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Page 1: National Churchill Museum 2011-2012 Calendar of Events

National Churchill Museum

2011-2012

Calendar of Events

501 Westminster Ave

Fulton, Missouri 65251

573.592.5234

www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org

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The National Churchill Museum is pleased to present its

2011-2012 Calendar of Events. Our programming

provides you with the chance to experience the history and

charm of the National Churchill Museum. In addition to all of

these events, we invite you to visit our historic site for tours.

Museum Hours

Monday-Sunday 10:00 am – 4:30 pm

Closed

Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, & New Year’s Day

Calendar of Events Contact Information

Mandy Plybon

Education & Public Programs Coordinator

(P) 573.592.6242 (F) 573.592-5222

[email protected]

Disclaimer

All programming is subject to change.

Sign up for our monthly Bits & Pieces e-newsletter

to receive up-to-the-minute event information.

Visit our website www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org

or call 573.592.6242 to sign up today!

The National Churchill Museum’s mailing address is:

501 Westminster Ave, Fulton, Missouri 65251.

On the cover: The “Iron Curtain Sculpture” by Don Wiegand

National Churchill Museum

2011-2012 Calendar of Events

Board of Governors

Association of

Churchill Fellows

William H. Tyler

Chairman & Senior Fellow

Pebble Beach, California

Earle H. Harbison, Jr.

St. Louis, Missouri

William C. Ives

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Hjalma E. Johnson

Dade City, Florida

R. Crosby Kemper, III

Kansas City, Missouri

Barbara D. Lewington

St. Louis, Missouri

Richard J. Mahoney

St. Louis, Missouri

Jean-Paul Montupet

St. Louis, Missouri

William R. Piper

St. Louis, Missouri

Suzanne D. Richardson

St. Louis, Missouri

The Honorable Edwina Sandys,

M.B.E.

New York, New York

James M. Schmuck

St. Louis, Missouri

The Lady Soames

L.G., D.B.E.

London, U.K.

Linda Gill Taylor

Kansas City, Missouri

John E. Marshall, Emeritus

Fulton, Missouri

John R. McFarland, Emeritus

St. Louis, Missouri

Harold L. Ogden, Emeritus

Seal Beach, California

Marvin O. Young, Emeritus

St. Louis, Missouri

The National Churchill Museum

is on Facebook & Twitter!

Follow us on : @ChurchillMuseum

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5 Calendar of Events

Programming & traveling exhibit schedule for August 2011 through August 2012.

22 Upcoming Traveling Exhibitions

Traveling exhibition schedule from 2011-2014.

24 Will You Be Our Friend?

Information on the seven levels of museum membership, including membership form.

26 Winston Churchill Kids Club

Kids club for six-12 year olds, including membership form.

Museum Staff

Dr. Rob Havers

Executive Director

Kit Freudenberg

Director of Development

Becky McCue

Gift Shop Manager

Liz Murphy

Curator/Archivist

Mandy Plybon

Education & Public Programs Coordinator

Sara Winingear

Assistant Director

Meda Young

Administrative Assistant to the Executive Director

Churchill Institute

& Memorial Committee

of the

Board of Trustees,

Westminster College

Heather A. Biehl, Chair

Acton, Massachusetts

James M. Schmuck,

Co-Vice Chair

St. Louis, Missouri

Ron J. Kostich

Upland, California

Jerry N. Middleton

St. Louis, Missouri

C. Robert Monroe

Overland Park, Kansas

John C. Panettiere

Eclectic, Alabama

Anne E. Schneider

Jefferson City, Missouri

William H. Tyler

Pebble Beach, California

Ronald D. Winney

Edwardsville, Illinois

George B. Forsythe, Ph.D.

President, Westminster College

Robin Havers, Ph.D.

