The museum is seeking town funds to pay about 17 percent of the $301,600 cost of dismantling, preserving and reassembling an historic Williamstown barn on the institution s grounds. We re hopeful we ll get at least a portion of the funding for this project, said Sarah Currie, a member of the commission who also serves as executive director for the museum. It s important, we think to save this barn because this is one of an ever dwindling collection of barns like this. They often fall into disrepair and are demolished, and their stories can t be told. It s significant to the town because agriculture was so significant to the town.