Kevin Gentry and William Gough of MadMackenzie Solutions tour the East Texas Oil Museum in 2017 during the East Texas Energy Symposium at Kilgore College. The museum is getting ready to reopen after undergoing renovations. Michael Cavazos/News-Journal File Photo

KILGORE — With renovations nearly complete, the East Texas Oil Museum is set to reopen to the public at some point in the next two weeks.

Museum manager Jackie Reynolds said she’d hoped to open the museum’s doors this week, but a minor plumbing issue caused a slight delay.

“It’s safe to say we’ll be open within the next two weeks,” Reynolds said Monday. “(Renovations) have gone really well. It’s just a tedious process because of the artifacts. We want to make sure everything is preserved, so it takes a lot longer than a normal renovation. We have to treat everything with kid gloves.”

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