Executive Director,

National Churchill Museum

& Churchill Institute

George K. Parkins, Emeritus

Prairie Village, Kansas

National Churchill Museum

2011-2012 Calendar of Events

www.nationalchurchillmuseum.org

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January 2011

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July 11-August 8 2011

Traveling Exhibit Ticket to the Past: The First 25 Years of the MO State Fair Cost: Price of admission Contact: 573-592-5626 Beat the dog days of summer! Come and relive the first 25 years of the Missouri State Fair. Learn the reasons it was started and how it was sustained through World Wars and economic downturns. The exhibition will include actual posters and objects from the first State Fairs. This exhibition comes to us from the Missouri State Archives.

August 5-August 6 2011

Night at the Museum 7 pm-9 am Cost: $25.00 Contact: 573-592-6242 Our Night at the Museum program is your opportunity to spend a night in a world-famous museum and explore our collections with the help of our educators. The program is open to children six to 12 years old. Reservations and pre-payment are required. Deadline to register is August 1st. Available Spots: 10

August 15-October 31 2011

Traveling Exhibit West Boulevard Elementary Quilt Project Cost: Price of admission Contact: 573-592-5626 Each year, Jonette Ford, fifth grade teacher at West Boulevard Elementary in Columbia, Missouri, teaches her students by way of a mini-museum. Students pick their topic, research, create, write, and produce each piece of the museum. Since 2009, we have displayed their creations in our traveling exhibit gallery. For 2011, we are bringing back one of the first mini-museums created focusing on women’s history, which are illustrated through hand stitched quilts. Image courtesy of www.columbiatribune.com

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September 1 2011

Berlin Wall Video Contest begins Dates: September 1-November 1 2011 Contact: 573-592-6242 Open to all ages, this contest is a tribute to the 22nd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9. Between September 1 and November 1, submit a two to three minute video expressing your thoughts and feelings regarding the Berlin Wall and its destruction in 1989. Those under age 18, please get a parent or guardian’s permission. Be creative! The top video will be selected and posted on the National Churchill Museum’s website, sent to local, regional, and national news stations, and featured in an upcoming issue of The Churchillian. Visit our website on September 1 for all rules and regulations.

September 19-November 1 2011

Traveling Exhibit Navy Art of Thomas Hart Benton Cost: Price of admission Contact: 573-592-5626 To commemorate the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, the Museum will host Navy Art of Thomas Hart Benton. Navy Art has only been in the Midwest twice in the last 10 years. Come see it for the first time in Missouri! The exhibition comes from the Navy Art Collection in Washington DC.

Thursday September 22 2011 Navy Art Exhibition Grand Opening Wit & Wisdom Speaker Series: Bob Priddy 5 pm-7 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-5626 Join the museum and Bob Priddy, local Thomas Hart Benton expert and founder of MissouriNet News, at this exhibition opening. From 5:30-6:30, Mr. Priddy will speak about Benton and his painting technique. Open to the public. All ages welcome. Reservations recommended by September 19.

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Thursday September 22 2011

Meet the Museum Educator Open House 5 pm-7 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 Open to any educator, administrator, or student teacher! This open house is your opportunity to meet the National Churchill Museum educator, look at the current programming opportunities for classroom use and for museum experiences, explore our newest traveling exhibition Navy Art of Thomas Hart Benton, and interact with a local Benton expert. Reservations recommended.

Saturday September 24 2011

Ashley Garrett Memorial Children’s Art Festival 10 am-1 pm Cost: Free Location: Auxvasse Domann Park (Auxvasse, MO) Contact: 573-592-6242 Stop by our activity booth! A free event for the family, designed for kids to let their creative sides loose! Kids enjoy arts and crafts, free hot dog lunch, music and great fun. This festival is sponsored by the Auxvasse Creative Arts Program. In memory of Ashley O'Donley Garrett -- a former Auxvasse resident (North Callaway High School graduate), artist and child care provider, she saw potential in every child and loved to use art to bring out creativity and joy.

