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Sedona Heritage Museum main building |
Sedona Heritage
Museum celebrating 10 years of service to the
community on Oct 18
Sedona, AZ - Sept. 23, 2008 - 2008 marks
a 10 year milestone for the Sedona Heritage
Museum. After years of dreaming and planning by
volunteers of the Sedona Historical Society, the
Society opened a museum in October 1998 that
focused on the history of the greater Sedona
area in the home of one of Sedona’s largest
commercial orchard families. In celebration of
the Museum’s many advances and successes, the
Board and volunteers plan several activities for
this fall.
Foremost, the museum will throw a big party on
Saturday, October 18th from 11:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m. for the entire community to
experience the museum, old-time demonstrations,
games, activities and entertainment, and enjoy a
dutch oven lunch.
The day will start
with a brief program introducing the volunteers that
started it all and the Society’s past-presidents.
Live music will entertain the lunch crowd. In and
around the Museum, people will be able to visit with
demonstrators like a blacksmith, native/medicinal
plant expert, farm animal display, Ft. Verde
soldier, “ladies” handiwork crafters, wood carvers,
a basket weaver, Native American skills expert,
throwing a lasso and displaying vintage cars. Guests
will also be able to participate in several “make &
take” activities like tin-smithing and cornhusk
doll-making. There will be a silent auction, local
author book-signings, complimentary coffee and
raffles. This is a free event and intended to be a
gift to the community for the support the Sedona
Heritage Museum has received during its first 10
years.
Visitors enjoying a new exhibit at the Sedona Heritage Museum. Also scheduled from October 15th to November 15th to
coincide with their anniversary party, the Museum
will host a special traveling exhibit about the
design and creation of the new Arizona quarter. The
Museum Gift Shop has mounted, un-circulated Arizona
quarters for sale.
Roping: an activity planned for the Oct 18th party
Then, in partnership with the Sedona Red Rock News,
the “History Edition” of the paper on October 17th
will include a history of the Museum and several
articles written by members of the Sedona Historical
Society. This is a special opportunity for the
Museum and Society to highlight historic information
and photos cared for at the Museum.
As a special element of the celebration of its 10th
anniversary, the Museum is working diligently to
re-print the Sedona Westerners’ book of pioneer
interviews called “Those Early Days” and to re-print
the Society’s founder, Laura Purtymun McBride’s book
called “Traveling by Tin Lizzie.” If the printer
stays on schedule and “the creek don’t rise”, “Those
Early Days” will be available at the October 18th
Museum party and “Tin Lizzie” will be available in
time for holiday shopping.
The Sedona Heritage Museum opened in 1998 with
limited hours, minimal exhibits and unlabeled boxes
of artifacts, documents and photographs. Today the
Museum is open 7 days/week, on track to host 10,000
visitors this year, utilize 11,000 volunteer hours,
has an award-winning and much in demand educational
program, and has over 8000 items from its collection
cataloged in an automated museum database. Indeed
the Museum and the entire community have a lot to be
proud of and a lot to celebrate.
For more information about the Sedona Heritage
Museum, Sedona Historical Society or any of the
activities mentioned here, call 928-282-7038 or
visit our web-site
www.sedonamuseum.org.
