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Dates
for 2008 Cabin Days have been announced
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Most
of the curriculum for our school programs are now on CD-ROM.
Ask our Tour Coordinator about this exciting offering!
Are you a South Bend Community
School Corporation or Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation
school? You have FREE admission to the
Center for History!
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more information
Fur
Trade Program
Date: December 9-12, 2008
Time: 9:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Your students will gain insight
into the importance of the fur trade in northern Indiana
during the 17th, 18th and 19th
centuries. They will examine silver shaped into crosses and
animal forms to learn how the European explorers bartered
with Native Americans for goods. A view of axes, guns, traps
and such household items as a bone needle used in making
clothing will help students understand the self-sufficiency
of the fur traders.
Following a presentation and self-guided tour of Voyages Gallery, classes will be taken on their respective buses to Riverview Cemetery to the site of the landing of French explorer LaSalle in 1679. From that point, students will walk the portage used by LaSalle and countless numbers of Native Americans, explorers, voyageurs and fur traders as they journeyed through this area. Call Matt Galke, Tour Coordinator, at (574) 235-9664, ext. 239 or click here
Civil War Program
Grades 3 and up
Date: April 15-18, 2008
Time: 9:30 - 12:30 p.m.
Civil
War reenactors meet with students to tell them about Civil
War soldiers' lives. Also students will have an
opportunity to learn about the Civil War through an audio
visual presentation and be able to make a Civil War era
craft.
Cabin
Days more...
Grades 3 and up
October 14-17, 2008
Held
every year in the month of October
Changing
Exhibition Programs
There are programs
that are associated with the changing exhibitions.
Please contact us or check "Exhibitions &
Events" on the menu at the left.
Interested?
Contact
our Tour Coordinator at (574) 235-9664, ext. 239 or
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