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May
11, 2008 Mother’s Day Special
Bring your mother in for
her special day at the museum. Mothers accompanied by her
child, children or grandchildren will be admitted free and give
a special mother’s day rose.
May 17, 2008, 10:00a.m.-noon
Junior Docent Training
The Rosenberg Railroad Museum is seeking high-school aged
volunteers to join our Junior Docent program. Junior Docents
will be trained to help with children’s programs, special
events, greet our visitors, give tours and work in the gift
shop. The summer is a particularly busy time for us at the
museum and we could sure use the help. If you are volunteering
to earn service hours, there are a lot to be had. Bring your
service hours paper with you to the training and earn your first
2 hours.
May
17, 2008, 12:00 Noon, Museum Grounds Armed
Forces Day Brick Dedication Ceremony
Help us honor those that
have served and are serving in our armed forces today by
purchasing a memorial paving stone with the name of someone you
want to remember or honor. Order your brick for $100 by the
first of May to have it included in the ceremony. To order your
brick come by the museum at 1921 Avenue F and fill out your
order form today or download it
HERE.
May 24, 2008, 5:00-7:00. at the Reese’s river house,
Stagecoach Crossing
Volunteer Appreciation Pot Luck Supper and Swim Party.
Volunteers will be recognized for their service to the museum.
Certificates and awards will be handed out. Come and mingle
with your fellow volunteers. Tours of Stagecoach Crossing
will be offered throughout the evening. Bring your family
and a towel, if you want to swim. RSVP to Joan at 281-633-2846
or 281-342-9040 by May 17.
May 25, 2008
Southern Pacific Railroad China
exhibit closes.
If you haven’t had a chance to view the railroad china exhibit
at the museum, better come on in. The exhibit will be closing
on May 25th, 2 008. It contains Southern Pacific
china, silver, menus and other archival material and
memorabilia.
June
7, 2008, 10:00-12:00, Education Station Super
Science Saturday, 6-10 year olds
Come and explore with
Briscoe Junior High School Science teacher, Kenneth Fletcher.
Details forthcoming.
June 8, 2008. 2:00-4:00, Museum Grounds
(inclement weather alternate, Education Station) Ice
Cream Social ,Members only Sixth Anniversary Celebration
Members are cordially invited to come celebrate the museum’s
sixth year in operation! June 8, 2008, from 2:00-4:00, on the
grounds of the museum we will have a good old fashioned ice
cream social with old fashioned yard games for the whole
family. Croquet, horse shoes, hop-scotch, tug-of-war and other
games will entertain guests. Museum staff, Board and volunteers
will furnish homemade ice cream to go with a spectacular cake
crafted and donated for the anniversary celebration by Elvina
Loehr of Loehr Layer Cakes. Members will also be treated to a
preview of the new summer exhibit, Iron and Steel: Sculpture
by Jim Adams. The artist will be on site to interpret the
pieces. The sculpture will be available for purchase with a
percentage of the proceeds benefiting the railroad museum.
June 10, 2008 Iron & Steel: Sculpture by Jim Adams will
be opening at the railroad museum June 10, 2008 and will run
through August 3, 2008.
There will be a special members’ only preview Sunday afternoon,
June 8 from 2:00-4:00. Members will have the opportunity to
purchase works of art in the show. The labels on the purchased
pieces will include the purchaser’s name as “on loan from…” and
will remain on view until the show closes. Thirty percent of the
purchase price will be donated, by the artist, to the museum.
Iron and steel - old, weathered, coffee colored, beaten by years
of use, unyielding, mute items found all around us, now discards
- are the media artist Jim Adams uses for his sculpture. ”This
is the stuff which made our country strong and made it run,”
said artist Jim Adams. Adams crafts steel people, flowers and
some fantasy and abstract pieces out of things like railroad
spikes and track plates. The artwork will be displayed in the
expansion area of Education Station, a part of the Rosenberg
Railroad Museum complex. The artist has also generously donated
a piece for auction at the museum’s upcoming Gala scheduled for
September 12, 2008.
June 10-13, 2008 (Tuesday-Friday), 2:00-4:00,
Education Station Junior Model Railroad Camp, 4-7 year
olds
Expert modeler, Russell
Straw will instruct the kids as they build their own N-scale
model railroad module. They will create the background, trees,
grass, and a structure. They will lay track and add cars, people
and a railroad car. The last day the kids will hook all their
modules together and run trains. Everyone will get to take
their module and all the accessories home. Cost $60,
non-members; $50, members. Registration form available at the
museum or online. Registration limited to 15 kids.
July
8-11, 2008 (Tuesday-Friday), 2:00-5:00, Education
Station Junior Model Railroad Camp, 8-16 year olds
Expert modeler, Russell
Straw will instruct the kids as they build their own N-scale
model railroad module. They will build their own box, create
the background, trees, grass, and a structure. They will lay
track and add cars, people and a railroad car. The last day the
kids will hook all their modules together and run trains.
Everyone will get to take their module and all the accessories
home. Cost $60, non-members; $50, members. Registration form
available at the museum or online. Limited to 15 kids.
July 12, 2008, 10:00-12:00, Education Station
Super Science Saturday, 6-10 year olds
Come and explore with
Briscoe Junior High School Science teacher, Kenneth Fletcher.
Details forthcoming.
July 11, 18 & 25, 2008, 5:00-7:00, Museum Grounds
Hamburger Suppers
Held in conjunction with
the downtown summer concert series sponsored by the city of
Rosenberg, museum volunteers will serve hamburgers, chips, drink
& homemade cookies before each downtown concert. (Inclement
weather, the concert and hamburger supper, or other food
concession, will be move to the convention center.
August
9, 2008, 12:00-4:00, Museum Grounds
Super Safety Saturday—FREE
PUBLIC PROGRAM
Police,
Fire, Operation Lifesaver and other safety officials team
together to offer important safety information. Kids will be
finger printed and photographed for parents to keep, home
safety, personal safety and more. The museum’s Operation
Lifesaver will offer special presentations of train safety.
More information forthcoming. Watch for updates.
September 12, 6:00-10:00,
Safari Texas Ranch
Annual Gala
Details
forthcoming. Watch for updates.
October
11, 2008 10:00-5:00, Museum Grounds
Railfest 2008
Details
forthcoming. Watch for updates.
October 25, 2008,
12:00-4:00, Museum Grounds
BOOberg Fall Festival
Sponsored
by the Rosenberg Railroad Museum and the City of Rosenberg, the
event is held each October on the Museum grounds at 1921 Avenue
F and features a haunted house, carnival games, costume
contests, Scarecrow Contest, food, refreshments, and more. Noon
- 4:00 p.m. No admission fee to get into the festival. Normal
admission fees to the museum.
December 6, 2008, Downtown
Rosenberg
Christmas in Rosenberg
Sponsored
by the Rosenberg Convention and Visitors Bureau, guests
celebrate their Christmas on the Brazos the first Saturday each
December. This free event includes children's activities, food,
craft, and gift vendors, live entertainment, visits to Santa and
Mrs. Claus and much, much more. The children’s activities are
located on the grounds of the museum. Regular admission fees
for the museum. Volunteers will be selling cookies and candy in
tins and hot chocolate. |