Monday October 3 2011

4th Annual Winston Churchill Student Essay Contest begins Dates: October 3 2011-April 16 2012 Contact: 573-592-6242 U.S. students in 6-12 grades are eligible to enter. Cash prizes to the top three essays in the Middle School category (6-8 grades) and High School category (9-12 grades). This year’s topic will be released on October 3 2011. Let us know you are participating before the submission deadline.

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Saturday October 15 2011

Children's Program Book Club I 11am-12pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 Selected chapters will be read from The Thomas Hart Benton Murals in the Missouri State Capitol: A Social History of the State of Missouri. Please reserve your spot no later than Friday, October 7. Once I receive the reservation, I will send the reading materials. Please give yourself plenty of time to read the selected book or article. Open to children six to 12 years old. Reservations are required by October 12. Available Spots: 15

November 1 2011-January 7 2012

Holiday Honor Tree Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 For the third year in a row, we want to honor our military men and women. Last year we received 100 pictures. Help us double that! Send photographs of current or veteran loved ones. Pictures of those that have passed away are also welcome. Make sure to send a copy as pictures will not be returned. Fax: 573-592-5222, Email: [email protected], Mail: NCM Honor Tree, 501 Westminster Ave, Fulton MO 65251

Wednesday November 9 2011

22nd Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

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November 10-December 31 2011

28th Annual Victorian Christmas Fundraiser Contact: 573-592-5263 It has been 28 years since the National Churchill Museum hosted our first Victorian Christmas celebration. Join us this year for our annual holiday fundraiser. Featured items include food goods, handbags, Christmas ornaments, kids' items, and more! Free museum admission on Thursday November 10!

Thursday November 10 2011

English Kettledrum Tea 10 am-2 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-5263 Kick off the holiday season with our 28th annual Kettledrum Tea. The Friends of the National Churchill Museum will serve English tea, cookies, and finger sandwiches. Reservations appreciated. Free museum admission on Thursday November 10!

Thursday November 10 2011

Cocktails & Shopping 5 pm-8 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-5263 Continue your day of shopping with our evening party of cocktails, cookies, and other goodies!

Friday November 11 2011

Veterans Day Bar-B-Que Time: 11 am-3 pm Contact: 573-592-5626 Today, we celebrate our country’s military personnel. Stop by and partake in good old-fashioned Bar-B-Que and all the fixings. Experience one of the only world history museums in Missouri. All veterans and military personnel will receive free museum admission. We will also take your picture and add it to our Honor Tree.

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Saturday November 12 2011

Children's Program Book Club II 11am-12pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 We will read Sam Johnson and the Blue Ribbon Quilt by Lisa Campbell Ernst. Please reserve your spot no later than Friday, November 4. Once I receive the reservation, I will send the reading materials. Please give yourself plenty of time to read the selected book or article. Open to children 6 to 12 years old. Reservations are required by November 9. Available Spots: 15 *This Book Club event is in coordination with The Way We Worked exhibit coming February 2012.

Wednesday November 30 2011

Winston Churchill's Birthday Today is Winston Churchill's birthday! Born November 30, 1874, Churchill would have been 137 years old today. Visit the Museum to learn what Churchill was like growing up.

Wednesday December 7 2011

70th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack

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Wednesday November 30 2011

Special Film Event Winston Churchill: Walking with Destiny

7 PM Single tickets: $6.00

Group deal: $20.00/4 tickets

Celebrate Churchill’s birthday in style. Together with B&B Theatre in Fulton, Missouri, we are showing for the first & only time in mid-Missouri Winston

Churchill: Walking with Destiny. This documentary is produced by the Simon Wiesenthal Center and narrated by Academy Award winning actor, Sir Ben Kingsley. Walking with Destiny focuses on Churchill’s years in the political

wilderness, his early opposition to Adolf Hitler and Nazism, and his support for Jews under threat by the Nazi regime.

The film is a ticketed event. Prepayment is required. Only 227 tickets being sold!

