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2008 Schedule
Season
March 12 through December 20, 2008
(Closed most Sundays — see program schedule below for exceptions.
Also closed Mondays and period of Dec. 21, 2008 through mid-March 2009)
October 3–8: Entire museum will be in transition for set-up of annual Maple Leaf Festival Quilt Show. From October 3 to October 31 only small portions of the Carthage history displays in the main gallery and elsewhere will be visible due to hanging of quilts.
November 1–5: Quilt exhibit will be taken down and final exhibit for 2008 will be set-up for opening November 8.
Holidays Closed
July 4, Thanksgiving and Nov. 28th
Hours
(Schedule subject to change)
March 12 through December 20
Tuesday–Saturday: 10 AM to 5 PM
Teachers/group tour leaders are encouraged to call ahead and make reservations so arrangements can be made to have extra staff or volunteers on hand to serve your group. Club meetings, school tours, home-school sessions and other special gatherings at the museum can be arranged for other hours/days than those posted above with 2–3 weeks advance notice (subject to museum and staff availability).
Other Notices
Exhibit-Gallery Changing Days and Other Access Notices:
March 12–29: Work will be continuing in the Main Gallery for the new 2008 featured exhibit. Visitors are welcome to visit, watch work in progress and discuss how exhibits are created with museum curator.
October 3–8: Entire museum will be in transition for set-up of annual Maple Leaf Festival Quilt Show. From October 3 to October 31 only small portions of the Carthage history displays in the main gallery and elsewhere will be visible due to hanging of quilts.
November 1–5: Quilt exhibit will be taken down and final exhibit for 2008 will be set-up for opening November 8.
Other schedule/exhibit changes will be noted here. If in doubt about a particular visiting day, please call ahead and confirm exhibit status especially near opening and closing dates of traveling and special exhibits.
Inclement Weather Closings:
The museum will be closed if Carthage R-9 schools close for severe weather.
(No notice will be posted.)
Other Emergency Closings:
On rare occasions, due to limited staff/volunteer availability, special
projects and/or other circumstances beyond the museum's control, the facility
may have to close for short periods or longer. When this situation arises,
messages will be posted on the front door and on the telephone answering
machine and if time permits, posted to this web site.
Admission
Admission is FREE but donations are accepted and appreciated.
All monies received from admission donations are used for exhibits and
educational programming.
During the off-season (Christmas through mid-March) when annual maintenance and exhibit redesign projects are tackled, access to the museum's library and archives can be arranged by prior appointment. The staff continues to monitor e-mail requests for reference searches during this period as well.
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MUSEUM PROGRAMS
OCTOBER
October 3 & 4 (Friday & Saturday)
– 10 am to 4 pm
Quilt Turn-in Day for MLF Quilt Display
October 3–8
Entire museum will be
in transition for set-up of annual Maple Leaf Festival Quilt Show. From
October 3 to October 31 only small portions of the Carthage history displays
in the main gallery and elsewhere will be visible due to hanging of quilts.
October 9–29
Maple Leaf Festival Quilt Display
sponsored by the Four
Corners Quilt Guild
Extended hours during Maple Leaf Festival only. Click
here forschedule and more information.
October 20–29
Hours will be same as public schedule listed at top of this page (Tues.–Sat.
10 am to 5 pm) except October 26 & 27 — special SUNDAY &
MONDAY opening from 1 pm to 5 pm.
October 26 (Sunday) – 1:30 pm
Vern Feaster's third and final program on Missouri History — "You
Thought You Had Heard It ALL, But There's More". FREE ADMISSION
October 30, 31, and November 1
Quilt Pick-up Days
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November
Main Gallery will be in transition October 30 – November 4 as quilts come down and the end-of-year display goes up. Reference Library and Gift Shop will be open normal hours but viewing in gallery will be limited and based on progression of work.
November 1–5
Quilt exhibit will be
taken down and final exhibit for 2008 will be set-up for opening November
8.
November 8 (Saturday)
Special Mini-Display Opens — "Holiday Entertainments"
continuing through December 20, 2008.
