News4JAX was invited inside the USS Orleck to get a look at the work that has to be done before it moves to its permanent home a short distance away.
It took all weekend to move the Jacksonville Fire Museum from Metropolitan Park to in front of the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office headquarters. As of early Monday evening, the building was finally at its new, permanent home.
“I am hoping it will bring some more life to downtown. I mean, the loss of the Landing took a life away from downtown,” Resler said.It could take over a year before the museum is actually ready to reopen. It has been closed for six years at its old site because it needed to be repaired. Another museum that will be in the area is the USS Orleck, which is now temporarily docked near the Main Street Bridge.