Fine grades of excelsior, the 19th-century wood shavings product often used in packaging (in the antediluvian days before styrofoam peanuts) are finding a new application: interior acoustic panels.

Packed with one-of-a-kind and vintage belt-powered woodworking machines ... so this was integral to transportation in the 19th century.” The Schroeder Saddletree Factory Museum is open for ...