TENTATIVE DATE
November 16 (Sunday) – 2 pm (Museum doors open
at 1:30 pm, close at 4:30 pm)
Special Sunday Opening
Program by Powers Museum Educator Coordinator Marti Pittman who will present
on the Library of Congress Veterans Oral History project
she has been conducting with area veterans for three years. Hear new stories
of the veterans interviewed in 2008.
November 27 & 28 (Thursday &
Friday)
Museum closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
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DECEMBER
December 13 (Saturday)
Holiday Open House and Sale
December 20 (Saturday)
Holiday Make & Take Session throughout the
day for youths (or the young at heart) to make holiday ornaments based
on historic examples.
December 20
Last day of Museum 2008 Season
Remember, in case of inclement weather, the museum may be closed. Generally speaking, if Carthage schools are closed, the museum will be closed. On Saturdays, please confirm museum is open in the event of severe winter weather.
Please note that additional programs will be added throughout the year. E-mail the museum for updates or to sign up to receive program updates and other museum information.
(Note: Media outlets wishing to list these events should confirm with Powers Museum before publishing the above information.)
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PAST EVENTS
MARCH
MARCH is Women's History Month. Click here to view a past Carthage Women's History Month Tribute. This year, a choice of women's history videos will be available upon request for optional viewing by visitors including a video based on Mrs. Powers' journal (performed by former Carthage student Kelli Edwards in 1988).
March 7 (Friday)
Museum participates in the regional National History
Day Contest at Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, Missouri.
Student projects in Billingsly Hall (ballroom area) are open for public
viewing in the morning, roughly 9 am to noon. For further information
on NHD, contact the museum. Public is welcome to visit.
March 12 (Thursday) — 10 am
Museum reopens for 2007 season. Work will be
continuing on the main gallery exhibit for several days but do come see
work in progress. Gift Shop and Library resources will be available as
of the 12th.
March 28 IN CARTHAGE HISTORY
— Birthday of Marlin Perkins, March 28, 1905; March 28th also marks
the 156th anniversary of Carthage's establishment as a town and the naming
of same. However the selling of town lots did not come until June 30 of
1842.
(Views of 2005 Marlin Perkins Centennial Celebration, click
here.)
March 29 (Saturday)
– 1:30 pm
"Prelude to Chautauqua" Program in CARTHAGE
"Harry Houdini" presented by Dave Dickerson at the Powers Museum, 1:30 pm. This is the first of three programs to introduce local residents to the "first-person" interpretation style used by history scholars in the Chautauqua programs coming this June. Mr. Dickerson will also discuss early entertainment to coincide with the exhibit opening of "Entertaining Carthage Through the Years" also taking place at the museum on the 29th.
Houdini and his wife were part of the California Concert Company that performed in the Tri-State area during the late 1890s. Research is on-going to find out the exact schedule to see if the performer was actually in Jasper County. Come visit with a fascinating character in history! FREE ADMISSION
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APRIL
April 12 (Saturday) – 2 pm
"Prelude to Chautauqua" Program in CARTHAGE
"Minnie Pearl" presented by Marlene Katz of the Kansas City area, at the CARTHAGE PUBLIC LIBRARY (6th & Garrison), 2:00 pm. This is the second of three programs to introduce local residents to the "first-person" interpretation style used by history scholars in the Chautauqua programs coming this June. Minnie Pearl performed in this area early in her career and it is believed one performance stop included Memorial Hall here in town. If you missed her then, come meet her now! FREE ADMISSION
April 27 (Sunday) – 2 pm (Museum
doors open at 1:30 pm, close at 4:30 pm)
Special Sunday Opening
Program: Vern Feaster presents "State of Missouri
– Facts, Figures & Trivia"
FREE ADMISSION
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MAY
May 1 IN CARTHAGE HISTORY -- Birthday of Powers Museum Namesake: Marian Lucy Wright Powers, May 1, 1880
May 3 (Saturday) – 1:30 pm
"Prelude to Chautauqua" Program in WEBB CITY
"Thomas Hart Benton" presented
by Dr. William S. Worley, at the WEBB CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY ,100
South Liberty, Webb City, MO, 1:30 pm. This is the third of three programs
to introduce local residents to the "first-person" interpretation
style used by history scholars in the Chautauqua programs coming this
June. Benton was southwest Missouri-born and bred. While he left as a
teenager to seek his future in art, Neosho and it southwest Missouri environs
were never far from his heart. This probably proved most notable in his
striking Joplin Mural that now graces a prominent wall in their new city
hall (the former Newman Department Store Building on Main Street).
