Up coming Museum Programs: July-December 2025
July 11, 2025: The Chickasaw Native Tribe will be at the Museum to do story telling and make pinch pots with the children. They will wear traditional Chickasaw period clothing. Two programs will be shown. Admission is free. 1:00-1:45: Grades K-4; 2:00-2:45: Grades 5+
July 15, 2025: Glen Rickard will demonstrate basket making to ages 12 and up. Each student will have the opportunity to make their own basket. The first ten individuals who register for the class will receive complimentary admission to the class.
July 18, 2025: Bo Murphy will display various fossils and rocks. Admission is free.
Saturday, August 30, 2025, 8:45-2:30 the Museum will come alive with Living History. A poster is coming to explain everything taking place that day.
Late September or October: The Museum will be working with Tishomingo County High School to conduct a cemetery tour. Students will research various individuals and assume the persona of that person.
During the Christmas tree lighting in the park, children can enjoy hot chocolate, cookies, listen to Santa's stories at the Museum, and create Christmas cards for a local nursing home.
During Dicken's Christmas the Museum will supply ten dozen cookies for the children as the get their hot chocolate.
July 15, 2025: Glen Rickard will demonstrate basket making to ages 12 and up. Each student will have the opportunity to make their own basket. The first ten individuals who register for the class will receive complimentary admission to the class.
July 18, 2025: Bo Murphy will display various fossils and rocks. Admission is free.
Saturday, August 30, 2025, 8:45-2:30 the Museum will come alive with Living History. A poster is coming to explain everything taking place that day.
Late September or October: The Museum will be working with Tishomingo County High School to conduct a cemetery tour. Students will research various individuals and assume the persona of that person.
During the Christmas tree lighting in the park, children can enjoy hot chocolate, cookies, listen to Santa's stories at the Museum, and create Christmas cards for a local nursing home.
During Dicken's Christmas the Museum will supply ten dozen cookies for the children as the get their hot chocolate.
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On July 18th at 1:00 PM, Bo Murphy, a lapidary specialist who is renowned for his beautiful pieces of jewelry, will share the history of lapidary work and how he takes a rock and makes it into a beautiful piece of jewelry.
Lapidary is the practice of shaping stone, minerals or gem stones into decorative items. Its history appears to have begun with stone carving around 70,000 BC.
Bo also loves working with fossils. He will share how fossils are physical evidence of prehistoric animals and plants. They tell us about the history of our planet. Children will experiment with fossils and may even see a dinosaur skeleton.
This natural history event will captivate the attention of all ages. You do not want to miss this program. You may want to arrive early to get a front row seat.
Lapidary is the practice of shaping stone, minerals or gem stones into decorative items. Its history appears to have begun with stone carving around 70,000 BC.
Bo also loves working with fossils. He will share how fossils are physical evidence of prehistoric animals and plants. They tell us about the history of our planet. Children will experiment with fossils and may even see a dinosaur skeleton.
This natural history event will captivate the attention of all ages. You do not want to miss this program. You may want to arrive early to get a front row seat.
Heritage Day, August 30, 2025
Expect this year's Heritage Day to exceed all previous ones. Bigger and Better. Details to follow.
Expect this year's Heritage Day to exceed all previous ones. Bigger and Better. Details to follow.
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