Lunch Break Special
Tuesday, July 7
Noon at the museum
Dr. Thomas Baker
"Eating Up Route 66L The Foodways of Roadside Dining in the Texas
Panhandle"
Dr. Baker's presentation is an offshoot of two book projects he is working
on for the University of Oklahoma Press. One book is a heritage tourism
guide to the 175 miles of Route 66 across the Texas Panhandle. The other
is a cookbook and stufy of the foodways of roadside dining on Route
66 from Chicago to Santa Monica.
Dr. Baker earned his Ph. D. in history
at Texas Tech University. He currently teaches at Tarleton University.
He is the W.K. Gordon Endowed Chair in Industrial History of "texas
and Driector of the W.K. Gordon Center at Tarleton. He has taught at
Texas Tech, Wroclaw Polytechnic University in Poland, the the University
of North Texas. He has been curator at several musuems: Panhandle-Plains
Historical Museum in Canyon, Texas; the Fort Worth Museum of Science
and history; Governor Bill and Vara Daniel Historic Village at Baylor
University; and the Director of Texas Hietage Museum in Hillsboro. He
has authored 25 books.
You are welcome to bring your own lunch.
If you would like to order a sandwich, please call the Museum by
10 a.m. Tuesday,
June 2. Admission is free to members, otherwise regular admission charge
of $5 for adults, $3 senior citizens and $1 for students.
Sponsors for this month are Dr. John Hanners and Steve
Ramsey.
June 26-27 - Audie
Murphy Days
July 14-18 - Camp
Shenendoah Summer Camp for 4-6 year olds
July 21-25 - Camp
Shenendoah Summer Camp for 7-10 year olds
Current Exhibits
Bits of the Orient
Bill and Gail Rolston are sharing their
Netsuke collection with museum visitors during the month of June.
Netsuke are miniature carvings made of ivory, coral,
wood, tortoiseshell, pottery, or gemstones. They were designed as toggles
for silk cords that held various kinds of pouches and containers on
the sashes worn by Japanese men in traditional dress.
The subject matter for Netsuke included history and legends,
gods and saints, ghosts and goblins, animals (real and imaginary),
people, customs, and more.
These tiny carvings are no longer used, since Japan has
adopted Western dress, including pockets to store the items once held
in the sash pouches. They are more alive than ever as collectors' items.
Come appreciate these fine examples of miniature sculpture.
