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Looking for something to do on a Sunday afternoon? Why not make a trip to the museum? The Freeport Historical Museum, that is. Run by the Freeport Historical Society, the 350 S. Main St., attraction has resumed Sunday afternoon walk-in hours in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, welcoming visitors between 2 and 5 p.m. through the end of October. The structure itself is a historic house once occupied by a bayman, one of the hardy crew that helped Freeport become an East Coast fi shing and boating destination. From a full 19th-century kitchen, to historic clothing across two centuries, to the earliest electric appliances, to memorabilia from Freeport race champ and historian Marty Himes, the museum has enough to keep visitors — young and old — enthralled and coming back for more. In the backyard stands the original 9/11 monument produced spontaneously by the Freeport community at Ray Street and South Bayview Avenue, before it was replaced by the Firefi ghter Richard T. Muldowney Jr. Memorial Lighthouse. The society hosts periodic open houses, artifact sales, and community events. The museum helps the society promote and encourage historical research, according to its website. It also provides opportunities for members to gather and disseminate information concerning the early history of Freeport, and to create and preserve exhibits like books, photographs, manuscripts, papers and relics.

Reine Bethany/Herald Above Photo: The fl agpole of the Freeport Historical Museum at 350 S. Main St., got a makeover courtesy of Freeport Signs & Rigging proprietor Hale Storm. It was all just in time for the museum’s return to walk-in Sunday afternoon visits from the surrounding community.

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Reine Bethany/Herald Photo 1: In the museum’s map room, books secure the curling edges of the venerable maps until the paper relaxes and the maps can be mounted.

Photo 2: The Hoosier Cabinet of the museum’s old-time kitchen is loaded with antique cooking-related implements – and some instruments of medical kitchen chemistry.

Photo 3: The Freeport High School Memorabilia area displays team jackets, band uniforms, vintage photos, and some longago playthings.

Photo 4: Freeport Historical Society president Lorraine Avitabile says the Golden Age bicycle in the Costume Room is a favorite with museum visitors.

Photo 5: Donated to the Freeport Historical society from the Himes Museum of Motor Racing Memorabilia in Bayshore, these posters are about 70 years old.