A maximum of 4 tickets per household allowed.

Call 573-592-6242 or email [email protected] to reserve tickets.

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Saturday December 10 2011

Children's Program Book Club III 11 am-12 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 Come discover with us Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. Please reserve your spot no later than Friday, December 2. Once I receive the reservation, I will send the reading materials. Please give yourself plenty of time to read the selected book or article. Open to children 6 to 12 years old. Reservations are required by December 7. Available Spots: 15 *This Book Club event is in coordination with The Way We Worked exhibit coming February 2012.

Saturday January 28 2012

Community Learning Program Discovering My Community, Part I 10 am-2 pm Cost: $50.00 for all four classes Contact: 573-592-6242 This is part one of a four-part training series for individuals interested in documentation and promotion of community culture, folklife, and traditional arts. Participants become familiar with folklife documentation techniques, ethics of working with communities, research methods, and presentation of cultural resources. Open to anyone ages 13 and older. Reservations are required by January 25. Pre-payment required. Available Spots: 20 Other dates are: Saturday February 4, Saturday February 11, and Saturday April 14

Image courtesy of www.cartoonchurch.com

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Saturday February 4 2012

Children's Program Book Club IV 11 am-12 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave by Laban Carrick Hill Please reserve your spot no later than Friday, January 27. Once I receive the reservation, I will send the reading materials. Please give yourself plenty of time to read the selected book or article.

Open to children 6 to 12 years old. Reservations are required by February 1. Available Spots: 15 *This Book Club event is in coordination with The Way We Worked exhibit coming February 2012.

Saturday February 4 2012

Community Learning Program Discovering My Community, Part II 10 am-2 pm Cost: $50.00 for all four classes Contact: 573-592-6242 This is part two of a four-part training series for individuals interested in documentation and promotion of community culture, folklife, and traditional arts. Participants become familiar with folklife documentation techniques, ethics of working with communities, research methods, and presentation of cultural resources. Open to anyone ages 13 and older. Reservations are required by February 1. Pre-payment required. Available Spots: 20 Other dates are: Saturday January 28, Saturday February 11, and Saturday April 14

Image courtesy of www.cartoonchurch.com

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February 11-March 11 2012

Traveling Exhibit The Way We Worked Cost: Price of admission Contact: 573-592-5626 Work and workplaces have gone through enormous transformations between the Mid-19th and late 20th centuries. Experience these changes through a first time partnership between the National Churchill Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Missouri Humanities Council, and Callaway County. We are one of only six sites in Missouri who will host this exhibition. The full exhibition will be complimented by an exhibition that focuses on Callaway County. *Special Callaway County Business Showcase Saturday, February 25 10 am-6 pm Free to attend!

Saturday February 11 2012

Community Learning Program Discovering My Community, Part III 10 am-2 pm Cost: $50.00 for all four classes Contact: 573-592-6242 This is part three of a four-part training series for individuals interested in documentation and promotion of community culture, folklife, and traditional arts. Participants become familiar with folklife documentation techniques, ethics of working with communities, research methods, and presentation of cultural resources. Open to anyone ages 13 and older. Reservations are required by February 8. Pre-payment required. Available Spots: 20

Other dates are: Saturday January 28, Saturday February 4, and Saturday April 14

Image courtesy of www.cartoonchurch.com

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Tuesday February 21 2012

Wit & Wisdom Speaker Series “I’m an Unemployed Sweetheart” 5:30 pm-6:30 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 Mr. Michael Lasser will speak songs of the Great Depression, particularly on unemployment portrayals of working women, during the decade when popular songs were more interested in work than at any other time. Songs, as always, were about love; yet, at the same time, they reflected the attitudes, values, and behavior of their time. They expressed social concerns within the context of love ballads. In “If I Ever Got a Job Again,” an unemployed man is eager to find work so he and his beloved can marry. Open to the public. All ages welcome. Reservations recommended.

