PITTSBURG, Kan. (AP) — A southeastern Kansas county museum that faced tight budgets closed this week with the resignation of its only staffer, who was unpaid.

The Joplin Globe reports that director and curator Mark Dulek, who has worked on a volunteer-basis since 2012 for the Crawford County Museum, officially submitted his resignation Wednesday.

Dulek says he was the lone remaining member of the 75-year-old Crawford County Historical Society. It owns the bulk of the contents in the museum.

The building and land is owned by the Crawford County Commission and was leased to the society on a 99-year contract.

Visitors to the museum have declined in recent years. Dulek says he believes that’s because it only was open on the weekends and on Fridays, when he could find someone else to volunteer.