{"id":1203,"date":"2009-06-26T07:47:15","date_gmt":"2009-06-26T13:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mulibraries.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/?p=1203"},"modified":"2009-06-26T07:47:15","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T13:47:15","slug":"art-explorers-to-entertain-teach-children-about-missouri-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2009\/06\/26\/art-explorers-to-entertain-teach-children-about-missouri-history\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cArt Explorers\u201d to entertain, teach children about Missouri history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS RELEASE<br \/>\nJune 24, 2009<br \/>\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\nContact: Joan Stack (573) 882-9368<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArt Explorers\u201d to entertain, teach children about Missouri history<br \/>\nBy The State Historical Society of Missouri<\/p>\n<p>COLUMBIA, MO\u2014Parents and children are invited to take a trip back in time through \u201cArt Explorers: Discovering George Caleb Bingham\u2019s Missouri\u201d at The State Historical Society of Missouri from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, July 11, 2009.  This interactive program will help children learn about Missouri\u2019s cultural and artistic past through the famed works of George Caleb Bingham and give participants hands-on experience with replica clothing, toys, and other objects from the period, 1810-1880.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees will help Society Art Curator Joan Stack pack a suitcase for a trip back to the 1800s, using Bingham\u2019s paintings as a guide for deciding if an object fits with the time period.  Each child will also decorate an \u201cexplorer\u2019s telescope\u201d to take home as a memento of the experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArt Explorers\u201d is designed for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, with at least one accompanying adult for every two participants.  Admission is $5 per child, with no cost for adults.  The program is free to Society member families.  Registration is required by July 8 and can be made by calling the Society at (573) 882-7083.<\/p>\n<p>The State Historical Society of Missouri is located in Ellis Library at the intersection of Hitt Street and Lowry Mall on the University of Missouri campus, with parking available in three nearby garages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWS RELEASE June 24, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joan Stack (573) 882-9368 \u201cArt Explorers\u201d to entertain, teach children about Missouri history By The State Historical Society of Missouri COLUMBIA, MO\u2014Parents and children are invited to take a trip back<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2009\/06\/26\/art-explorers-to-entertain-teach-children-about-missouri-history\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201cArt Explorers\u201d to entertain, teach children about Missouri history<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-announcement"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-25 16:00:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}