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Arkansas Exhibitions Calendar
For Further Information contact:
Neva Boatright, Director, Lower White River Museum State
Park, 2009 Main Street, Des Arc, AR 72040, phone: 870 256-3711,
fax: 870 256-9202, Email:
neva.boatright@arkansas.gov
March 24, 2007 – September 2008 |
Discovering the Bluff Dwellers, The Rogers Historical Museum
Since the late 1800s amateur enthusiasts and trained archeologists have searched the bluffs along the White River for clues to the lives of the American Indians who became known as the “Ozark bluff dwellers.” A new exhibition tells the story of that search. A wide variety of artifacts recovered from the bluffs will be on loan from the University Museum Collections, University of Arkansas. Panels will feature photographs from the collections of the University Museum and the Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution.
A re-creation of a section of a bluff shelter will illustrate the ways Indians used the bluffs and will provide a space for hands-on activities.
Visitors will be able to handle materials such as split cane, antler and deer hide that the Indians used. Activities will include making a feather string to take home; such strings were woven together by the Indians to make warm robes and blankets.
The Rogers Historical Museum is located at 322 South Second Street at the corner of Second and Cherry in historic downtown Rogers.
For more information contact the museum by calling (479) 621-1154 or visit www.rogersarkansas.com/museum.
Opening March 24, 2007 – September 2008
Admission: Free
This piece of a basket found at Indian Bluff will be included in “Discovering the Bluff Dwellers.” Courtesy University Museum Collections, University of Arkansas. |
| March 10, 2007 – November 2007 |
Above and Beneath This World – Native American Rock Art and Cosmology in the Arkansas River Valley, Museum of Prehistory& History, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville
An exhibit designed to create a greater awareness of the presence and nature of Native American Rock Art in Arkansas, as well as how to preserve this valuable cultural resource. Dr. George Sabo, Arkansas Archeological Survey and author of, Rock Art in Arkansas will be the guest curator.
Contact Judith Stewart-Abernathy, 479-964-0831, Judith.stweart-abern@atu.edu |
| January 15, 2007 – August 4, 2007 |
Say Cheese!, Shiloh Museum, Springdale
An exhibit of cameras used by portrait photographers from the late 1800s to the 1970s,” said Susan Young, Museum outreach coordinator. “The earlier cameras are hand-crafted of polished woods, brass and leather, a far cry from modern metal and plastic cameras,” continued Young.
Contact: Susan Young, 479-750-8165
Admission: Free |
April 9 –
October 27, 2007 |
20th Century Quilts, Shiloh Museum, Springdale
An exhibit of quilts from the 1900s
Contact: Susan Young, 479-750-8165
Admission: Free |
April 27 –
August 23, 2007 |
Rodeo Days, Shiloh Museum, Springdale
A photo exhibit on the Rodeo of the Ozarks
Contact: Susan Young, 479-750-8165
Admission: Free |
January 20, 2007 – April 8, 2007 |
Good Vibrations, Arkansas Discovery Network, Little Rock
This collection of innovative, inquiry-based exhibits was developed and built especially for the Arkansas Discovery Network by the world-renowned Exploratorium in San Francisco. Through hands-on investigation, boys and girls of all ages will be engaged in learning about weather, sound, light, geology and motion. Exhibits include a Heat Camera which displays heat as a color image on a large screen and a Seismograph which will record the patterns of a miniature earthquake made by stomping your foot on the floor. Ever wonder what your voice looks like? Find out with the Speech Dissector which slices a recording of your voice into pieces and displays a visual pattern on a screen.
For more information visit www.arkansasdiscoverynetwork.org |
For more information about any of the below park events contact Holly Houser, Historical Park Interpreter at holly.houser@arkansas.gov or 479/846-2990.
Several Civil War events scheduled at Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park include:
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August 19, 2007 -
1 pm - 5 pm
Sept 16, 2007 -
1 pm - 5 pm |
Webb Civil War & Antique Collection:
Ann and C. W. Webb will display and talk about an array of items from their personal collection of Civil War and antique kitchen ware. Meet at Hindman Hall.
