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SUMMARY:Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The Board of Directors of the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County meets monthly on the second Wednesday at 4:30pm. Meetings are conducted at the Pennyroyal Area Museum and are open to the public. There is no meeting in December. \nMAY’S DRAFT AGENDA \nCall to Order and Review Board Meeting Agenda \nReview and Approve April 2025 Meeting Minutes \nVisioning & Education Activity: Finish STEPS \nUnfinished Business \nWoody Winfree Fire-Transportation Museum Update \n2025 Gala Update \nNew Business \nProposed Deaccessions \nBoard & Committee Reports \nDirector’s Report \nTreasurer’s Reports \nCollections Committee Report \nExecutive Director’s Evaluation \nAnnouncements \nAdjournment \nUpcoming meeting dates: \n\nJune 11\, 2025
URL:https://www.museumsofhopkinsville.org/event/board-meeting-14/
LOCATION:Pennyroyal Area Museum\, 217 E 9th St\, Hopkinsville\, KY 42240\, Hopkinsville\, United States
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SUMMARY:bell hooks Book Club in May
DESCRIPTION:The bell hooks Legacy Group\, the Museums of Historic Hopkinsville-Christian County\, Hoptown Chronicle\, and the Christian County Literacy Council will celebrate the life and work of Hopkinsville native bell hooks with a book discussion on Monday\, April 21 at 6pm in the bell hooks Legacy Room at the Pennyroyal Area Museum. \nThe bell hooks Book Club is an informal group who will come together in conversation of Hopkinsville native bell hooks and her extensive work. All are welcome to join the discussion. \nBorn Gloria Jean Watkins in Hopkinsville and writing under the pen name bell hooks\, this remarkable woman published 40 books in her lifetime. The cultural critic\, educator\, and theorist is best known for her writings on feminism\, race\, and class\, but she also wrote children’s books and books about love\, spirituality\, and healthy relationships. \nThe group continues its discussion of bell hooks’s 2000 book All About Love: New Visions. Writer\, cultural critic\, feminist icon\, and Hopkinsville native bell hooks explores what causes a polarized society and how to heal divisions. This New York Times bestselling book offers the truth about love in an expansive context and gives inspiration to help us instill caring\, compassion\, and strength in all our interactions. \nThe group will discuss Chapter 1 “Clarity: Give Love Words” and Chapter 2 “Justice: Childhood Love Lessons.” Discussions of following chapters will be held on the third Monday of each month. \nCopies of All About Love are available in The Vault by Planters Bank Museum Shop\, online through our Shopify store\, to check out from the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library\, or from Amazon or your favorite bookseller. \nStop by The Vault Museum Shop at the Pennyroyal Area Museum to purchase a copy of Salvation: Black People and Love and to pick up a bell hooks button – while supplies last.  \nThe bell hooks Legacy Group is a grassroots alliance that nurtures the meaning and impact of the writer’s stories\, essays and poems in her hometown\, Hopkinsville\, Kentucky\, where she began life as Gloria Jean Watkins. Follow bellhookslegacygroup on Instagram for more information. \nFor more information\, contact the Museums at 270-887-4270 or visit us in person at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
URL:https://www.museumsofhopkinsville.org/event/bell-hooks-book-club-in-may/
LOCATION:Pennyroyal Area Museum\, 217 E 9th St\, Hopkinsville\, KY 42240\, Hopkinsville\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250527T180000
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SUMMARY:Tombstone Tuesday
DESCRIPTION:Roll up your sleeves with us to scrub the dirt off a bit of history. Join us on Tuesday\, May 27 at 6pm in Vine Street Cemetery (also known as Union Benevolent Society Cemetery)* for our FIRST Tombstone Tuesday of the season.  \nLocated on Vine Street just past Wood and Bradshaw streets\, this cemetery was established in 1866 by the Union Benevolent Society\, an organization of newly-freed African Americans just after the conclusion of the Civil War. The group was one of several Black benevolent societies locally and nationally. It served the purpose of financially caring for widows and orphans and for providing a burial place for its members. Commonly referred to as Vine Street Cemetery\, this site is the final resting place of hundreds of local people including dozens of African American veterans of the Civil War. The cemetery ceased to be used as an active burial ground in the mid-20th century and is now owned and maintained by the City of Hopkinsville. \nFolks will receive a brief training on respectful cemetery etiquette and on how to document and clean historic tombstones safely before grabbing a bucket and brush. Learn more about Hopkinsville’s history while making our community a brighter place! \nThis program is free to attend\, and the Museum will provide all supplies – including bug spray. We encourage folks to wear real shoes (not sandals) and pants. \nThis is the fourth year that the Museum has cleaned tombstones as a community outreach program. Our friends at Hoptown Chronicle wrote THIS great article about our first cleaning last year. \nWe expect to finish all of the stones in the Union Benevolent Cemetery this year. Stay tuned for where we plan to clean next summer!
URL:https://www.museumsofhopkinsville.org/event/tombstone-tuesday-4/
LOCATION:Vine Street Cemetery\, North Vine & Dupuy streets\, Hopkinsville\, KY\, 42240\, United States
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SUMMARY:Saturday Sleuths: The Derby Dilemma
DESCRIPTION:The Museums of Hopkinsville-Christian County is excited to announce the next installment of the new Saturday Sleuths program on May 31 from 10:30am-11:30am. Designed for children ages 6-12\, Saturday Sleuths will invite students to become detectives and help solve a history mystery at the museum on the last Saturday of every month. \nIn “The Derby Dilemma\,” students will learn about horse racing\, the Kentucky Derby\, and a derby winner named Flying Ebony that was from here in Christian County! \nThis month we’ll be investigating events that occurred during this time as we try to get to the bottom of a Civil War mystery while learning map skills. \nThe program will be held at the Pennyroyal Area Museum. The cost of the program is $3\, but Museum Members will be given free admission. \nIf you have any questions\, please contact the Museum at (270) 887-4270 or email our Learning Coordinator: brett@museumsofhopkinsville.org.
URL:https://www.museumsofhopkinsville.org/event/saturday-sleuths-the-derby-dilemma/
LOCATION:Pennyroyal Area Museum\, 217 E 9th St\, Hopkinsville\, KY 42240\, Hopkinsville\, United States
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