Headcanon accepted. Everyone knows he's a ghost and they accept it because surely there are stranger things in Stardew Valley (I mean come on there is a wizard, a mouse who sells hats, the junimo, and a dwarf in the mines).
Gunther is a ghost, the first curator of the museum, and his spirit became restless when the last curator ran off with the collection, so he's back to set things right but because he's a ghost, he needs the farmer to go out and excavate for him. That's why he never shows up anywhere else, he's bound to the property. Lewis is fine with it because he doesn't have to pay anyone to run the museum/library since ghosts don't need money and it keeps the town budget down.
Addendum: If you have the Jasper NPC mod installed, he's really running the place to rebuild his reputation and get back into the good graces of the archeology/history community that shunned him. He lets Gunther think it's him to appease his restless spirit.
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Gunther is a ghost, the first curator of the museum, and his spirit became restless when the last curator ran off with the collection, so he's back to set things right but because he's a ghost, he needs the farmer to go out and excavate for him. That's why he never shows up anywhere else, he's bound to the property. Lewis is fine with it because he doesn't have to pay anyone to run the museum/library since ghosts don't need money and it keeps the town budget down.
Addendum: If you have the Jasper NPC mod installed, he's really running the place to rebuild his reputation and get back into the good graces of the archeology/history community that shunned him. He lets Gunther think it's him to appease his restless spirit.
And now that I am done, I am installing this mod!