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2009 Schedule
2009 Schedule
April 15 – June 8
OPEN Wednesday – Saturday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
(Closed May 16 & 30 for special programs.)
June 9 – September 30
OPEN Tuesday – Saturday 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
(Closed July 4)
October 1–3
OPEN Thursday – Saturday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm,
but note: staff/volunteers will be in process of taking down some
exhibits and hanging the MLF Quilt Show during these days.
October 6 – October 30
OPEN Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am to 4:30 pm
(Maple Leaf Festival Week 13 –17 open until 6:00 pm)
OPEN Sundays 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Closed Mondays
October 31
Closed; Quilt Show taken down — open for quilt pick-up only.
November – December 2009
Museum is tentatively schedule to be closed for a special project. Access
to reference library and archives will be available mid-November through
mid-December by appointment only. Call or email for further details and
confirmation of closing.
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: See Notice Above
for Oct. 30 – Nov. 7 period.
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 (November through Spring) 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
2009 EVENTS
JUNE
June 2 IN CARTHAGE HISTORY -- Birthday of Powers Museum Namesake: Dr. Everett Powers, June 2, 1869
June 4 (Thursday) – Special Evening Opening until 8 pm
June 13 (Saturday)
8th
ANNUAL CARTHAGE ACOUSTIC MUSIC FESTIVAL funded by the Helen Boylan
Foundation
and presented this year in cooperation with artCentral of Carthage. Among
the confirmed featured festival performers: Alferd
Packer Memorial String Band.
Check Out Stewart Johnson's Photographs of some 2008 festival performers. Click here.
Location: Downtown on the NE corner of the Jasper County Courthouse Square. Bring your folding chair! A full day of totally free, fabulous entertainment.
Rain Site: Carthage High School Auditorium, 710 South Main Street
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. Watch this site for updates on schedule!
June 16 IN CARTHAGE HISTORY -- Birthday of Powers Museum Benefactor Marian Louisa Powers Winchester, June 16, 1905
June 28 (Sunday) – 1 to 4 pm
Special Sunday Opening
Celebrate the Powers Museum's 21st Anniversary
with refreshments and special activities.
Program: 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. Get a sneak peak before the project goes live this summer on the Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative website sponsored by the Missouri State Archives. Hansford will also review other collections currently available on MDHI.
FREE ADMISSION
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JULY
June 4 (Saturday) – HOLIDAY
Watch for details
DATE CHANGE!
July 7, 14, & 21 (Tuesdays) – all presentations start at 10:30
am
Summer Storyhour at the Museum — 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. New stories from these titles will be featured in 2009 and
each session will be followed by a short craft/activity period so parents
can have free time to visit the exhibits. No child may be dropped off
at museum for story hour, all participants must have one parent or other
adult companion on site.
• July 7 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 14 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 21 storyhour will revolve around play cooking and the "Mary
Frances" books. A special recipe will be given to all participants.
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AUGUST
August 4, 11, 18, 25 (Tuesdays), August
13 (Thursday with special evening opening) & August 23 (Sunday)
Dog Days of Summer Puzzle Challenge — BACK BY
POPULAR DEMAND!
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 Museum 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 13 (Thursday) – Special Evening Opening until 8 pm
August 23 (Sunday) – 1 to 4 pm
Special Sunday Opening
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| Sparkman at the "Big Eddy" site in Cedar County, Missouri |
SEPTEMBER
September 12 (Saturday) – 10 am
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 "Tracking
Mammoth – A Guide to the Ice Age." "Tracking Mammoth"
explores what is known of Ice Age Hunters in the New World. The first
part will be an overview of migrations, lifestyles, and the question of
"How long ago did the First American appear?." The focus will
then shift to the Paleo-period in Missouri and the evidence left locally
by these ancient hunters. Admission is free. (Photography and audio/videotaping
will be allowed.)
September 13 (Sunday) – 1 to 4
pm
Special Sunday Opening
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OCTOBER
October 2 & 3 (Friday & Saturday)
– 10 am to 4 pm
Quilt Turn-in Day for MLF Quilt Display
October visitors, please read this page about quilt show and our "normal displays."
