SEWARD, Neb. (AP) — The new Seward home for the Nebraska National Guard State Museum is slowly taking shape as it’s transformed from its previous mission as a Guard armory.

The Nebraska National Guard’s state historian, Gerald “Jerry” Meyer, said the museum’s nearly 11,000 items provide him with “a treasure hunt every day.”

The museum’s former home was in the State Arsenal building on what was the state fair location in Lincoln. The National Guard moved the museum to make way for the Nebraska Innovation Campus, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln research park being built on the former fairgrounds.

The Guard hopes to have the Seward building and grounds ready for visitors during Seward’s Fourth of July celebration next year.