Tom Benton was a storyteller – in life and in his paintings. Join
us for an afternoon with the artist as he tells the story of the famous
Missouri Statehouse mural, of the Joplin mural and of Benton's uproarious
homecoming to Neosho in 1962 accompanied by none other than President
Harry S. Truman for whom Benton had earlier completed a mural in the Truman
Library. FREE ADMISSION
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May 3 (Saturday) – 8 am to ?????
when plants are gone!
Ozarks Gateway Master Gardeners' Annual Plant Sale
held on the grounds of the Powers Museum. Open to the public and great
variety plus lots of expert advice for the asking! (Museum opens at 8:00
am today only.)
ALSO — Powers Museum participates in City-wide Rummage Sale Day (same hours as MG Plant sale – 8 am until gone!) Odds and ends from former exhibits (left-over supplies), misc. household and holiday items no longer needed by museum, old-fashioned "white elephants" and "hurt" and culled books from the gift shop and reference library. Plus, you never know what else might turn up – come and find out!
May 18 (Sunday) – 2 pm (Museum
doors open at 1:30 pm, close at 4:30 pm)
Special Sunday Opening
presentation by Powers Museum Director/Curator Michele Hansford who will
discuss the new online exhibit "The Industrial
and Geological Heritage of Jasper County Missouri, 1865–1985"
created by the Joplin Museum Complex, Powers Museum, Special Collections/MSSU
Spiva Library and Western Historical Manuscripts Collection-Rolla.
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JUNE
June 2 IN CARTHAGE HISTORY -- Birthday of Powers Museum Namesake: Dr. Everett Powers, June 2, 1869
June 13 & 14 (Friday & Saturday)
CARTHAGE
ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL funded by the Helen Boylan Foundation
Among the confirmed featured festival performers: Faris
Family and Alferd
Packer Memorial String Band. Also performing Friday and Saturday is
Baled
Green & Wired Tight.
June 13 (Friday) – 7 pm
Evening Concert with Farris Family and others
open the Carthage Acoustic Music Festival at the Carthage High School
Auditorium, 710 South Main Street (south of Carthage courthouse two blocks
or two blocks east of Central Park/ Garrison Avenue). Ticket price: $7.00
(Under 12 free). Tickets are available at Powers Museum, Carthage Chamber
of Commerce/CCVB office, and Oldies & Oddities (westside of square)
during normal business hours of each business.
June 14 (Saturday) — 10 am to
10 pm
Carthage Acoustic Music Festival on the Historic Carthage
Courthouse Square. Featuring some of the best acoustic music heard
anywhere. Absolutely FREE to the public. Sponsored by the Powers Museum
with funding assistance from the Helen S. Boylan Foundation. Other considerations
provided by the City of Carthage, the Jasper County Commission, Carthage
Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Mornin' Mail. Local accomodations
information can be had at info@visit-carthage.com.
NOTE: All visitors should bring chairs for their seating!
Rain Site: Carthage High School Auditorium, 710 South Main Street (see directions for Friday night)
Open Stage from 10 am until 1 pm
Groups 20 minutes, Individuals 10 minutes, Must be live music (no tapes)
Sign up begins at 9 am
Scheduled stage performances begin at 1 pm.
