Hope for Lebanon museum gets brighter after council action taken

The city-owned building at 626 S Second St., which used to be a hospital and library, will soon house Lebanon’s first museum. Photos by Sarah Brown

Eight years after an ad hoc committee was formed to pursue the establishment of a museum in Lebanon, one of the biggest hurdles – if not the biggest hurdle – to the end goal has been overcome.

“It really is a legacy for our town; it’s something that’s been so long-coming,” Lebanon Museum Foundation President Paul Aziz said. “To see this happen, to see City Council backing it… it’s just so exciting and I’m just…