Later, a local women's group began to raise funds and purchase building materials, and with the labor contributed by individuals, union, and then convicts, preliminary reconstruction was begun in 1949. The goal was to open it to public visitation as a museum.
後來，當地的婦女社區俱樂部開始籌款，購置建材，並由個人、工會，甚至監獄犯人等貢獻人力，而於一九四九年完成初步整建工作，並以博物館的型態開放供民眾參觀。