A Pennsylvania museum focused on a historic flood was forced to close indefinitely because its building was flooded.
WJAC.com reports the Johnstown Flood Museum experienced a valve failure on the building’s third floor, with water pouring through the walls. The water damage primarily impacted the facility’s drywall, ceiling tiles and carpets – the museum’s collection of artifacts and archival material was not affected.
The museum stated that it was working with its insurance company to reopen the building once mitigation work was done at the site.
“We are very fortunate that a volunteer docent, Nicky Bosley, came into work in the archives on the day that the museum was closed during our winter operating schedule and discovered there was a problem,” museum officials said in a statement. “She sounded the alarm and allowed us to get in here and keep it from being much, much worse.”
Photo courtesy of Johnstown Flood Museum