Customs House Museum to hold Sunday Family Fun: Indoor Bird Watching, January 5th
January 3, 2014
Clarksville, TN – On Sunday, January 5th, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center will hold Family Fun Day: Indoor Bird Watching from 1:00am until 4:00pm.
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Clarksville’s Customs House Museum January 2014 Exhibits and Activities
December 30, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.
In the month of January, the Museum will feature Dane Carder: Ghosts and Hopes, The Art of Jeffrey Stone, Neil Crockarell: The Sewing Room, TACA Regional Exhibition, Of Glaze & Kiln: The Art of Melody & Ken Shipley, Sunday Family Fun: Indoor Bird Watching, Let’s Find Boats, and Art & Lunch Film: Alberto Giacometti.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Exhibits
Dane Carder: Ghosts and Hopes
Through January 12th
The Art of Jeffrey Stone
January 3rd – February 2nd
Neil Crockarell: The Sewing Room
January 9th – February 23rd
TACA Regional Exhibition
January 15th – March 30th
Of Glaze & Kiln: The Art of Melody & Ken Shipley
January 9th – March 2nd
Activities
Sunday Family Fun: Indoor Bird Watching
January 5th, 1:00pm–4:00pm
Too cold to go outside to look for birds? Visit the Dewald Gallery to find our beautiful porcelain Boehm birds; then come to the classroom to make a flock of birds to take home. Free with paid admission or museum membership. For more information contact Sue Lewis at 931.648.5780.
Let’s Find Boats
January 15th & 16th, 10:30am–11:30am
Children 3 – 5 years old and their grown-ups are invited to explore the museum from a child’s perspective. We will look for boats, read a story, and make a craft. This activity is free with paid admission or museum membership. Siblings are always welcome. For more information, contact Sue Lewis at 931.648.5780.
Art & Lunch Film: Alberto Giacometti
Thursday, January 23rd, 12:05pm
Free admission to film. Bagged lunches welcome. The son of a painter, Alberto Giacometti was born in 1901 in Italian-speaking Switzerland. At 18, he left school to find himself. Soon after, he announced that he would devote his life to art. In conjunction with the exhibit TACA Regional Exhibition.
The museum will be closed January 1st for New Year’s Day.
About the Customs House Museum
Located in the heart of historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is the State’s second largest general museum. With over 35,000 square feet of the region’s best hands-on activities and special events…people of all ages agree – the Customs House Museum is well worth the stop!
The Explorer’s Gallery is packed with fun, learning and fantasy in Aunt Alice’s Attic, McGregor’s Market and kitchen, and of course – the Bubble Cave! Finally, get “all aboard” to see our fantastic model trains. Our volunteer engineers “ride the rails” every Sunday afternoon from 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Regular museum hours are 10:00am to 5:00pm Tuesday through Saturday, and 1:00pm to 5:00pm on Sundays. Adult admission is $7.00, Sr. Citizens and College ID $5.00, Ages 6 to 18 $3.00, and under six years and Museum members are free.
The Customs House Museum is located at 200 South Second Street. For more information, call 931.648.5780 or visit their website at www.customshousemuseum.org
Clarksville’s Customs House Museum November 2013 Exhibits and Activities
October 31, 2013
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is located in historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee. Come explore an entire city block featuring large gallery spaces filled with fine art, science and history.
In the month of November, the Museum will feature Dane Carder: Ghosts and Hopes, Entangled Roots: The Art of Jennifer Bowman, The Surreal World of Mindy Herrin, Cindy Billingsley: Wild Ones, Day of the Dead, Let’s Find: Animal Faces, and Family Funday: “Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!”.
Customs House Museum and Cultural Center
Customs House Museum to hold Sunday Family Fun: Rowing through Tennessee, June 30th
June 25, 2013
Clarksville, TN – On Sunday, June 30th, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center will hold Family Fun Day: Rowing through Tennessee from 1:00apm until 5:00pm.
Before Interstates, paved roads or railroads, there were rivers.
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Customs House Museum to hold Family Fun Day “Discovering Christmas Past” Sunday
December 3, 2012
Clarksville, TN – On Sunday, December 9th, from 1:00pm–5:00pm the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center will be holding Family Fun Day, Discovering Christmas Past.
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Customs House Museum Family Fun Day September 23rd, 2012 with “Fabulous, Fantastic Furniture”
September 20, 2012
Clarksville, TN – Come out to the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center Sunday, September 23rd for Family Fun Day.
Explore the Cumberland Furniture Guild exhibit and then join us in the Coca Cola Café to design and make some of your own furniture with paper, small cardboard boxes, craft sticks, and pictures from magazines.
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Custom House Museum and Cultural Center to have Family Fun Day Sunday, June 24th
June 18, 2012
Clarksville, TN – On Sunday, June 24th, come down to the Custom House Museum and Cultural Center for Family Fun Day from 1:00pm-5:00pm.
Come see the changes that have been made in Heritage Hall, then design and build your own structure. Bring some small to medium boxes if you would like. [Read more]
Family Fun Day at the Customs House Museum
June 10, 2011
We are the Champions
Clarksville, TN – The Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is making sports related crafts Sunday, June 12th from 1:00pm to 5:00pm. It is free with paid admission or museum membership. For more information, contact Sue Lewis at 931-648-5780.
