Quilt display
Quilt display in the Tower Gallery. Photo courtesy The Heritage Museum.
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Quilts
Photo courtesy The Heritage Museum.
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The Heritage Museum celebrates 40 years
Opening Day June 2, 2018
by The Heritage Museum
May 29, 2018
This year, The Heritage Museum celebrates its 40th anniversary on Saturday, June 2. Beginning at 10:00 AM and ending at 3:00 PM, there will be living history presentations, equipment demonstrations in the yard, speakers and entertainment in the Beebe Room, and music in the outdoor pavilion. In the cookhouse, delicious burgers and homemade pies will be served. All are invited to enjoy a piece of anniversary cake when it is cut at 10:00 AM.
Everyone is encouraged to come and visit with others, many who remember watching, or perhaps were part of, the museum’s construction. John Davidson, who was the Building Chairman at that time, will be a guest of honor.
A "Living History" presentation will commence in the yard at 10:00 as school children are summoned to class by their teacher. Thus begins a short glimpse into the day in a 1901 one-room schoolhouse. This event will be repeated at 12:30.
At 10:30 AM, Montana Conversations program, "Hand-Raised: The Historic Barns of Montana" with Chere Jiusto, will be presented in the Beebe Room. Historic barns of Montana are a threatened part of our heritage. To capture their history and encourage their preservation, Chere Jiusto, Christine Brown and photographer Tom Ferris collaborated on the award-winning book Hand Raised: Historic Barns of Montana. Montana Preservation Alliance (MPA) championed this decade-long project, which traces the agricultural history of Big Sky Country and celebrates the craftsmanship that went into building these icons of rural life. This conversation includes an overview of Montana’s barn-building history, stunning photographs of barns from across the state, and the stories attached to some of Montana’s most memorable, photogenic, and historic barns.
Another "Living History" presentation, "Alcohol, Corsets, and the Vote: A Conversation with Mary Long Alderson" with Anne Foster, follows at 11:30. Join suffragette, temperance worker, dress reformer, and journalist Mary Long Alderson for a conversation. This first person presentation invites the audience into a 1914 Montana parlor to discourse on the issues of the day. Chairwoman of the Montana Floral Emblem campaign, president of the Montana Christian Temperance Union, and a leader in the Montana Woman Suffrage Association, Mrs. Alderson is an eloquent and passionate presenter. Drawing from her own editorials and other writings, Mary will explain the benefits of votes for women as well as the evils of drink and tight lacing. From rough and tumble territorial beginnings, Montana's pioneer women helped the grand state of Montana build community and gain statehood, now it is time for the Montana sisterhood to join together once again to prepare her for this wondrous new century.
Following the first person interpretation, scholar Anne Foster will step into the present to detail her research and answer questions with a modern view. Anne Foster is an archivist and living historian who has worn a corded petticoat while baking biscuits in 1864 Arizona, a hoop while spinning wool in 1865 Montana, a bustle to travel by narrow gauge train through 1876 Colorado, and an s-curve corset to pan for gold in 1905 Alaska.
Funding for these Montana Conversations programs is provided by Humanities Montana through grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Montana’s Cultural Trust, and private donations.
At 1:00 PM, Libby’s own Old Town Opera House Theater will perform a portion of this year’s play "A Day in the Life of Hoodoo Joe" followed by a bit of their old-time vaudeville.
The Kootenai Muzzleloaders tent will be set up in the yard to display early American arms, accoutrements, and artifacts. As a special attraction, a cannon will blast at various times throughout the day, shooting candy into the air for spectators to enjoy.
The band, For God and Country, will perform in the pavilion at 11:00 AM.
The Kootenai Valley Quilt Guild is displaying their quilts in the Tower Gallery though June 29th. Be sure to have a look at their beautiful work! Carlene Erlandson will demonstrate sewing on a treadle sewing machine from 2:00-3:00 PM.
The Lincoln County Amateur Radio Group will be set up in the yard, ready to answer questions, explain their equipment or demonstrate the sending of messages.
The Museum will be open for the season through September 15th, Monday-Saturday, 10:00-5:00 and Sunday, 1:00-5:00. A donation for your admission is always appreciated. The Heritage Museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation and relies on donations to continue its mission to collect, preserve, protect and interpret the history of Lincoln County for education, research, cultural enrichment and recreation for local residents and visitors of all ages.
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