By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – Years in the making, the American Giant’s Museum officially opens this weekend in rural Logan County.

The museum offers an array of collections, from old Texaco gas pumps to historic artifacts of historic Route 66.

For Scott McCoy, the Director of Tourism for Atlanta, the new museum also offers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

“American Giants museum was created and designed to look like an old 1960’s Texaco gas station,” Scott McCoy, Director of Tourism for Atlanta, said on WJBC’s Afternoon Show. “Some people think it’s actually an old gas station, (but) it isn’t, it’s all brand new construction.

But it was designed that way because of the big friend. And the big friend is going to sit on the corner. There are only six in existence in the world, and we have one of them, and it’s fully restored.”

Over the past year, Joel Baker, a leading expert on “American Giants,” restored the new Texaco big foot.

“We will have six on the property at the giant’s museum itself and then, of course, the Bunion (statue) across the street. So there will be seven, all within 200 yards of each other. It will be a world record,” McCoy added.

The museum offers an array of collections, from Texaco gas pumps to historic artifacts.

The museum’s staff plans a ceremony for Sunday at 12:30 p.m. featuring Joel Baker at the museum.

For those wanting to attend, the event is free and open to the public.

Blake Has can be reached at [email protected].