HISTORICAL MUSEUM NEWS
Vintage dolls for sale
Dolls from two collections were recently donated to the museum to sell in the gift shop, with all proceeds to go toward museum operating expenses. They are available on a first-come, first-served basis for just $11 each. Cash, check, credit or debit cards are accepted.
Pioneer cabin project
The museum recently learned that a pioneer log cabin located in Bella Vista is available to be moved to the museum grounds. It was originally built in the early 1900s and located on a farm just side the Highlands gates. It was dismantled and moved to another location in 1974, and the present owner has offered to donate it to the museum. While the museum hopes to obtain a grant to pay for the move, there is a fundraising campaign to help cover additional expenses, including the need for a roof replacement and the placement of period furnishings inside the cabin. The museum welcomes any contribution to this project. Those who donate $100 or more will be recognized by name on a plaque on the cabin. One of the volunteers has set up a GoFundme page for this purpose at www.gofundme.com/cabinfever. Thank you in advance for supporting this project.
Barbershop Harmony Society April 8
80 years of song … the Greater Ozark Chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, established 22 years ago, is celebrating the 80th anniversary for the Society for Preservation and Encouragement of Barbershop Singing in America, which was founded in 1938. The theme and goal of the Society is to “Keep the World Singing.” The local chapter is inviting the community to celebrate at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 8, at the museum where they will talk about barbershop singing, do some singing and invite the audience to participate in some singalongs. A display is on exhibit through late April which includes information about the Youth in Harmony project coordinated with local schools. That project provides barbershop singing training to students and culminates in a show where the students participate.
Writers and Poets Society
In honor of April being National Poetry Month, the Village on the Lakes Writers and Poets Society will meet at the museum at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 15. The public is invited to hear a talk on the Poet Laureate of Bella Vista, “Uncle Henry,” Henry Coffin Fellow of Wichita, Kan., who lived in Bella Vista in the 1920s, and published several volumes of poetry, a few of which will be for sale following the talk. National Poetry Month is a celebration of poetry organized by the Academy of American Poets.