The old red-brick structure that overlooks the Montague River is full of artifacts, but those who help to run it worry about the Garden of the Gulf Museum itself being lost to history. 

That's why the board of directors has come up with a five-year strategic plan that it hopes will breathe new life into the eastern P.E.I. museum and help attract more visitors. 

"We were stagnating," said Peter Verleun, the board's chair. "We were having a hard time drawing in people and promoting ourselves.

"We ju…