This building is like, cavernous.

It has all these hallways and levels.

Look at this stuff.

Look at that bison up there.

Haven't seen you in a while man.

Good to see you.

Same.

Thanks for coming out.

I've been pretty good.

You guys going to give us a tour?

Yeah.

You're at the entrance to the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum.

The building here has gone to somewhat disrepair, and our landlord is kicking us out.

I want to show you the collection we have here.

It's rather significant.

It has over 600 taxidermy specimens and about 130 glass cases.

Most of it is getting close to 100 years old and it's all from New England.

We're in the process of moving right now, so things are a bit of a disarray.

I bought it all and then I, over a period of years, I donated almost all of it to to the nonprofit.

I can tell you about what it means for me.

I've always felt that if people can see some of these animals close up, that would help develop a connection, so that they would again, have more awareness of what's out there, and have a feelin that they want to preserve it.

It was like, if you pick the thing you want to do in your kid, but really gotten away from, this was it.

I realized after a couple of years, we just weren't getting that kind of visitorship.

Then I eventually sold the building over six years ago.

It's got to be all packed pretty tight in that space to fit too.

But yeah, that's where it'll be in storage there until hopefully we can, find a new location to, to either build or find a suitable building to, to reopen the museum.