Fall Family Day – October 15 – Old Independence Regional Museum
Fall Family Day – October 15 – Old Independence Regional Museum
Museum to Host Fall Family Day
“Welcome to the Carnival”
Celebrate the fall season with Old Independence Regional Museum at Fall Family Day on Saturday, October 15 from 10am to 2pm. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s program theme is “Welcome to the Carnival”. Visitors will be able to try their hand at various carnival games and win prizes.
“We hope everyone will join us for this fun family event,” states Humanities Educator Vicki Garland. The carnival will include various ring toss, duck pond and knock down games. A variety of prizes from candies to mini ducks will be awarded to the lucky winners.
Admission to the event is free and all the games are also free. Face Painting will be offered. In addition, “Melody” the apprentice clown will make an appearance. Watch her hilarious attempts to learn how to juggle! Be sure to bring your camera so you can take a photo against the carnival backdrop. “We are proud to announce that First Community Bank is our day sponsor for the day, the support of our local community allows to us offer this type of free programming,” commented Garland.
Museum volunteers will have some carnival themed bake sale items available for sale. Proceeds from the bake sale will help fund a new phone system for the Museum. In addition, the Museum gift shop has stocked up for the day with many new items for kids and families. Claudia Nobles, gift shop manager, notes that the gift shop has several great Christmas gift ideas such as plush animals, finger puppets, educational toys, and historical books
This humanities program is made possible by local support from Independence County and the City of Batesville, as well as by Challenge Grant Endowment funding from the National Endowment of the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Old Independence serves a 12-county area: Baxter, Cleburne, Fulton, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Marion, Poinsett, Sharp, Stone, White, and Woodruff. Parts of these present-day counties comprised the original Independence County in 1820s Arkansas territory.
The museum is open Tuesday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is $3.00 for adults, $2.00 for seniors and $1.00 for children. The museum is located at 380 South 9th street, between Boswell and Vine Streets in Batesville. During your visit, stop by our gift shop. We stock many items from local artists, authors, and crafters, as well as historical toys and games.
