Make It A Night Thursday
Join the Museum on Thursday evenings for special exhibition openings, tours, films, lectures, classes and more.
Thursday, March 11
6 p.m.
Special Film Feature: Horace King: The Bridge Builder
Free!
Former slave Horace King rose to become the most-respected bridge builder in west Georgia, east Alabama and northeast Mississippi from the 1830s until the 1880s. Come view this special documentary film, which covers the life span of this great African-American legend who accomplished great things during the tumultuous periods of slavery and Reconstruction. This screening is held in conjunction with our exhibition Let the Records Show: Discovering the Valley’s Black Community in Slavery and Freedom.
Thursday, April 1
6 p.m.
Special Film Feature: Lift Every Voice
Free!
This documentary covers the history of African Americans in Columbus, Georgia from Reconstruction to the Civil Rights movement. The film explores the cultural, social and religious institutions that helped to define the local black community in the context of legal segregation and the struggle for integrated schools. This screening is held in conjunction with our exhibition Let the Records Show: Discovering the Valley’s Black Community in Slavery and Freedom.
Thursday, April 15
6 p.m. -- 7 p.m.
Sketching from the Collection
Free!
Join Curator of Education Tim Brown as he conducts a series of drawing lessons in the gallery that will be inspired by works in the Museum’s collection. Working with graphite and kneaded erasers, participants will learn how to create quick, yet carefully observed, studies of works by American artists. Participants are welcomed to bring their own sketchbooks. No other drawing materials will be allowed in the galleries.
Thursday, May 27
6 p.m.
Special Film Feature: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
Free!
Part of the PBS series, “The American Experience,” this documentary spans the momentous years from 1863 to 1877 as it tracks the extraordinary stories of ordinary Americans -- Southern and Northern, white and black -- as they struggled to shape new lives for themselves in a world turned upside down.
Regional Historic Architecture Tour
Cost: $15
In celebration of the exhibition The Way We Lived: Residential Architecture and Life in the 19th Century, the Museum will offer two guided tours of historic homes in LaGrange, Eufaula, Lumpkin and Columbus. See below for specific itineraries.
There will be a minimum of 40 people per tour. Reservations are required. For more information, contact Melinda Durham at 706.748.2562, ext. 651 or mdurham@columbusmuseum.com.
Saturday, May 8
9:45 a.m.
Depart Columbus Museum for LaGrange
11 a.m. -- 11:45 a.m.
Tour Bellevue
Noon to 1 p.m.
Lunch at Downtown LaGrange
1 p.m. -- 2 p.m.
Drive to Columbus’ Historic District
2 p.m. -- 3 p.m.
Tour Historic District
3 p.m.
Return to Columbus Museum
Saturday, May 22
9 a.m.
Depart Columbus Museum for Eufaula
10 a.m. -- 11:45 a.m.
Tour Fendall Hall and Shorter Mansion
11:45 -- 12:45
Lunch in Eufaula
12:45 a.m. -- 1:15 p.m.
Drive to Lumpkin
1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Tour Moye House/Slave Cabins
1:45 p.m. -- 2 p.m.
Drive to Westville
2 p.m. -- 3 p.m.
Tour Westville |
