Sunday, November 22, 2009

The Gail Center

My sister Bree reminded us of a small local museum, The Gail Center. We decided to try it out for our field trip Friday. It's full of local history and turn of the century artifacts. The kids especially loved the farm house and general store.

It's run by 60 or 70ish year old grandma volunteers, who have lots of history to share. As we were the only patrons there, we got lots of their attention. The museum creators couldn't seem to decide if it was meant to be a children's museum or not. Mixed in all the hands on things are antiques with Do Not Touch signs. Unfortunately, the young ones they especially don't want touching are not old enough to read the signs. What's the point of having a General store with an awesome cash register full of fake money, if you can't touch it? Confusion aside, the kids thoroughly enjoyed it.



The next room over held the highlight of the trip, the Gingerbread house display. We got to admire and vote for our favorite. It really got us in the holiday mood. Most of us voted for the clever windmill display.






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