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The museum now charges a modest
admission charge for adults (19 and older) for
selected special exhibitions.
This admission charge will be waived for the
following:
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Students and active duty
military personnel (with presentation of ID)
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Teachers and chaperones
accompanying school groups on tours of the
special exhibition
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Parents accompanying homeschool
groups on scheduled tours of the special
exhibition
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Members of the Friends of the
Museum
More to See . . . More to Do: The
RHM Expansion
August 25, 2012 through 2013
 Exciting
things are happening at the museum!
Come see a preview of the
NEW
Rogers Historical Museum and learn
why there will truly be “more to see
and more to do” that will benefit
our visitors, students, and
community. Over the next few years,
the museum plans to more than double
in size. This planned expansion will
expand gallery space from the
current 2,400 square feet to 8,100
square feet. Collections storage and
work areas will more than double, a
new 100-seat auditorium will provide
space for special programs and
events, and a larger research
library will be available to
visitors. The new facility is
envisioned as a vital member of the
downtown community and an immersive,
discovery experience for families as
well as all visitors. This exhibit
will provide a sneak peak of where
the new museum will be, what it will
look like, and what it will contain.
Models of the interactive exhibits
planned for the new facility such as
a flooding river valley model to
illustrate the impact of the
creation of Beaver Lake, a
computer-based collections kiosk to
make information on important
objects accessible to visitors, a
kid’s play area reminiscent of a
1940s-50s kitchen, and constantly
updatable information on the
expansion project will demonstrate
the great potential of the NEW
Rogers Historical Museum.
 Spring
Cleaning
Theme Tours of the 1895 Hawkins House
March 23 through May 4, 2013
Fall in love with your modern appliances
as you discover the drudgery of
housework at the turn of the 20th
century with these theme tours of the
museum’s historic house. Everything will
be turned topsy-turvy as we imagine a
homemaker at work and a household in
disarray during the annual ordeal of
spring housecleaning.
 Works
in Wood: A Folk Art Sampler
July 27 through September 28, 2013
Functional and fanciful, large and
small, plain and ornate. The variety of
folk art objects made from wood is vast,
ranging from elaborately carved and
painted cigar store Indian figures and
folk marquetry furniture to toy wagons
and carved canes. Included in this
exhibit will be a selection of items
from the Roy Harris woodcarvings in the
collection of the Rogers Historical
Museum, as well as objects from other
museum and private collections. This
folk art sampler will delight art lovers
and history buffs alike.
Art from the Earth: A Pottery Exhibit
October 26, 2013 through February 22,
2014
Prehistoric ceremonial pots. Nineteenth
century functional crocks. Twentieth
century art pottery. Examples from the
museum’s own collection as well as other
museum collections will illustrate the
wide range of pottery used and sometimes
made in Arkansas over the centuries.
Highlights of the exhibition will be
examples of prehistoric pottery and
Niloak art pottery from the collection
of the University of Arkansas Museum.
 An
Old World Christmas
Theme Tours of the 1895 Hawkins House
December 1, 2013 through January 4, 2014
At the turn of the 20th century
residents of Northwest Arkansas came
from a number of national heritages,
including the British Isles,
Scandinavia, Germany, France, and Italy.
Holiday traditions from those countries
will come alive in the rooms of the
museum's historic house during these
special theme tours.
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