Saturday February 25 2012

Callaway County Business Showcase 10 am-6 pm Cost: Vendors-TBD, Attendees-Free Location: Mueller Student Center Contact: 573-592-5626 In conjunction with The Way We Worked exhibition, Callaway County and our Museum will host a business showcase. This Showcase will show off Callaway County’s international contributions. Learn more about Callaway County’s businesses past, present, and future. Local businesses like Dollar General, Ameren UE Nuclear Plant, Backer’s Potato Chips, just to name a few, will be there. Open to everyone! Are you interested in being a vendor? Contact Ellen Palada, Callaway County Chamber of

Commerce Public Relations Coordinator, at 573-642-3055 or 800-257-3554 or

[email protected].

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March 2-March 3 2012

Night at the Museum 7 pm-9 am Cost: $25.00 Contact: 573-592-6242 Our Night at the Museum program is your opportunity to spend a night in a world-famous museum and explore our collections with the help of our educators. The program is open to children six to 12 years old. Reservations and pre-payment are required. Deadline to register is February 24. Available Spots: 10

Saturday March 3 2012

Children's Program Book Club V 11 am-12 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242

Ever wonder how people woke up in time for school in the days before alarm clocks? We will discover how in A. U’Ren’s Mary Smith. Please reserve your spot no later than Friday, February 24. Once I receive the reservation, I will send the reading materials. Please give yourself plenty of time to read the selected book or article. Open to children 6 to 12 years old. Reservations are required by February 29. Available Spots: 15 *This Book Club event is in coordination with The Way We Worked exhibit coming February 2012.

March 25-May 18 2012

Traveling Exhibit 12th Annual Missouri Watercolor National Exhibition Cost: Price of admission Contact: 573-592-5626 For the last 12 years more than 80 watercolors have graced our walls for the three months of the National Watercolor show. This judged competition is in the nation’s top 15 watercolor shows, and it is not hard to see why.

Friday April 6 2012

95th anniversary of United States declaring war on Germany in WWI

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Sunday April 1 2012

Watercolor Exhibition Awards Ceremony 1:30 pm-3:30 pm Contact: 573-642-6410 (George “Papa” Tutt) Join the top watercolor artists at an awards ceremony and reception. This reception will honor all participants in the watercolor show and highlight the winners of awards. Come out, pick your favorite, and see if the judges agreed with you!

Saturday April 14 2012

Children's Program Book Club VI 11 am-12 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242

We will read Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall to discover what it was like to sell merchandise not in a store but on the road each year. Please reserve your spot no later than Friday, April 6. Open to children 6 to 12 years old. Reservations are required by April 11. Available Spots: 15 *This Book Club event is in coordination with The Way We Worked exhibit coming February 2012.

Saturday April 14 2012

Community Learning Program Discovering My Community, Part IV 12 pm-2 pm Cost: $50.00 for all four classes Contact: 573-592-6242 This is part four of a four-part training series for individuals interested in documentation and promotion of community culture, folklife, and traditional arts. Participants become familiar with folklife documentation techniques, ethics of working with communities, research methods, and presentation of cultural resources. Open to anyone ages 13 and older. Reservations are required by April 11. Pre-payment required. Available Spots: 20 Image courtesy of www.cartoonchurch.com

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Sunday April 15 2012

28th Annual Crosby Kemper Lecture 2 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 The 2012 Crosby Kemper Lecturer will be released at a later date. The Crosby Kemper Lectureship was established in 1979 by a grant from the Enid and Crosby Kemper Foundation of Kansas City, Missouri. Lecture series speakers are authorities on British History or Sir Winston Churchill at the National Churchill Museum at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri. After the lecture, there is a reception and book signing in the Museum.

