Allen County Historical Society’s new director, Jeff Kluever, thought he had to offer a popular family movie, “Night at the Museum,” to lure Iolans to the first ACHS family night at the old jail.
Turned out he was wrong.
“I thought they would come for the movie,” Kluever said of about 30 people who came to Friday evening’s event. But, he happily noted, “They came for the jail.”
The crowd, broken into small groups to maneuver tight corridors, loitered in the building a good hour and a half.
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