SHILOH HAPPENINGS
Summer History Camp for Kids
Registration is underway for the Shiloh Museum’s summer history camps for kids. Two sessions are offered:
• “Shiloh in Wonderland” is June 10-14, 9 a.m. to noon, for ages 6-9. Each day’s activities are based on themes from Lewis Carroll’s classic novel, Alice in Wonderland. Campers will explore Victorian history through games, crafts, and refreshments based on the antics of the Alice in Wonderland characters. Each day campers will enjoy games and crafts, and prepare some kind of delicious treat. Cost for the camp is $60 for members (family membership required) and $85 for nonmembers.
• “Sense-sational History Camp” is June 24-28, 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., for ages 9-12. Each day, campers will explore one of the five senses through a combination of history, science, and technology. Activities include making a compass, zoetrope, sun print, bath bomb, lip balm, and traditional local foods; and learning about the invention and innovations of sound and vision machines. Campers will need to bring their lunch Monday through Thursday. An Ozark feast will be held Friday. Cost for the camp is $65 for members (family membership required) and $90 for non-members.
Space is limited for both camps; preregistration and payment is required. The registration deadline is May 31. For information, call 750-8165 or visit shilohmuseum.org.
Canning Industry Photo Exhibit
Canned Gold, a photo exhibit on the history of the canning industry in the Arkansas Ozarks, is open at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale. The photo exhibit explores many aspect of the canning business, from small community canneries to industrial plants, all during a time when bumper crops of tomatoes, green beans, spinach, and more were processed locally and shipped across the country.
The exhibit will be on display through December 14, 2013. For information, call 750-8165 or visit shilohmuseum.org.
Animal-Powered Farming
“Straight from the Horse’s Mouth,” a program on animal-powered farm equipment, will be presented by Jerre Van Hoose, at noon Wednesday, May 15, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. Perhaps best known as the former mayor of Springdale, Van Hoose was born and raised on a farm east of Fayetteville, near the Middle Fork Valley where his ancestors first settled in 1839.
Writing Group
LifeWriters, a group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends, will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, May 20, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For information, call June Jefferson at 790-2588 or visit shilohmuseum.org.
Railway Society
The Boston Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Storytellers Group
The Tellers of Tales storytelling group will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 18, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Civil War Roundtable
The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 23, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.
Wireless Society to Meet
The Ozark Wireless Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 25 at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.