“Laying Low” to benefit Custom’s House Museum
October 24, 2011
Clarksville, TN – If you’ve been “Flying High” over the years, then it’s time for “Laying Low” to support the Custom’s House Museum and Cultural Center. The Museum’s first ever “Laying Low” fundraiser is coming November 5th at 3:30pm, at the home of Nancy and Garnett Ladd, 2100 Madison Street.
This “festival style” event will feature a complete barbeque dinner with all the trimmings, adult beverages, sweet tea, outdoor games, a cornhole tournament, capped off with a bonfire and s’mores. The highlight of the night will be country music headliner, Frankie Ballard. [Read more]
A View From Space at the Customs House Museum
October 22, 2011
Clarksville, TN – From now through January 8th 2012, the Customs House Museum has a great exhibit called “A View from Space”. Since the launch of the world’s first artificial satellite Sputnik in 1957, satellites have dramatically changed the way we study our planet.
A View from Space, a new, bilingual (Spanish and English), highly interactive, hands-on science exhibit, will allow visitors to see the world from a satellite’s perspective. They can track a hurricane from space, send a satellite spinning into orbit around a model Earth, study incredible images of our planet captured by NASA’s Earth Observing System, and more. [Read more]
Sunday Fun at the Custom’s House: “My Favorite Dog” Day
September 16, 2010
Come down to the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center Sunday, September 19th, from 1:00pm to 4:00pm and draw a picture of your favorite dog for us to display in our Explorers’ Gallery. Make a dog sculpture to take home.
The model trains will also be running from 1:00pm to 4:00pm. Activity is free with paid admission or museum membership.
Become a museum member today and enjoy free admission and free programs for a year.
For more information call Sue Lewis 931-648-5780 or visit our website: www.customshousemuseum.org.
The Commedia Robin Hood
July 16, 2010
Austin Peay State University’s Theatre Organization for Youth by Students (T.O.Y.S.) production of The Commedia Robin Hood By Lane Riosley at the Custom House Museum on July 10th..
In this story, you are taken along for a fast paced ride with the merry troupe Columbine, Arlequin, Punchin, and Rosetta, along with a donkey as they tackle, tumble, trick and trip their way through the tale of Robin Hood with a fantastic abandon.
Come ready to enjoy an action-packed hour of clowning featuring puppets, stilts, singing, patter verse and mock combat in this unforgettable adaptation.
