• Gaston County leaders are considering selling the museum's archives building, which houses most of its 83,000 artifacts. • The potential sale follows a recent 30% budget cut to the museum, which resulted in staff layoffs. • Museum board members are concerned about finding a suitable, climate-controlled space to relocate the fragile collection.

Gaston County leaders are discussing selling the Gaston County Museum of Art and History's archives building, which contains thousands of museum historical artifacts and valuable pieces of art, according to a county commissioner.

Commissioner Tom Keigher said in an interview that the county had the property appraised.

"I've heard talk of it," he said, referring to the discussions around selling the building. "I think it's something that they

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