PASTIMES
Special Members-Only Events
LEE AND GRANT Members' Preview !
Saturday, May 17
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Free for members! (please present membership card)
Be the first to see Lee and Grant when it opens at the Missouri History Museum, and take this opportunity to listen to the Lee and Grant audio guide for FREE (normally $1) during the Members' Preview only!.
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Throughout Museum
Enjoy watching and visiting with living history characters, dressed in period attire, as they stroll through the exhibition.
11:30 a.m. to Noon
MacDermott Grand Hall
Living History Performance: Meet Absalom Grimes, Confederate Spy in
The Life and Bloody Times of a Civil War Spy
Barnes M. Bradshaw, special events coordinator for the Missouri History
Museum, will explore the life of Civil War spy Absalom Grimes in a first-person,
fully-costumed program.
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
MacDermott Grand Hall
Civil War Era Music with The Buckhannon Brothers
The Buckhannon Brothers have performed at numerous national music festivals
and have been instrumental in several projects dedicated to the preservation of
string band music. Their talents as musicians have been preserved for posterity
on recordings archived in the Library of Congress, and their recordings have been
used as authentic auditory complements to two historical documentaries.
Members receive a 20% discount on most purchases* in Louisiana
Purchase, the museum's gift shop, on days when Pastimes events are held.
*Discount does not apply to music, DVD's, videos, John Pils items and items
already on sale.
Please call (314) 454-3100 for additional information on any of these
programs. |