Thursday April 19 2012

Holocaust Remembrance Day

Tuesday April 24 2012

Wit & Wisdom Speaker Series An Interview with Eleanor Roosevelt, “First Lady of the World” 5:30 pm-6:30 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 As World War II ended, America experienced the loss of its stalwart leader, President Franklin Roosevelt. After 13 years as First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt hoped to retire and perhaps write her memoirs. By 1948, the world had changed dramatically and so had Eleanor. She shares her tragedies and triumphs. Born into the opulent wealth of America’s “Golden Age” she would grow from the shy, homely orphan into a confident, driven woman. Annealed by personal tragedy, she would emerge as a champion of civil rights, author, and stateswoman. Open to the public. All ages welcome. Reservations recommended.

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Saturday May 12 2012

Children Program Book Club VII 11 am-12 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 What do you think it is like to fight in a war? We will read One Boy’s War by Lynne Huggins-Cooper. This is based on a true story of a 15-year-old who runs away to fight in the trenches.

Please reserve your spot no later than Friday, May 4. Once I receive the reservation, I will send the reading materials. Please give yourself plenty of time to read the selected book or article Open to children 6 to 12 years old. Reservations are required by May 9. Available Spots: 15

Wednesday June 6 2012

Family Program D-Day Experience Time: TBD Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-6242 More information available closer to date

June 16-August 11 2012

Traveling Exhibit Our Lives, Our Stories: America’s Greatest Generation Cost: Price of admission Contact: 573-592-5626 This year’s summer blockbuster exhibition comes from the National Endowment for the Humanities “On the Road” program. Our Lives, Our Stories explores the lives of the World War II generation-as told in their own words. This exhibition will have special programming running the length of the show so please visit our website for more information.

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June 13-June 16 2012

5th Annual Teacher Summer Institute “Discovering Community” Cost: $300.00 Contact: 573-592-6242 “Discovering Community” offers an educator the opportunity to explore the power of field research as a means to facilitate student engagement with their home communities. Over the course of an intensive, 5-day program, participants will work with cultural researchers, documentary media specialists, artists, and fellow educators in a learning environment that models an ethnographic approach to community enquiry. This Summer Institute brings together place as the context, sustainability as the goal, and service-learning as the strategy. Deadline to register is June 1.

Monday June 25 2012

Gallery Talk & Exhibit Opening 5:30 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-5626 Come listen to 1950s music, grab a soda from a ‘soda-jerk’, and help us officially open this exhibition.

July 10-July 14 2012

Day Camp for Kids Our Lives, Our Stories 8:30 am-4 pm Cost: $30.00 Contact: 573-592-6242 Get a behind the scenes look at how the Our Lives, Our Stories exhibition came to life. We will create our own museum. Fun, hands-on activities all day long! Open to children grades K-5. Reservations and pre-payment are required by July 2. Available Spots: 10

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August 3-August 4 2012

Night at the Museum 7 pm-9 am Cost: $25.00 Contact: 573-592-6242 Our Night at the Museum program is your opportunity to spend a night in a world-famous museum and explore our collections with the help of our educators. The program is open to children six to 12 years old. Reservations and pre-payment are required. Deadline to register is July 25. Available Spots: 10

August 20-October 26 2012

Traveling Exhibit Churchill’s Finest Hour Cost: Price of admission Contact: 573-592-5626 Of all of his speeches Winston Churchill’s Finest Hour speech leaves us with the most prolific statement. Come and see what made this speech so historic. The show is curated by Mr. Niels Bjerre of Copenhagen, Denmark and will be the premiere showing of this exhibition in the United States

Sunday August 26 2012

Churchill’s Finest Hour Exhibit Opening Time: 1 pm Cost: Free Contact: 573-592-5626 Join the museum and Mr. Bjerre, the exhibit’s curator, to open the exhibition for the first time in the United States.

