Water/Ways Opening! The Smithsonian has finally arrived!
Opening from 10-4 Saturday July 16, 2016
The Museum of the Grand Prairie is delighted to be hosting the Museums on Main Street Exhibit Water/Ways as jointly sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and the Illinois Humanities Council.
Join us to explore the Smithsonian Water/Ways, and learn how water impacts our local community in the companion exhibit, The Worth of Water.
As a part of the Museum of the Grand Prairie’s opening celebration of Water/Ways:
- Sara Grady, storyteller and water advocate, will present: Water, Wonder, Words: Language, Stories, and the Cradle of Life at 2:00 pm.
- Tours of the new exhibit will be given hourly.
- Interactive stations set up in and around the museum from 1-4pm, including a water table from the Illinois State Water Survey, and participation by the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy, Prairie Rivers Network, the Mahomet Aquifer Consortium, IDNR, and the USGS Ground Water Section.
Refreshments will be served before the presentation.
For more info: (217) 586-2612 or kriopelle@ccfpd.org.
Water/Ways is produced by Museum on Main Street, a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Illinois Humanities.
Water/Ways is produced by Museum on Main Street, a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Illinois Humanities.
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