MUSEUM SCAVENGER HUNT Enhance your family’s museum tour experience through our new “Scavenger Hunt Tour” brochure created just for children and families.  Spark their curiosity in history and all of that “old stuff” from this creative approach to seeing the museum through their eyes and interests.  Solving word clues and locating visual objects will keep children focused on their “scavenger” quest.  These free brochures are located at the main entrance desk.

Saturday, July 11, 2009   TMH   6-8 p.m.
OUTDOOR CELTIC CONCERT – featuring FIRE IN THE GLEN
Bring your lawn chair and picnic basket and enjoy the evening.
Cost:  $5 per person
 

UPPER LEVEL “ADVENTURES IN HISTORY” SUMMER CAMP
A CHANGING NATION: VICTORIAN ERA THROUGH WORLD WAR I

This camp is bursting with activities, games, and crafts oriented around the dynamic years from 1890-1918 when Cumberland County bustled with industry and the Indian School was in full swing. During this time foreign immigration soared and frequent technological advancements filled Americans with excitement and apprehension. Come explore this fascinating period of rapid transformation.  Campers will attempt to duplicate Jim Thorpe’s athletic achievements, gussy up in Victorian era clothing, make hand cranked ice cream, create period crafts, learn proper posture and manners for high tea, suffer “industrial accidents” while working on an assembly line making “sausages,” and, of course, be subjected to the terror of water balloon trench warfare.

INFORMATION

Eligibility: Students entering 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th grade in the fall of 2009 may attend.
Dates:  Monday, July 13 through Friday, July 17
Time:  9 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Place:   Two Mile House at 1189 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle
(Across from the K-Mart)
Price:  CCHS members $85; nonmembers $100
Discount of $10 per camper for multiple children from the same family attending any camp.
          Camps fill quickly. VISA and MASTERCARD accepted over the phone.
 
 

Saturday, August 8, 2009      TMH       6-8 p.m.
OUTDOOR CELTIC CONCERT – featuring IRISHTOWN ROAD
Bring your lawn chair and picnic basket and enjoy the evening.
Cost:  $5 per person
 
 

Thursday, September 3, 2009                    TMH                                          6-8 p.m.
MCLAIN CELTIC FESTIVAL PRE- EVENT RECEPTION
Join us for a festive evening featuring food from local restaurants and caterers, Celtic performers offering live entertainment, bagpipes and kilts, libations and hospitality.  Reservations required.  $45 per person
 

Saturday, September 5, 2009
MCLAIN CELTIC FESTIVAL
Join us for the 15th Annual McLain Celtic Festival.  There will be lots of musical entertainment, including Irish and Scottish dancers, bagpipes, Border collie demonstrations and highland athletics.  Other highlights include re-enactors, Scottish Clan representatives, highland cattle, vendors with Celtic goods and, of course, delicious food!  Special appearance by Cherish the Ladies. Tickets:  $10; children under 12 free; Advance tickets $8