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WHAT'S GROWIN' ON?
Night for the Museum
February 20th, 6:30 to 9:00 pm
Will we see you at Night for the Museum? Put on your blue jeans and a favorite pair of boots and join us for this Museum fundraiser! We will have a delicious BBQ dinner catered by Hickory Hollow, a silent auction, along with a live auction. Some of the auction items include a week's stay at a Bradenton Beach condo, Disney park-hopper passes, photographic prints, original acrylic and oil paintings, landscape trees, a cigar sampler, catered dinners, and lots more. It promises to be a fun evening and we hope to see you there! Tickets are $50 each and can be purchased online at Eventbrite or at the Ag Museum. Funds raised will support our educational programming, unique exhibits and events, the purchase of archival and exhibit supplies, restoration/preservation of artifacts and equipment, and converting our lighting to LED. We appreciate your support!
Special thanks to our Event Partner: West Coast Tomato, McClure Family Farms, & Mrs. Corrine McClure.
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Curator's Corner
With the close to our seasonal events for the holidays there are now a few more hours in the day for curatorial work. We have acquired a very unusual new artifact, a Crosley Farm-O-Road. We are very excited to be able to make this item a focal point in a multi-site exhibition featuring Powel Crosley's inventions. The exhibit is slated to open in late spring early summer of 2016.
Volunteer Needs:
- Tractor/Equipment Washer 6x a year
- Data Entry/General
- Archive Organizer
Contact Melissa if you are interested and able to help us with these tasks.
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Upcoming Events
January 9th - Rye Preserve Opening 9:00 am -11:00 am Diane will be there with brand rubbings.
January 14th - 24th Manatee County Fair Come visit the Historical Resources Department in the Harllee Barn!
February 12th - Harllee Barn: Local Perspectives closes. Make sure to stop by and see this one of a kind art exhibit featuring the Harllee Barn before it's too late!
February 20th - Palmetto Historical Park Yard Sale 8:30 am -12:30 pm
February 20th - Night for the Museum. Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite. More information can be found on Facebook.
March 5th - Cracker Cowboy Art Exhibit Opens 2:00-4:00 pm. RSVP's requested.
March 12th - Heritage Festival 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Join us for our annual event. Have letters and cards stamped with the special cancellation at the Post Office, enjoy entertainment and activities during this celebration of Palmetto's history.
March 19th - Cracker Cowboy Poet Hank Mattson 1:00 pm. $5.00 admission
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During Christmas in the Park we hosted Real Rail Sugarcreekers Model Railroaders with their trains. On the first night of the event, Ramiro commented on an empty space in the middle of their display and said it needed a parking lot. The guys invited him back the next day to build his creation for the train layout. Thank you to the Real Rail Sugarcreekers Model Railroaders for investing in Ramiro. He did a great job!
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When you shop on Amazon.com you can help out the Ag Museum! Select the Manatee County Agricultural Museum as your preferred charity on AmazonSmile and 0.5% of every AmazonSmile eligible purchase will be donated to us. It is an easy way to show your support on a daily basis. Check out their website for more information.
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