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Garst
Museum…
Smithsonian
Magazine National Museum Day Live
Free
Admission for All Participants
Check
out the National Annie Oakley Center, Crossroads of Destiny, Lowell
Thomas-With
Lawrence and Beyond
Greenville,
Ohio—On Saturday September 29, 2012, Garst Museum and The National
Annie Oakley
Center will open its doors free of charge along with over 1,400 other
participating venues for the eighth annual Museum Day Live! This
immensely
successful program, in which Garst Museum will emulate the free
admission
policy of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C.-based
facilities,
encourages learning and the spread of knowledge nationwide.
Inclusive
by design, Museum Day Live! fulfills Smithsonian Media’s mission to
make
cultural education accessible to everyone. For one day only, Garst
Museum will
grant free access to visitors who download a Museum Day Live! ticket at
Smithsonian.com. Last year’s event drew over 350,000 museum-goers, and
this
year’s Museum Day Live! is expected to attract close to 400,000
participants.
Garst
Museum executive director Dr. Clay Johnson stated that “We think it is
important to participate in Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day. This is
a great
opportunity to be part of a nationwide observance of American heritage
and
culture.”
The
Garst Museum complex is located at 205 North Broadway, (SR118N) in
Greenville,
OH; entrance is through the Garst House, which was built in 1852. The complex features six
separate but
connected buildings. The
National Annie
Oakley Center houses an extensive exhibit dedicated to the sharpshooter. Other exhibits focus on
Native American
history, the Treaty of Greene Ville, and broadcast journalism pioneer
and
nearby Woodington native, Lowell Thomas.
There is a pioneer wing, an exhibit depicting
a village of circa
1890-1930 shops, rooms furnished with American antiques, a military
exhibit
with uniforms dating from The War of 1812 through the present, and a
large
collection of Currier and Ives works.
The Darke County Genealogical and Research
Center is housed at the
museum as well. Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 am to 4 pm
and
Sunday, 1 to 4 pm, closed Mondays, major holidays and the month of
January.
The
Museum Day Live! Ticket will be available to download beginning in
August at Smithsonian.com/museumday.
Visitors who present the Museum Day
Live! Ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues
for one
day only. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address. For
more
information about Museum Day Live! 2012 and a list of participating
museums and
cultural institutions, please visit Smithsonian.com/museumday.
About
Smithsonian Media
Smithsonian
Media comprises of its flagship publication, Smithsonian magazine, as
well as
Air & Space, goSmithsonian, Smithsonian Media Digital Network,
and the
Smithsonian Channel. Smithsonian Media is a division of Smithsonian
Enterprises, the revenue-generating business unit of the Smithsonian
Institution. The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum
and
research complex consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National
Zoological Park and nine research facilities. Approximately 30 million
people
from around the world visit the museums annually
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