What's Up - Your guide to what's happening in Fayetteville, AR this week!
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DECEMBER 23-29, 2018 WHAT'S UP! 9 in the Hailey Ford Building at 313 S. Second St. in Rogers, the Rogers Histori- cal Museum includes exhibits on the Van Winkle Mill; Coin Harvey's Monte Ne; the creation of Beaver Lake; and especially for kids, a hands-on section. WHEN — 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Satur- day; closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day & New Year's Day WHERE — 313 & 322 S. Second St. COST — Free INFO — 621-1154 Daisy Airgun Museum The Daisy Airgun Museum is a nonprofit corporation which preserves and promotes vintage products and arti- facts of the historic Daisy company while serving as a national tourism destination for Daisy fans and collectors. WHEN — 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Satur- day; closed Dec. 25-26 & Jan. 1 WHERE — 202 W. Walnut St. COST — $2 for ages 16 and older INFO — 986-6873; daisymuseum.com SPRINGDALE Shiloh Museum of Ozark History The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History is a regional history museum focusing on the Northwest Arkansas Ozarks. The museum takes its name from the pioneer community of Shiloh, which became Springdale in the 1870s. WHEN — 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Satur- day WHERE — 118 W. Johnson Ave. COST — Free INFO — 750-8165 or shilohmuseum.org CURRENT EXHIBITS — "Selected," items chosen by guest curators to celebrate the museum's 50th birthday; and "Fifty From Fifty," 50 objects, one from each year between 1968 and 2018. FAYETTEVILLE Arkansas Air and Military Museum Follow the colorful history of aviation in Arkansas and American military conflicts through numerous displays of original artifacts and aviation memora- bilia. The historic aircraft in the Arkansas Air & Military Museum are unusual among museum exhibits, because many of them still fly. WHEN — 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sunday- Friday; 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday; closed Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 WHERE — 4290 S. School Ave. COST — $5 ages 6-12; $9 seniors & mili- tary; $10 adults; family rate of $25 INFO — 521-4947; arkansasairand military.com BONUS — The vast, all-wood white hangar, which houses the museum, was headquarters for one of the United States' many aviator training posts during World War II. Clinton House Museum The Clinton House Museum, designed to interpret the lives of President Bill Clin- ton and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton during the time they lived in Fayetteville, hosts Winter Break through Jan. 6. Activ- ities include a story time, hot chocolate and cookies, scavenger hunts and other fun for children of all ages. WHEN — 1-5 p.m. Dec. 23; closed Dec. 24-25; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Dec. 26-31; closed Jan. 1; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Jan. 2-5 and 1-5 p.m. Jan. 6 WHERE — 930 W. Clinton Drive COST — Donations welcome INFO — 444-0066 or clintonhousemu- seum.org FORT SMITH Fort Smith Museum of History During the holidays, "the muse- um's old-fashioned soda fountain is always fun," says executive director Leisa Gramlich. "We offer hand-mixed fountain drinks, ice cream sodas, floats and sundaes featuring Arkansas made Yarnell's ice cream. [And] animated dolls from Hunt's Department Store on Garrison Avenue in downtown Fort Smith are on exhibit around the Christmas tree through the holidays." WHEN — 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Sat- urday & 1-5 p.m. Sunday; closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Day WHERE — 320 Rogers Ave. COST — $2 children; $5 military; $7 adults INFO — 783-7841; fortsmithmuseum.org BONUS — Established in 1910, the museum is housed in the 1906 Atkin- son-Williams Warehouse, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Fort Smith Regional Art Museum The Fort Smith Regional Art Museum is a nonprofit organization charged with the responsibility of fostering art apprecia- tion in the community through diverse exhibitions, educational programming, dynamic events, and cultural partner- ships. WHEN — 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday; closed Mondays, Christmas Day & New Year's Day WHERE — 1601 Rogers Ave. COST — General admission is always free INFO — 784-2787; fsram.org CURRENT EXHIBITS — "Timothy J. Clark: Masterworks on Paper," through March 31; "Modern Master David Hayes: The Ventana Series," through Jan. 27; and "The Touch Gallery," an assortment of real art sculptures and a painting that are created with various materials like bronze, carved wood, marble, resin and acrylic paint that visitors, especially children, are encouraged to explore with their hands. Please send additions to this list to bmartin@nwadg.com. Courtesy Photo During the holidays, the Fort Smith Museum of History welcomes children to experience a replica six-oared skiff, says executive director Leisa Gramlich. "A similar boat was used by soldiers of the U.S. Rifle Regiment in the fall of 1817 to choose the site of the future Fort Smith." Courtesy Photo "The Touch Gallery," an assortment of real art sculptures and a painting that children are encouraged to explore with their hands, is a recent addition to the Fort Smith Regional Art Museum.