It began as a dream in September, 2005. The historical society used land the Lion's Club had donated for the cause.

"We've got a lot of history here, and its leaving us," said New Bloomfield Historical Society Member Richard Rackers. "So, we need to gather up what we've got and put in this building.

The building was built very quickly.

"Just kind of amazed that it all happened so fast," said New Bloomfield Historical Society Member Martin Bryan.

And in two years their dream became a reality.

"People contributed tremendous amounts of money, tremendous amounts of time, their love," said New Bloomfield Historical Society President Gracia Backer.

The historical society has spent about $80,000 of their own money, and the rest has been donated.

"The Sheet Metal Workers gave us 8 thousand for the heating and cooling, The Electrical Workers gave us the wire," said Backer.

The biggest donation has not been money though, but volunteers donating their time to help build.

"We had to put the studding in, had to wire it, had to do the plumbing... we helped paint it," said New Bloomfield Historical Society Member John T. Cave

The space is now waiting to be filled with pieces of history.

"We're going to be working very slowly... probably slower than what people want to decide what to put in here," said Backer. "We can't just take somebody's basement."

There will be a committee to determine which artifacts will be displayed in the museum.

"We have a blanket that belonged to my great uncle. Its a friendship quit," said Cave.

A grist mill patented in 1871 will be in the museum. Rackers takes it to steam engine shows all over the country.

"It belonged to the Barnard family in New Bloomfield," said Rackers. "Someday, its going to be in this historic building."

The purpose of the museum is to make sure New Bloomfield's history is not thrown away and forgotten.

"Unfortunately a lot of it gets pitched, and we are hoping to intercept them," said New Bloomfield Historical Society Member Dave West.

It's not only the physical pieces of history that need to be saved, but the stories too.

"I know a lot of little stories... some of them can't be told," said Bryan. "They'll be gone probably when I am."

Bryan has 89 years of New Bloomfield history in his mind. And the historical society wants to keep the oral history alive too. The support for the museum has come from the all generations, proving the current one, cherishes the older one.

"We were very well supported not only by people here but people throughout the United states who used to live here," said West.

The museum has seen support from outside of New Bloomfield as well.

"That is such a great thing for people that far away to say, hey we still love New Bloomfield and we love what you're doing."

For now it maybe empty, but it will be filled with memories from the past, for the future. There will be a meeting and carry in dinner as part of the historical society's meeting this Sunday at the new museum at 12:30 p.m.