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Article: Trustees opt to shut down Bair family museum
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- The Billings Gazette
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- February 5, 2005
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The Charles M. Bair Family Museum in Martinsdale, a precious legacy from one of Montana's premier philanthropic families, will not reopen this year, and the museum's advisory board plans to seek a permanent instate home for the museum's extensive collection.
The Charles M. Bair Family Trust Board of Advisers announced the permanent closure Friday, two years after the museum was closed temporarily because of financial difficulties.
The museum, an eclectic collection of fine art, antiques and American Indian artifacts, is located on the family's ranch home in the Musselshell River Valley. It was the gift of Charles Bair's daughters, Marguerite and Alberta, to the community and Montana.
"This ...