Admission: Free |
July 22, 2007 -
1 pm - 4 pm
August 26, 2007 -
1 pm - 4 pm
Sept 23, 2007 -
1 pm - 4 pm |
Burgess Civil War Collection:
Local Civil War enthusiast Steve Burgess will display and talk about Civil War items from his personal collection, including bullets, cannonballs, and other items found in northwest Arkansas. Meet in Hindman Hall. Admission: Free |
July 21, 2007 –
10 am – 2 pm
August 18, 2007
10 am – 2 pm
Sept 15, 2007 –
10 am – 2pm |
Cannon demonstration with First Arkansas Light Artillery group:
Cannon demonstration with First Arkansas Light Artillery group - Firing of Cannon demonstration every hour from 10 am to 2 pm. |
July 8, 2007 -
1 pm - 4 pm
August 12, 2007 -
1 pm - 4 pm
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Spinning Demonstration:
See members of the local Wool and Wheel Handspinners Guild demonstrate the ancient art of spinning thread, and discuss the basics of making cloth in the Arkansas Ozarks. Meet in Hindman Hall. Admission: Free |
| Sept 1-3, 2007
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56th Annual Clothesline
Fair
Visit more than 200 craft booths with artisans demonstrating
and selling their wares. Living history, musical
entertainment, and square dancing are all important parts of
this celebration. Refreshments available through the Prairie
Grove Lions Club and other local non-profit organizations.
Admission: $4 per vehicle for parking in the state park |
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Saturday April
12, 2008. |
Sense
of Place – Reconstructing Community Through Oral History and
Archeology
Arkansas Tech
University Museum, Russellville
The Arkansas Tech
Museum’s Techionery Gallery opened a new exhibit Saturday
April 12, 2008. The Sense of Place exhibit focuses on the
communities of Treat and Big Lick and the families who lived
along the Moccasin and Indian Creeks in northwest Pope
County. Guest Curator for the exhibit is Mary Z. Brennan,
Ph.D. candidate in anthropology. Brennan has been
researching the cultural landscape of the area and talking
with associated families since 2003 and has documented
approximately 50 sites that are the remains houses,
farmsteads, fields, schools, and mills. Her research builds
on the work done by Tate C. ‘Piney” Page (The Voices of
Moccasin Creek) and other local historians and genealogists.
For more additional information contact Judith
Stewart-Abernathy at 479/964-0826 or 479/964-0831
Admission: Free |
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Virgil Lovelace
and Life on the Farm
Rogers Historical
Museum, Rogers to celebrate April 12 opening of a new
exhibit based on Virgil Lovelace's book
The new exhibit
is based on Virgil Lovelace’s book
A Kid’s Eye View
of Living on a
Farm in
Northwest Arkansas
about
growing up on a farm near Rogers back in the days when
horsepower meant the two-legged kind. On April 12 the
Rogers Historical Museum opened a new family-friendly
exhibit based on his stories of that childhood.
Virgil Arthur
Lovelace was born on September 11, 1907, in the Little Flock
community northwest of Rogers. Years later he recalled
being told that “I was already a squalling baby when Dr.
Rufus Rice arrived in his one-horse buggy.” His parents
were John and Dora Lovelace. Virgil lived the typical life
of an early 20th century farm boy. He attended a
country school, swam in the river, hunted and fished, and
helped with the chores.
In his writings
Lovelace described not only chores, but also trips to swim
in the White River, Halloween pranks, and picnics after
church on Sunday. He noted that even if it might seem “that
I did not enjoy my boyhood, now I realize that it was the
best years of my life, and only having these experiences
makes me appreciate the luxuries of today: the automobile,
airplane, electricity, refrigeration, natural gas and
television.”
Contact: For more
information on this and other exhibits and programs, call
479/621-1154 or visit www.rogersarkansas.com/museum
Admission is
free. |
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May 10 through
October 25. |
The Life Atomic:
Growing Up in the Shadow of the A-Bomb
Rogers Historical
Museum, Rogers
The Rogers
Historical Museum will be opening a new exhibit on May 10
through October 25. "The Life Atomic: Growing Up in the
Shadow of the A-Bomb " takes both a serious
and a light-hearted look at life in the early atomic era.
