[1] It closed several years later due to two factors: lack of support from the state and an additional challenge in that local communities did not see the museum as relevant to their lives.
By 1988 the collections were moved into storage by Russel Brulotte, to a building owned by the Department of Lands.
[7] The museum was close to the Pohnpei Tax and Revenue Office, the Department of Education and Spanish Wall Park.
[9] The museum collection included cultural objects, such as adzes and shell pounders, as well as archaeological artefacts such as pottery sherds and beads from the site of Nan Madol.
[10] The collection also included Second World War material, including a Japanese tank, as well as engineering braces from the German Bell Tower.