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August 18 and August 25: Remus
The Remus Area Historical Society hosts an Archiving Basics and Caring for Collectibles Workshop: one workshop held over two evenings from 6-8pm, $50 per person. Teresa Goforth, Adjunct Professor of Museum Studies at Central Michigan University and former Director of the Michigan Museums Association, will discuss collection policies, managing collections, accessioning objects, basic preservation and care of items paper documents, photographs, textiles and more. Attendance may be limited to 15 persons. To reserve your place contact Pamela Burke at (989) 967-8808 or museum@winntel.net.
November 26 through December 19: Owosso
Enjoy the Steam Railroading Institute's North Pole Express! Passengers enjoy a 4-hour long excursion aboard our vintage passenger cars pulled by a GLC Diesel. At the "North Pole" guests enjoy time with Santa, watch candy canes being made by hand, and enjoy performances of magicians and ventriloquists. New this year: Cocoa Class passengers enjoy first-class hot cocoa and cookie service. For more information or to purchase tickets visit www.mstrp.com.
Now open: St. Johns
Paine-Gillam-Scott Museum is open for the 2010 season, featuring a special exhibit Who doctored the Indians? The Museum offers an impressive display of Indian artifacts from Michigan. The exhibit also offers a look at Doctors in this area from the mid 1800s. Local DAR Chapter "River Wabwaysin" has adopted the front exhibit room at the Museum. Members of the Chapter have loaned artifacts for the exhibit, and will be at the Museum on Sunday afternoons acting as Docents. River Wabwaysin is an Indian name for Looking Glass River, which runs through the south part of Clinton County. For more information, call (989) 224-2894.
MSU Museum presents "Unpacking Collections: The Legacy of Cuesta Benberry, an African American Quilt Scholar" explores the production and meaning of collections and, for the first time, shows this new collection acquired by the MSU Museum in 2009. The Cuesta Benberry African and African American Quilt and Quilt History Collection contains 52 quilts (including family quilts and the only one Benberry actually made), notebooks, quilt kits and patterns, and scores of notes and clippings related to quiltmakers, quilts, and quilt exhibitions. For more information, call (517) 355-2370 or visit the museum website.
With its newest exhibit, "On My Honor: Celebrating 100 Years of Boy Scouts of America, 1910-2010," the Midland County Historical Society celebrates the centennial of an organization that has impacted millions worldwide: The Boy Scouts of America. A few short years after Lord Baden-Powell founded Boy Scouts in 1908, the organization had grown to hundreds of troops located around the world. The Boy Scout of America was organized in 1910, and included in this number was Midland's first Boy Scout troop, organized in 1913. Today there are dozens of troops in Midland County, continuing the Scouting tradition of solid values and community service.
The exhibit is open during MCHS operating hours: Thursday - Saturday: 11 am to 4 pm. Hands-on elements include a rope-making station, knot-tying, and a Pinewood Derby track with cars that visitors can race against each other. Admission is $5 for adults; $3 for children; FREE for MCHS members. Admission includes access to all Heritage Park facilities: Michigan County History Gallery, H. H. Dow Museum, and 1874 Bradley Home.
To submit information for Historical Happenings:
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or E-mail: hsm@hsmichigan.org or FAX: (517) 324-4370