1:00 — Stonebrook
2:00 — Alferd Packer Memorial String Band
3:00 — Faris Family
4:00 — Drywood
5:00 — Fabulous BRD's
6:00 — Bailed Green & Wired Tight
7:00 — Alferd Packer Memorial String Band
8:00 — Faris Family
9:00 — Drywood
Carthage's Super 8 Motel is offering special lodging rates for CAMF attendees. Call 417-359-9000 to make reservations.
June 16 IN CARTHAGE HISTORY -- Birthday of Powers Museum Benefactor Marian Louisa Powers Winchester, June 16, 1905
June 22 (Sunday) – 1 to 4:30 pm
Special Sunday Opening
Celebrate the Powers Museum's 20th Anniversary
with refreshments and the second program in a series of three by popular
speaker/entertainer Vern Feaster of Joplin, at 1:30 pm. In honor of the
upcoming Chautauqua event, Mr Feaster will be speaking about "Famous
Missouri Performers."
June 25–30 The Carthage tour of the "That's Entertainment!" Chautauqua is sponsored by the host organizations (Powers Museum, Carthage Public Library, Friends of Carthage Library and the Friends of Webb City Public Library) and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Missouri Humanities Council, Pat & Carolyn Phelps, Grand Avenue B & B, Kent D. and Mary L. Steadley Memorial Trust, Carthage Convention and Visitors Bureau, and the Carthage Fund and the Dr. W. Russell Smith Family Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation of Southwest Missouri. We thank all these sponsors for their generous support! June 25 (Wednesday) – 2
pm Walt Disney learned his animating skills in Kansas City. Mickey Mouse may have been born aboard a Santa Fe train in 1928, but part of the inspiration for him came from Walt’s “lean days” at Laugh-A-Gram Studios in Kansas City. Mickey evolved from a scamp in “Steamboat Willie” to the disobedient, but ultimately dutiful “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” and finally to icon status at Disneyland and Disney World. Learn about the 1930s Mickey Mouse Clubs, about Walt’s identification with his character [or vice versa], and much more. This program will include video of the first sound Mickey cartoon. Presentation intended for all ages. June 26 (Thursday) – 10
am Learn how Walt Disney and his staff developed full length feature films from “fairy stories” that could be read in five minutes in their original Brothers Grimm or the Green Fairy Book [source of the “The Three Little Pigs”]. From Snow White to Pinocchio, Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland (not really a fairy tale at all), Walt Disney the storyteller wove magic through character development, musical highlights, and some of the most remarkable animation drawings ever accomplished. This illustrated talk will include comparison of original tales with what made it to the screen. Intended for adults and children. June 26 (Thursday) – 2 pm Come learn about what Chautauqua was like over a hundred years ago and where it was held and who came and spoke. Some of the most important people of the late 19th and early 20th century visited Carthage as Chautauqua speakers and this program will highlight a few of them. Special display of old Chautauqua programs will also be on hand from the museum's archives. June 26 (Thursday) – 7 pm Special Program Entertainment : Susan Cordell, Ragtime Pianist June 27 (Friday) – 2 pm Perhaps no one in the nineteenth century understood human nature quite the way Barnum did. His traveling shows of both bogus and legitimate acts were nothing new in nineteenth-century America; it was his way of creating excitement and attention—"buzz," in modern parlance—that revolutionized modern advertising and entertainment. This program will discuss not only the spectacles but also the ways Barnum shaped modern advertising and entertainment. Presentation intended for adults. June 27 (Friday) – 3 pm Learn how the “granddaddy” of all modern theme parks came about. Walt Disney came up with the idea when he could not find suitable Sunday afternoon diversions for his daughters. See how Disneyland got an unexpected boost when the Davy Crockett miniseries on “Disneyland” television created a national coonskin cap phenomenon. See the difference between “Sleeping Beauty’s Castle” and “Cinderella’s Castle.” Learn how the Disneyland Santa Fe Railroad grew from Walt’s backyard model railroad that was big enough for him to ride. Presentation for all ages. June 27 (Friday) – 7 pm Program Entertainment: Baled Green & Wired Tight, traditional and bluegrass band June 28 (Saturday) – 10
am June 28 (Saturday) – 2 pm Barnum's name was so synonymous with humbugs that he even wrote a book about famous ones he'd known. In this interactive program, audiences will explore the nature of such absurdities, while placing them into the longer historical perspective. Presentation intended for family audiences and adults. June 28 (Saturday) – 2 pm June 28 (Saturday) – 7 pm Tentative Program Entertainment: Heartland Band (adult
musicians from across southwest Missouri make up this community
band) A special surprise will follow Ms. Conner's
presentation. June 30 (Monday) Registration in advance required for these two programs. Contact Powers Museum for further details. |
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JULY
July 11, 18, & 25 (Friday) –
all presentations start at 11 am
Summer Storyhour at the Museum — REPEAT
of last year's popular program. Don't miss out this year! Come listen
to a story from one of Marian Powers' storybooks (1905–1915) and
see a special toy or plaything from the collections.
