The Granville County Historical Society Museum Presents:
Featured programs this summer:
July 2008
7/9 10:00 am ... Sylvia Harrison - Local Potter. Children's program to demonstrate and discuss pottery making - hands on, limited to 20 participants
7/9 2:00 pm ... Sylvia Harrison - Local Potter. Adult program about making pottery using a potter's wheel
7/12 11:00 am ... Cliff Jackson and Other Indian Artifact Collectors - Discussion and exhibits of arrowhead collections
Imagination Station Mobile Planetarium
7/16 10:00 am ... Starlight Stories grades K-2 (limit 30 children) Discover how scientists mapped the night sky using the stars
7/16 11:00 am ... Solar Safari grades 3-6 (limit 30 children) Explore the lunar cycle and identify constellations common to the night sky and investigate the solar system
7/17 10:30 am ... Mary Morningstar - Program on Native American lore, regalia, and artifacts; for children and adults
7/24 2:00 pm ... Ronald Ragland - Retired Graphics Designer. a tribute to his brother, Tom Ragland, in words and an exhibit of Tom's paintings. Paintings will be on display through July 26
Imagination Station Workshop
7/30 10:00 am ... Earth Rocks grades 1-6 Learn to identify rocks and minerals
August 2008
8/7 2:00 pm ... Dr William Price - Retired Director of NC Archives and Retired Professor at Meredith College, review of his book on Nathaniel Macon
Imagination Station Workshop
8/13 10:00 am ... Weather Watchers Grades K-7 (limit 30 children) Learn about forecasting the weather and how to read a weather map
8/20 10:00 am ... It's a Plant's Life Grades 1-6 (limit 30 children) Investigate plants, seed structure. Build a plant to discover the stages in a plant's life
8/14 2:00 pm ... Jerry Cotten - Photographic Archivist at North Carolina Collection, UNC; Discussion and slides from his book, Light and Air, the Photography of Bayard Wootten
8/23 11:00 am ... African-American Quilters Circle (Durham NC) Program on history, artistry, and stories about the African-American art of quilting