A crowd gathers outside the new Sequim Museum & Arts exhibit center at 544 N. Sequim Ave. for its grand opening on July 6. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

Judy Reandeau Stipe, executive director of Sequim Museum & Arts, welcomes visitors and dignitaries to the museum’s new exhibit center on North Sequim Avenue on July 6. Photo by Bob Lampert

Freemasons Grand Master Charles Wood asks dignitaries to help lay the cornerstone at the grand opening of the Sequim Museum & Arts facility on July 6. Museum executive director Judy Reandeau Stipe is behind Wood. Sequim Gazette photos by Michael Dashiell

Freemason Jim Bekkevar of Sequim, center, talks with the family of Matt Dryke near an exhibit extolling Dryke’s sharp shooting at the 1984 Olympic Games that earned the Sequim native a gold medal. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

Above, visitors check out the Manis mastodon exhibit and more at the grand opening of the new Sequim Museum & Arts building on July 6. Left, Matt Dryke, 1984 Olympic Games gold medal winner (skeet shooting), joins his daughter Ellen at the opening of the new Sequim Museum & Arts building. A section of the museum details Dryke’s storied career in the sport.

Matt Dryke, 1984 Olympic Games gold medal winner (skeet shooting), joins his daughter Ellen at the opening of the new Sequim Museum & Arts building on July 6. A section of the museum details Dryke’s storied career in the sport. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

Dark skies didn’t damper festivities at the Sequim Museum & Arts grand opening on July 6. Photo by Bob Lampert

Inside the Sequim Museum & Arts facility on June 7, and a (below) month later, at the facility’s grand opening. Photo by Bob Lampert

Photo by Bob Lampert

Photo by Bob Lampert

Photo by Bob Lampert