UPCOMING EVENTS October & November 2018 Children’s History Hour: Can You Dig It? Wednesday, October 17 10:30 - 11:30 am Families are invited to CSPM for a history adventure on the third Wednesday and last Saturday of each month! Children ages 3-6 will enjoy story time, a family-friendly exhibit tour, and crafts and activities. A new theme is explored each month! RSVP. Cool Science Festival - Family Fun Workshop: City of Sunshine Saturday, October 20 2:00 - 3:00 pm Families are invited to explore our city’s relationship with health and disease. Learn how the “City of Sunshine” drew, and continues to draw, people from all over the country as a healthful resort town. Consider the messages we sent locally and nationally to attract health seekers eager to be cured of tuberculosis. Make your own sputum cup and sample the “Rare, Raw, and Rye” diet prescribed to TB patients. For kids 6 & older. Space limited to 30. RSVP required. New Exhibit Opening: A Home of One’s Own: The Life of Helen Hunt Jackson Saturday, October 27 10:00 am CSPM is excited to announce the opening of its newest permanent exhibit: A Home of One’s Own: The Life of Helen Hunt Jackson. By focusing on key objects in the Jackson Collection our new exhibit will examine her life, work, friendships, influences and family. It will combine an interactive digital display of documents, objects and photographs with a fresh interpretation of her story placed in the gallery outside of the three rooms of the original Jackson House. A Home of One’s Own: The Life of Helen Hunt Jackson will provide a revealing glimpse into one of Colorado Springs’ most interesting residents. Halloween History Hunt Saturday, October 27 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Don your Halloween costume and have fun in the museum while on a Halloween History Hunt, hear spooky stories, make Halloween crafts and participate in the season’s activities! RSVP required, $3 Suggested Donation per Child, Free for Members. Lecture Series: The Coming Man from Canton: Chinese Experiences in Montana, 1862-1943 Saturday, November 3 2:00 - 3:00 pm Using archaeology and historical documents, the story of the Chinese in Montana’s development is coming more into focus. As many stories go in the American West, the successes of the Chinese in Montana come also with the dark stories of racial stereotyping, racial injustice, and the collapse of their community through restrictive federal immigration laws. RSVP Required. Program presented by Author, Christopher Merritt MUSELETTER OCTOBER 2018 | PG 4
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