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July 11-Aug 8, 2011

Ticket to the Past: The First 25 Years of the Missouri State Fair

Missouri State Archives August 15-October 31, 2011

West Boulevard Elementary Mini-Museum: Women’s History in Quilts

West Boulevard Elementary, Columbia Missouri September 19-November 1, 2011

The Navy Art of Thomas Hart Benton

Navy Art Collection, Washington DC November 7-December 31, 2011

28th Annual Victorian Christmas

In-House February 11-March 11, 2012

The Way We Worked

Smithsonian Institution March 22-May 18, 2012

12th Annual Watercolor Missouri National

Missouri Watercolor Society June 16-August 11, 2012

Our Lives, Our Stories: America’s Greatest Generation

National Endowment for the Humanities On the Road August 20-October 29 2012

Churchill’s Finest Hour

Niels Bjerre of Copenhagen, Denmark

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November 13-December 31 2012

29th Annual Victorian Christmas

January 7-March 8 2013

Hallmark Collection of Churchilliana

In-House March 25-May 19 2013

13th Annual Watercolor Missouri National

Missouri Watercolor Society June 16-August 2013

World War II Navy Art: A Vision of History

Navy Art Collection, Washington DC September 18-November 12 2013

World War I Trench Art

Hollingsworth Fine Arts, Florida November 14-December 31 2013

30th Annual Victorian Christmas

January 9-March 12 2014

OPEN March 25-May 19 2014

14th Annual Watercolor Missouri National

Missouri Watercolor Society May 25-July 25 2014

D-Day, Normandy Art Work

Navy Art Collection, Washington DC

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For more information on membership, please email [email protected]. All Members Enjoy

1. Membership card(s) 2. Free unlimited admissions to the Museum and exhibitions 3. Free admission to events and kids events 4. Free subscription to the quarterly Churchillian magazine 5. Free monthly Bits and Pieces e-newsletter 6. 10% discount in Museum store, $100 discount for your personal wedding in the

Church of St. Mary's 7. Invitations to Museum events and members' only events 8. Recognition in the Westminster College annual report

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About the WC Kids Club

Our mission is to provide your child with a fun yet educational experience where they learn all sorts of information about World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and, of course, Winston Churchill. Upon registration, the member will receive a WC Kids Club Savings Stamp Album. Upon date of registration, the member will receive one War Savings Stamp for each activity completed. Once all sixteen stamps are collected, the member will receive a history related prize. Each month the WC Kids Club member will receive an e-newsletter with that month’s calendar of events and club updates. Members also receive a birthday card that can be turned in for a special prize or free museum admission. Age Group

Children ages 6 to 12 Activities/Calendar of Events

There are a variety of activities scheduled in which members can receive stamps. Ones specifically for younger children are our Children’s Programs, which are once a month. Savings Album and Prizes

All children must be signed up in order to receive a Savings Stamp Album and War Savings Stamps. Please have children bring their Album to each activity. Club Fees

Registration for WC Kids Club is FREE. However, there may be fees associated with individual activities (not to exceed $5.00). Please Take Note

At least one parent must accompany their child for every activity. Disclaimer

Photographs will be taken at every event. You will be asked to sign a release form stating the National Churchill Museum has permission to use the photographs. If this is a problem, you must speak with the Education & Public Programs Coordinator.

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Membership Form

Membership is free and mailing addresses are used only for Winston Churchill Kids Club announcements. Kids—please get your parent’s or guardian’s permission before filling out this form. Today’s Date ___________/__________/____________

Child Name __________________________________________________________________________________________

Parent(s) Name _____________________________________________________________________________________

________ Male ________ Female Date of Birth ________________/____________/_____________

Mailing Address ____________________________________________________________________________________

City ______________________________________________________State _________________ Zip ________________

E-mail Address ______________________________________________________________________________________

May we save paper and send the monthly newsletters to your email address?

YES NO

Mail or fax your completed registration form to:

National Churchill Museum Attn: Mandy Plybon/WCKC

501 Westminster Ave Fulton, MO 65251

Fax #: 573-592-5222

Questions? Call 573-592-6242

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