Welcome!

First off, I would like to welcome everyone to the Kregel Windmill Factory Museum blog page. I decided to start this blog as a way to give some insight into what we are working on here at the museum, the projects that we have going, and a little about the history of the Kregel factory and the family. I like to think that this is a more open forum where I can convey a little more information than is possible on our Facebook page or via Twitter. I am going to try and post fairly regularly on this page, so check it out from time to time and keep up to date. I will also try and post on our Facebook and Twitter whenever there is an update on the blog. 

One of the things that I wanted to include in this first post was an upcoming article we are going to have in Prairie Fire. I'm not entirely sure of the issue number or date yet but Jeremy (our curator) is putting the finishing touches on it as I type this, with a little help from yours truly, of course. We are hopefully going to do a few of these articles regarding the history of the Kregel factory and specifically the history of the ELI windmill itself; we're assuming about three articles. I will post the text from those articles to this page as they are released, as well as some interesting stories or sections from our monthly newsletter. 

If you would like to receive the newsletter as well as some free admissions to the museum, you can sign up for the Friends of Kregel membership group via an online form at our website www.kregelwindmillfactorymuseum.org or pick up a paper copy of the form here in the museum.

We are also in the planning stages of some events for the museum, since we are going to be open all year long. There have been many good ideas tossed around as to possible family activities to be held here. My personal favorite is the idea of a movie night or a guest speaker series. Believe it or not, there are many good movies and documentaries on the subject of windmills. One of the more interesting documentaries that was released is called William and the Windmill and covers the story of a young boy in Malawi building an electric generating windmill from designs out of an old book, some scrap metal, and trash. Like I said earlier, the speaker series idea was also a good one and even a Christmas celebration of some kind will likely be on the way. If you're in Nebraska City look for the windmill covered in Christmas lights!