October 8–30
Maple Leaf Festival Quilt Display
sponsored by the Four
Corners Quilt Guild
Click here for schedule and more
information, or refer to these dates:
October 13–17 (Tuesday–Saturday)
Extended hours during Maple Leaf Festival Week — 10 am to 6 pm
October 8 (Thursday) – Special Evening Opening until 8 pm
October 11, 18 & 25 (Sunday) –
1 to 4 pm
Special Sunday Openings
October 31 ONLY (Saturday)
Quilt Pick-up Day/MUSEUM CLOSED TO PUBLIC FOR VIEWING
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November & DECEMBER
Watch for further details. (This year the museum will be closed the first two weeks of November and may be closed the entire two months for a special project and re-open earlier in 2010.) Access to the library and archives will be permitted by advance appointment only except the first two weeks of November and the last two weeks of December.
Selected staff persons and volunteers are available these months for special Veterans Day programs and Christmas Craft Workshops at schools and group meetings but reservations for same must be made at least one month in advance. Refer to this page for more details if outside the immediate area for travel expense reimbursement schedule.
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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. All events are subject to change or cancellation due if factors beyond the museum's control occur.
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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.
March 28 IN CARTHAGE HISTORY
— Marlin
Perkins BIrthday (1905) and Carthage's Birthday – Official Founding
of Town (1842).
(Views of 2005 Marlin Perkins Centennial Celebration, click here.)
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APRIL
April 15 (Wednesday)
Museum opens for 2009 Season. New hours until June
9th — Wednesday through Saturday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Please be advised development
of 2009 exhibit in the main gallery will continue through April 28. Access
to library, gift shop, tourist information station and lobby display areas
with be available as of the 15th. Access to main gallery will be determined
by progress of repairs and work in gallery area.
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MAY
May 1 IN CARTHAGE HISTORY -- Birthday of Powers Museum Namesake: Marian Lucy Wright Powers, May 1, 1880
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May 2 (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!) selling culled books from the reference library and odds and ends from our storage cleaning project. In addition, museum will be site for Carthage National History Day Rummage Sale by students, coaches and teachers trying to generate funds to go to the national contest in mid-June in College Park, Maryland.
COME SUPPORT MASTER GARDENERS AND THE POWERS MUSEUM ON THIS SPECIAL DAY!
May 7 (Thursday) – 7 pm
Special Evening Opening with Program: Maria Tallchief and Julia
Lathrop — Individuals in History
Come see Carthage Home-schoolers Nicole Peer and Eric Peer present their
National History Day Projects on Maria Tallchief and Julia Lathrop. This
year's National History Day theme was the "Individual
in History: Actions and Legacies." Nicole's project is a performance
on America's premier ballerina of the 20th century and Eric's project
is a unique take on Julia Lathrop, America's first woman to head a federal
bureau — the U.S. Children's Bureau. Eric's project is also very
personal — come and find out why. Free admission.
Eric's project will be on display at the museum from April 15 through this program night along with information on the Better Babies Movement and Better Babies contests in Carthage, Missouri.
May 16 (Saturday)
MUSEUM CLOSED DURING DAYTIME HOURS (in order to receive
and set-up the Southwest Quadrant Art Show for the Springfield Regional
Arts Council)
May 16 (Saturday) – 6 to 8 pm
Special Evening Opening and Reception for the SW MO Quadrant Art
Show
Join art show committee members and the Powers Museum Board meeting the
participating artists and their friends at this special show. The museum
is honored to be the host site this year for this rotating art show. In
addition to the SW MO Quadrant show, the museum will showcase historic
art from its collections including two complete bedroom suites
decorated by Ida Marie Chubb and the painted china of Marian Wright. Other
artworks donated from the former Bank of Carthage art collection
of the 1960s and 1970s will be featured, too.
Special ART SHOW HOURS
May 17 & 24 – Open 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
May 18 – Special evening showing from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
May 20 & 27 – Open 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
May 21 & 28 – Open 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
May 22 & 29 – Open 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
May 23 – Open 11:00 am to 4:00 pm (LAST DAY OF ART SHOW)
May 30 (Saturday)
MUSEUM WILL BE CLOSED FOR NORMAL VIEWING WHILE ARTISTS PICK-UP
THEIR WORKS during the hours of 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Access to
library and gift shop will be possible.
May 17 & 24 (Sunday) – 1 to
4 pm
Two Special Sunday Openings this Month
Come enjoy the historic and contemporary art work during this special
two week showing. Hurry — Limited time event! For hours on other
days see listing above.
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1944 Carthage National Bank Christmas Club Savings
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