Education
History Club
The meetings will be held in the Messinger Room. (The Messinger Room is now accessible by elevator). Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm. The Museum is located at 202 North Main Street, Salisbury. Guests to the program should enter through the rear entrance.
A roundtable format will allow for a thirty to forty-five minute presentation, followed by a question and answer period. The Rowan History Club is open to all persons interested in the history of Rowan County. Refreshments are served.
For more information, contact the Rowan Museum at 704-633-5946.
School Tours
Thousands of school children tour the museum each year, as we have all third and fourth graders in Rowan County, as well as AIG fifth graders, homeschool groups, and many other groups.
Summer Camps: Colonial and Civil War
COLONIAL HISTORY CAMP
Participants will explore different
aspects of Rowan’s early history.
The camp will educate, involve and
excite campers about local history through daily journals, games, crafts, study and exploration of historic sites in the community, including all of the
museum’s sites:
1766 Old Stone House
1819 Utzman Chambers House
1854 Old Courthouse Museum
Summer History Camp is for students in rising third through fifth grades, and rising sixth through eighth grades.
202 N. Main St.
Salisbury, NC 28144
ELEMENTARY
(Rising third through fifth grades)
Session 1
Monday June 24 – Friday June 28
9:00 am—2:00 pm
Session 2
Monday July 8—Friday July 12
9:00 am—2:00 pm
Session 3
Monday August 5— Friday August 9
9:00 am—2:00 pm
MIDDLE SCHOOL
(Rising sixth through eighth grades)
Monday July 222– Friday July 26
9:00 am—2:00 pm
FEES
(includes t-shirt, snacks, and supplies)
Elementary
$140 per week, per camper
$120 per camper for museum members
Middle School
(includes one overnight)
$150 per week per camper
$130 per camper for museum members
REGISTRATION
If you would like a registration form and additional information, please call the Rowan Museum at 704-633-5946 or email us at tdcreel@fibrant.com and we will mail a form to you.
Space is limited so register early.
CIVIL WAR CAMP 2013
During this week long adventure, campers will be mustered into the Union and
Confederate Troops, study the history of the war, especially local history, and relive the life of a soldier through 19th century life skills, cooking and medicine, as well as marches, drills, military maneuvers
and much more!
Rising 6th – 8th graders ONLY
Mon. July 15 – Fri. July 19, 2012
9 am-2pm
Location:
Rowan Museum
202 N. Main St. Salisbury 28144
Cost:
$140 per camper
$130 for museum members
Call 704-633-5946 or email tdcreel@fibrant.com for more
information or to register your child.
Spaces will fill quickly, so register early!