Maureen Floyd hired as new Clausen Museum Director

Petersburg's Clausen Memorial Museum has a new museum director.

Maureen Floyd was hired this week for the role long-held by Cindi Lagoudakis.

"I've got big shoes to fill, [Lagoudakis] was a great director before me ... I'm hoping that I can learn through her and different people ... I am open and eager," Floyd told the Pilot.

Floyd moved to Petersburg about four years ago.

This August, she walked in the doors of the museum hoping to learn more about Norwegian pioneer Peter Buschmann, who had once lived in her home.

"I just kind of fell in love with this place," she said lightheartedly. "I star...