Message-ID: <127057ABA97541BEBEFE666D80BEEBA1@Sally> From: "Sally Jacobson" <sjacobson@ephraim.org> Subject: Ephraim Museum Exhibit Reception Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:22:47 -0500
"Where Door County's Past Lives Today"
For Immediate Release
June 13, 2011
Contact: Kelli C. Torpey, Program & Marketing Director (920) 854-9688
Ephraim Village Museums Opening for Season June 17
Garments of our Foundation- 2011 Exhibit at the Anderson Barn History
Center
Opening Reception is Friday, June 17, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Ephraim Village Museums reopen for the summer season on Friday, June 17,
featuring a variety of new exhibits pertaining to the Civil War,
genealogy of local families as well as artist renderings of women
influential to Ephraim's history and identity.
The Anderson Barn History Center (1880) was restored in 1990 and
features a new, permanent, rotating exhibit of the genealogical research
of five of Ephraim's pioneer families, titled The Roots of our Village:
The Pioneer Families of Ephraim. Bjorn, the children's programming
mascot, a cartoon draft horse, returns to greet all visitors to the
Anderson Barn History Center, including the Hands-On Hayloft children's
museum, which features old-fashioned games, farm animal puppets and
theater as well as period clothes for children to try on for fun.
The Barn also features a special exhibit that changes from year to year.
This year, the Garments of our Foundation* exhibit will feature
artistic renderings of 10 remarkable women in Ephraim's past, created by
Kärin Kopischke, renowned costume designer. Narratives written in
first-person by Paul Burton, local author and columnist, will accompany
the framed renderings on display. The exhibit reception will be held on
Friday, June 17, from 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm at the Anderson Barn History
Center, 3060 Anderson Lane.
The Anderson Store (1858), operated by the Anderson family until 1958,
is open as a museum and a store. It is the perfect place to shop for
Ephraim mementos, including our popular hollyhock seeds, books written
by local authors and old-fashioned candy. The Pioneer Schoolhouse on
Moravia Street (1880) was in use until 1948 and offers a special place
to learn about one-room schools in early Ephraim. Just behind the
school is the Goodletson Cabin (1855), a tiny log home originally
located on Eagle Island and once home to a family of seven! Although
the Historic Iverson House (1854) is no longer open daily, the weekly
tour of the Historic Iverson House and Ephraim Moravian Church returns
for 2011 at the same day and time as last year: every Thursday, from
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
The museums are open Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
from June 17 through September 3. Fall hours are Friday and Saturday
from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm from September 9 through October 8. The
Historic Tram Tours of Ephraim offer a more leisurely tour of Ephraim
and are conducted Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 am, departing from
Anderson Barn History Center. Historic walking tours are conducted
Tuesday through Friday, 10:30 am, departing from Anderson Barn History
Center. For those who prefer exploring Ephraim at their own pace,
self-guided audio walking tours are available for check-out through the
Ephraim Visitor Information Center on Water Street in Ephraim.
Admission to the Ephraim Village Museums is $5 for adults, $3 for
students (ages 6-18), and free for children under the age of six. The
admission price includes admission to four museums as well as the
historic walking tours of Ephraim. The Historic Iverson House/Moravian
Church tour is $ 5 for adults, $ 3 for students (ages 6-18) and children
under 6 are free. The Historic Tram Tour is $ 8 for adults, $ 5 for
children (ages 6-11) and children 5 and under are free. The self-guided
audio walking tour is $5 for adults and includes admission into the four
Ephraim Village Museums (excluding the Iverson House).
The Ephraim Village Museums are the public face of the Ephraim
Historical Foundation. Founded in 1949 as a not-for-profit
organization, the purposes of the Foundation are to sustain the beauty
of Ephraim for the enjoyment of residents, guests, and visitors; to
preserve and encourage conservation of historical buildings, structures,
sites, documents, and relics; and foster the development of cultural
services including libraries, art, historical museums, adult education,
and other civic services especially within the village of Ephraim, but
also within the state of Wisconsin.
For more information on the Ephraim Village Museums and the Ephraim
Historical Foundation, please visit us on the web at www.ephraim.org, or
call the Foundation office at (920) 854-9688.
* The Garments of our Foundation exhibit is supported in part by a grant
from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the National Endowment for
the Arts, the Women's Fund of Door County and the Raibrook Foundation."
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