From a re-creation of a family basement fallout shelter to
B-movies and "atomic" toys, this exhibit will illustrate the
impact of the atomic bomb on everyday life in the 1950s and
early 1960s.
Funded by Museums
for America grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and
Library Services, "The Life Atomic" is intended as a vehicle
for intergenerational discussion about the threats faced by
Americans in the early atomic age and the threats that face
our nation today. After the panels and a selection of props
and teaching collection objects that can be used in a
shelter re-creation or in cases will become a traveling
exhibit. The traveling version of the exhibit also will
include plans for building a shelter re-creation, brochures,
posters, and a press kit. The exhibit can be borrowed for
$800 for a six-week loan period, plus shipping to the next
venue. For more information on the traveling version of
"The Life Atomic," contact John Burroughs at 479-621-1154 or
jburroughs@rogersark.org.
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The title panel
of "The Life Atomic." |
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September
10, 2009, to June 27, 2010. |
World of the
Pharaohs
Arkansas Arts
Center, Little Rock
The
Arkansas Arts Center is proud to announce it will present
the epic exhibition World of the Pharaohs: Egyptian
Masterpieces from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from
September 10, 2009, to June 27, 2010.
“World of the
Pharaohs
will be the first exhibition of Egyptian art to come to
Arkansas,” said Arkansas Arts Center Executive Director Nan
Plummer. “The Arkansas Arts Center is committed to bringing
the best art to our state. The art of this amazing ancient
culture is utterly fascinating—and important—to human beings
all over the world. To see 3,000 years of advanced
civilization right here in Little Rock,—it’s a thrill that
Arkansans deserve,” she said.
Spanning more than 3,000 years of dynastic history, World of
the Pharaohs consists of more than 200 objects. The
exhibition dramatically illustrates the rich and diverse
aspects of one of the world's great civilizations and is
particularly strong in excavated material from the Pyramid
age (2675-2130 B.C.), widely regarded as Egypt's finest
hour.
Contact:
501-372-4000 or visit www.arkarts.com
Funded in part
by: Arkansas Arts Center programs are supported in part by:
the City of Little Rock; Arkansas Arts Council, an agency of
the Department of Arkansas Heritage and the National
Endowment for the Arts. |
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July 6th
& August 24th
September 28th,
& October 19th |
Webb Civil
War & Antique Collection
Prairie Grove
Battlefield State Park, Prairie Grove
Park volunteers
Ann and C. W. Webb will display and talk about an array of
items from their personal collection of Civil War and
antique kitchen ware. July 6th, August 24th,
September 28th,
& October 19th
Admission: Free |
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July 20, August
17 and September 21 |
Burgess Civil War
Collection
Prairie Grove
Battlefield State Park, Prairie Grove
Local Civil War
enthusiast Steve Burgess will display and talk about Civil
War items from his personal collection, including bullets,
cannonballs, and other items found in northwest Arkansas on
the following dates July 20, August 17 and
September 21
Admission: Free |
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July 13and
August 10. |
Spinning &
Lace Making Demonstrations
Prairie Grove
Battlefield State Park, Prairie Grove
See members of
the local Wool and Wheel Handspinners Guild and Dogwood Lace
groups demonstrate the ancient art of spinning thread, and
discuss the basics of making cloth in the Arkansas Ozarks on
July 13, and August 10.
Admission: Free
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August 30 and
September 1 |
57th Annual
Clothesline Fair
Prairie Grove
Battlefield State Park, Prairie Grove
This event
features more than 200 craft booths with artisans
demonstrating and selling their wares. Living history,
musical entertainment, and square dancing are all important
parts of this celebration, August 30 - September 1
Contact: Praire
Grove Battlefield State Park 479/846-2990 or email
prairiegrove@arkansas.gov .
Admission: Free,
Parking is $4 per vehicle |
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