Jamestown (CSi)  The National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown is nearing completion of renovations.  It is currently open to the public from 10-a.m., to 5-p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Starting Memorial Day, the hours will switch to seven days a week from 8-a.m.to 8-p.m.

On Tuesday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Director, Illana Xinos said renovations have changed the layout Museum, adding that the 15 minute video, which will have its own viewing area, will become operational soon.

She pointed out that the video tells the story of the American Bison, the officials U.S. mammal, the history of the bison, through modern times, along with the origins of the National Buffalo Museum.

Illana added that White Cloud the albino buffalo that roamed the pasture behind the museum for many years,  and passed away a few months ago, will return home in preserved form and will be on display soon, in the museum’s largest exhibit space.  An interpretive panel will be installed that will explain the significance of the white buffalo.

The National Buffalo Museum is also organizing this year’s White Cloud Days, festivities.

New this year is a 5K run/walk which will lead off the White Cloud Days Parade on July 8, 2017.

Funds raised will go to support the Two Rivers Activity Center (TRAC) which opens in August this year.

Parade entries are being accepted at the Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce.

Illana and Jamestown Tourism Director Searle Swedlund will attend an International Tourism Conference this weekend in Bismarck.

Also on our show Searle pointed out the significance of the National Buffalo Museum on tourism in Jamestown, on telling the story of the Jamestown area.

On another topic, he added that the 1883 Stutsman County Courthouse will be open for summer hours through Labor Day from 10-a.m., to 5-p.m.

He pointed out that, regionally, the Peggy Lee, Midland Continental Railroad Museum in Wimbledon will host its 5th Anniversary, on Peggy Lee’s birthday on May 26, 2017.