, Brazil, and Australia,” Boal said.
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