• July 11 storyhour will focus on teddy bears and
you will meet Toots' special teddy. Bring your teddy to storyhour and
he/she just might win a prize!
• July 18 storyhour will spotlight Robert Williams Wood's nature
analogues on flowers, birds and other animals. Coloring sheets adapted
from his books will be available to all attending.
• July 25 storyhour will revolve around play cooking and the "Mary
Frances" books. A special recipe will be given to all participants.
July 20(Sunday) – 2 pm (Museum
doors open at 1:30 pm, close at 4:30 pm)
Special Sunday Opening
As part of the "Entertaining Carthage Through
the Years" exhibit, a silent movie
originally featured at the one of the local theaters will be shown at
2:00 pm after a short presentation on movie theatres in Carthage's history.
July 26 (Saturday) – 9 am to 3
pm
Citywide Sale-a-bration! event sponsored by
Carthage Chamber of Commerce
Sale hours at museum: 9 am to 3 pm only
Inside and outside sale including surplus equipment, materials, etc. and staff mini-rummage sales on-site. Percentage of staff rummage sales will be donated to a special fund-raising campaign the museum is conducting this summer.
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AUGUST
August 5, 12, 19, 26 (Tuesdays)
Dog Days of Summer Puzzle Challenge
On these days, come try your hand at a puzzle from history including locally-made
"Topsy Turvy" jig-saw puzzles from the Depression years
or even earlier examples made by the Parker Brothers Company. All puzzles
are from the Powers Museum collections. This is an informal, come and
go activity for any age. If you can not join us on these days and you
like to work puzzles, did you know the Powers Musuem has a lending library
of contemporary puzzles? Click here
for more information. (This lending library is based on a similar one
organized by Ramsay's Department Store during the 1930s here in Carthage.)
August 17 (Sunday) – 2 pm (Museum
doors open at 1:30 pm, close at 4:30 pm)
Special Sunday Opening
As part of the "Entertaining Carthage Through
the Years" exhibit, an early "talkie"
movie originally featured at the one of the local theaters will
will be shown at 2:00 pm after a short presentation on movie theatres
in Carthage's history.
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SEPTEMBER
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| Sparkman at the "Big Eddy" site in Cedar County, Missouri |
September 13 (Saturday) – 1:30
pm at the Carthage Public Library (6th & Garrison)
In honor of Missouri Archaeology Month, the Powers Museum and the Carthage
Public Library present Missouri Archaeology Society
President Lyle Sparkman who will present "Indians
of Southwest Missouri." Admission is free. Come learn about
the Native American heritage of the region from this popular presenter.
(Photography and audio/videotaping will be allowed.)
September 28 (Sunday) – 2 pm (Museum
doors open at 1:30 pm, close at 4:30 pm)
Free Program: "Buffalo Bill Visits Carthage"
Special Sunday Opening
Learn about Buffalo Bill Cody's Wild West Show appearance in Carthage,
Missouri, with the Sells-Floto Circus early in the twentieth century.
Try on some old west "duds" formerly owned by Jim Lobbey and
Chris Christensen Lobbey, recently donated to the museum. "Old West"
refreshments will be served.
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1944 Carthage National Bank Christmas Club Savings
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