Harvest Celebration at Museum of Agriculture Oct. 6

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Train rides will be one of the many activities offered to visitors every Saturday in October beginning with the Fall Frolics Harvest Celebration on October 6 at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village. Contributed Photo

September 29, 2012

Harvest Celebration at Museum of Agriculture Oct. 6

Anonymous CNHI The Tifton Gazette Sat Sep 29, 2012, 02:09 AM EDT

TIFTON — Pick a pumpkin, enjoy a one-man play, or watch a movie under the Harvest Moon starting at 9 a.m. on Oct. 6 at the Harvest Celebration at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

The highlight of the Harvest Celebration will be the Morrill Act exhibit. Sponsored by Vermont Congressman Justin Morrill, this year marks the 150th anniversary of the Morrill Act, which provided each state with 30,000 acres of Federal land for each member in their Congressional delegation. Signed into law by Abraham Lincoln, the land was then sold by the states and the proceeds used to fund public colleges that focused on agriculture and the mechanical arts. Sixty-nine colleges were funded by these land grants.

The exhibit will include an interesting variety of photographs, documentation, and artifacts. A special section of the exhibit features ABAC’s history, old college seals, photographs, diaries, and many artifacts dating back to the early 1900s.

Dr. Brian Ray, interim head of the Department of Fine Arts and Communication at ABAC’s School of Liberal Arts, will perform a one-man play that explores the creation of the act and its impact on the state of Georgia. The play will be presented on Oct. 6 at 1 p.m. inside the main exhibit hall at the Museum, near the location of the new exhibit.

Other activities during the Oct. 6 event will include a 19th Century military encampment and re-enactment by the Southern Volunteer Battalion Company C, mule-drawn hay rides, children’s games on the farmhouse porches, a cupcake walk and caramel apple station, plowing demonstrations, and folk music on the porch of the Cravey and Gibbs houses.

At 7 p.m., visitors can enjoy a picnic and a movie under the Harvest Moon. This year’s movie is Babe. There is no charge for the movie but donations to the Museum will be accepted.

The Wiregrass Farmers Market will be open from 9 a.m.-noon featuring the First United Methodist Church Bluegrass Band from 10-11 a.m. as part of the Wiregrass Tunes Concert Series and as well as a variety of fresh and local fall produce.

Future events include interactive animal exhibits during Critter Saturday on Oct. 13, spinning and weaving demonstrations in A Walk Through History on Oct. 20, and climbing the Monster Spider Web during Trick or Treat in the Village on Oct. 27.

Other events include the Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze which will be open to the public every Saturday in October from 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at the Country Store near the entrance to the Museum and Historic Village. Train rides will also be offered every Saturday.

Admission to the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village on Tuesday-Friday is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors (age 55 and over), $4 for children 5-16 years of age, and free for children four and under. Saturday admission is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (age 55 and over), $5 for children 5-16 years of age, and free for children four and under.

For more information on these and other upcoming events, interested persons can contact the Museum at (229) 391-5200 or visit the Museum’s website at www.abac.edu/museum.

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