The Yellow Trail Museum in Hope is going to be open for winter hours for the first time. That’s because of the new satellite office for the Columbus Area Visitors Center that was opened in the building last year.

Barb Johnson, director of the museum, says that in previous years, the museum shut down from January to April.

Under the new schedule, the research area will be open Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The museum itself will be open Tuesdays from 10 to 2, Thursdays and Fridays from 11 to 5 and Saturdays from 1 to 5.

The museum is on the northwest side of the Hope Town Square on State Road 9 in northeastern Bartholomew County.

For more information, you can call 812-371-7969.