Night at the Museum
Monday, June 6, 2016
Arron Hustead/Democrat-News
Exhibits come to life at the Arrow Rock Visitor Center Saturday, June 4, at "A Night at the Museum." Just like in the Ben Stiller film, those in attendance had the opportunity to meet and talk with a series of living exhibits, including titans of Missouri history such as Daniel Boone or Lewis and Clark. They could also hear hear from a Confederate Sergeant about their victory at Lexington and how soldiers made a whopping $13 a month, discuss the hardships of life on the Missouri River with the jolly flatboatsman, sit in on a math lesson from a prairie school marm, and more.
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An ensemble of characters at "A Night at the Museum" at the Arrow Rock Visitors Center (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
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Visitors discuss politics with Civil War era Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson. Two years into his term, Jackson was chased out of the capital and served the remainder of his term in exile in Arkansas, never returning to his native state. (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
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Daniel Boone (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
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Meriwether Lewis (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
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Henry Rowe Schoolcraft shows his map of the territory (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
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A school marm gives visitors a math lesson (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
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An Osage indian, who told of the land before the arrival of settlers (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
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The jolly flatboatsman (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
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A soldier and wife from the War of 1812 (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)
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Folk music sets the mood as visitors prepare to meet living history at "A Night at the Museum" (Arron Hustead/Democrat-News)