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JANUARY 5-11, 2020 WHAT'S UP! 7 COVER STORY 2017 article. "For me, that just creates a story. I really want people to feel welcome, and I think they rise when you create a nurturing environment." Other Milestones • The Museum of Native American History hosted its first Native American Cultural Symposium, an "extended weekend conference that exists to create space for conversations between today and the past. We seek to honor heritage while finding creative ways to amplify contemporary Native American culture into today's ever- changing society,"according to the organization's website. • Northwest Arkansas Audio Theater launched their first production, and the theater company continues to produce radio dramas that have stood the test of time. • Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art landed the "Chihuly: In the Gallery and in the Forest" exhibit. • "There are so many great local performers, and I want to give them a space to create," says Missy Spears Gipson about creating the theater company Pilot Arts. • The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's arts and culture guide What's Up! moved from the Friday paper to the Sunday one. 2018 The Big News In 2018, the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History partied like it was 1968. But it took a lot of hard work to get there. The museum in downtown Springdale celebrated its 50th birthday on Sept. 7, and to mark the occasion, the staff spent five years planning and then completely revamping the exhibit hall themselves on a budget that would have been tiny in 1968 — just $83,000. Director Allyn Lord said she and the staff were all committed to one thing — "staying true to our mission, telling the stories of the everyday men, women and children who make history every day." Sharing "The Big News" designation is the opening Dec. 13 of the Rogers Historical Museum's new home in the Hailey Building, a 1947 Art Deco brick structure at 313 S. Second St. "I challenge you to find a more interactive museum anywhere," said its director then, John Burroughs, not just in computer screens, but in train bells that ring, a simplified switchboard where kids can call around the children's area, a slide inside a facade of Rogers Public High School and even an original concrete chair from Monte Ne, finally rescued from display outdoors at Frisco Park and moved to the museum. Other Milestones • Celebrating 50 wasn't the only excitement for the Shiloh Museum in 2018. Thirteen years of effort came to fruition in the summer, when the Shiloh Meeting Hall opened. "The hall is the oldest standing public building in Northwest Arkansas," said Allyn Lord, director of the museum. "The local Odd Fellows Lodge donated the 1871 building and its contents to the city of Springdale — and thereby the Shiloh Museum — in Decade Continued From Page 5 See Decade Page 40 Courtesy Photo The Shiloh Museum of Ozark History used its own collections plus artifacts borrowed and purchased to fill up its renovated exhibit hall in 2018. File Photo/DAVID GOTTSCHALK The Rogers Historical Museum reopened Dec. 13, 2018, in the Hailey Building, a 1947 Art Deco brick structure at 313 S. Second St. Photo Courtesy JEREMY SCOTT In 2017, Troy Campbell opened a Bentonville-based outpost of House of Songs, a greenhouse for musicians and composers to create new work.