MARYSVILLE – City workers helped put up a totem pole at the new Marysville Museum.

Steve Bryant and Frank Stair used a crane to hoist the 18-foot-tall totem pole on to a cement platform at the northwest side of the new museum, which is next to Jennings Park at 6805 Armar Road.

Historian Ken Cage and others with the museum then bolted the totem pole to a stand so it won’t fall over. The pole was donated from Sitka, Alaska.

Meanwhile, inside, some restrooms are now finished, along with some displays. Cage said the facility could be ready to open by fall.

Because of donated labor and materials, Cage has said the 8,000-square-foot museum could be worth $2 million, even though it cost just $700,000 to build. The Great Rotary Town Hall looks like an old-time town street with a car dealership, phone company and other displays. It will double as a community room for parties, reunions, anniversaries, Rotary meetings, etc., with a small kitchen nearby.

People can still help to help finish the museum by: donating to the Marysville Historical Society Building Fund; buying a membership to the society for an individual $25 or family $50; or buying a brick to celebrate, memorialize or advertise just about any occasion. Costs range from $50 to $95. For details contact Cage at 360-659-3090.