A soft opening of the WCHS museum and library was held on June 16^th and 17^th with invitations sent out to city, county and state officials as well as school and library personnel to come and check out the resources of our facility. This event was held to make local organizations and politicians aware of the vast resources the museum has to offer before completely opening to the public.

Some of those who visited the museum during the soft opening were State Representative Dave Severin, County Sheriff Bennie Vick, County commissioners Tim Atkisson and Jim Marlo, Carterville author/historian Jennifer Spence, and the Marion Carnegie Library was represented by Kelley McMullen and Loretta Broomfield.

The museum is set to reopen to the public four days a week from Wednesday through Saturday starting on Wednesday June 23rd from 9:30 to 3:00 P.M.