I appreciate that you receive no outside funding, and certainly would like to see the industry support you better, but the fact is I saw this museum when it was newer and in good repair, so spotting the difference is easy.

Obviously you were having a bad day, when you visited the hop museum.
I don’t know what date you visited the museum, however, before the season begins on May 1st, the museum is dusted, vacuumed, mopped and the display cases are cleaned inside and out. The Museum is vacuumed, dusted and cleaned weekly. The bags of ancient dried hops are from last year’s crop. The appearance and lack of fragrance is inherent to un-refrigerated hops that were harvested 7 months ago. Fresh green fragrant hops are not available year round; the museum must rely on the annual harvest which takes place in September each year. There are no broken displays, perhaps you didn’t know what you were looking at? Therefore, you should have asked questions rather than writing a scathing posting on the internet.

Although the introductory video is over 10 years old, it is representative of the modern horticultural practices utilized by the hop industry today.

The back ground music is just that “background”. I will admit the music is not from the late 1800’s, however, to claim that it was blaring is not realistic.

The museum receives no outside funding and everything from the building to the displays was from or by hop growers (present or past) or industry associates. The museum is a continual work in progress, as time & money permits.