筹备26年终成馆：Museum of Redlands 10月24日免费开馆，剪彩上午10时举行
位于加州圣贝纳迪诺县的 Redlands 市，一座讲述本城历史的博物馆筹备26年后即将开门迎客。据 Redlands 市政府与 A.K. Smiley 公共图书馆消息，Museum of Redlands 定于10月24日（周六）正式向公众开放，开馆庆典上午10时以剪彩仪式开始，地点在 1 North Center Street——馆址由原 Redlands Daily Facts 报社大楼翻新扩建而成，这座建筑本身就曾是记录本城日常的地方。活动免费，开馆后长期免费入场。
开馆日节目包括 Redlands Fourth of July Band 的现场演奏与受邀嘉宾致辞；到访者可获纪念品，包括一枚纪念徽章与一张明信片，明信片画面是 Pasadena 艺术家 Joseph Stoddard 为博物馆大楼所绘的水彩画。
新馆将隶属 A.K. Smiley 公共图书馆特别收藏部，成为该部继 Lincoln Memorial Shrine 之后管理的第二座博物馆。该图书馆的 Heritage Room 长期保存 Redlands 的历史照片、地图、文献与口述史，是本城历史记忆的保管者。Redlands 在19世纪末南加柑橘业大发展中兴起，柑橘园曾是这座城市的经济支柱，也塑造了它今天的历史建筑与社区面貌。
开馆后，博物馆每周三至周日上午11时至下午4时开放，免费入场。
After 26 Years of Effort, the Museum of Redlands Opens Free to the Public on October 24
In Redlands, a city in San Bernardino County, California, a museum devoted to the city's history will open its doors after a 26-year community effort. According to the City of Redlands and A.K. Smiley Public Library, the Museum of Redlands is scheduled to open to the public on Saturday, October 24, with an opening celebration beginning at 10 a.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 1 North Center Street. The museum occupies the renovated and expanded former Redlands Daily Facts building, a site long associated with documenting community life. The event is free, and admission will remain free.
The opening program will feature music from the Redlands Fourth of July Band and remarks from invited dignitaries. Visitors will receive commemorative keepsakes, including a pin and a postcard featuring a watercolor depiction of the museum building by Pasadena artist Joseph Stoddard.
The museum will become part of the Special Collections Division of A.K. Smiley Public Library, joining the Lincoln Memorial Shrine as the second museum managed by that division. The library's Heritage Room has long preserved Redlands' historical photographs, maps, documents, and oral histories. Redlands emerged during Southern California's great citrus expansion in the late nineteenth century, when orange groves built the city's economy and shaped its distinctive homes, schools, churches, and civic institutions.
After opening day, the museum will operate Wednesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with free admission.
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图片来源：图：清晨的 A.K. Smiley 公共图书馆航拍（该馆特别收藏部负责管理新开馆的 Museum of Redlands，资料图）。Steve Carroll 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，取自维基共享资源。Photo: A.K. Smiley Public Library at sunrise, seen from the air; the library's Special Collections Division manages the new Museum of Redlands (file photo). By Steve Carroll, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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