2020
Mark Your Calendars!
Museum is closed until at least May 1. Please keep checking the website for updates about the reopening date and rescheduled events.
Mar. 21:Â Trivia Contest [postponed - date to be announced later]
Apr. 4: Tour of Historic Churches [postponed - date to be announced later]
Apr. 20: Game Day [postponed - date to be announced later]
May 1-2: Bucket Drop, corner Hwy 10 and KC Avenue
Jul. 13-18: Rummage Sale
Aug. 17: Game Day.
Aug. 10: 1 p.m., Clay County kickoff of Missouri Bicentennial celebration at the Hall of Waters. Charisma Group meets at the Museum at 11:30 a.m.
Oct. 17: Trivia Night.
Nov. 12: Museum Annual Dinner
Nov. 21: City’s Christmas Kickoff – Hot chocolate at the Museum.
Dec. 1: Museum closes for winter break.
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Ancestry.com is offering some great resources for those needed "learn at home" lesson plans: www.ancestryk12.com/k12/resources/?o_iid=107626&o_lid=107626&o_sch=Web+Property
We love our ESHS teachers!!!
ESHS Teachers - We Are the World
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A social distancing project put together for our ESHS family by the staff at ESHS. The staff at ESHS did not do this for monetary gain, just the pleasure of ...Love these ideas for genealogy-relate projects for home schoolers! May do some of them ourselves!!! blog.billiongraves.com/homeschool-genealogy-ideas/?utm_source=billiongraves&utm_medium=email&utm_...
20 Homeschool Genealogy Ideas - BillionGraves Blog
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COVID-19 has turned many parents into instant teachers! Discover 20 homeschool genealogy ideas to inspire you and your family as you learn together.Boy will the Museum have lots to show off when it once again is safe to do so! Fortunately, the Museum did receive and install our four new display cases before the coronavirus crisis hit ... and our volunteers were able to start work on installing this year's exhibit commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first federal election in which women were allowed to vote. They did a great job! Another new display showcasing local business and other signage (from our collections) is awaiting installation. And lots of other projects are in various stages -- such as a fresh coat of varnish for the Milwaukee Depot bench! We hope you'll check out our rotating window displays (on the Francis side) now and throughout the year (although, sadly, we did de-install the church tour pictures until the way is clear to reschedule.) While we're closed for now, our website www.esmuseum.com is always available to join or renew memberships, request research and buy items from our gift shop. (Fulfillment may be slow -- please bear with us!) We're continuing to preserve our community's historical items, and we'll be here to serve the community when the crisis abates. Everyone, stay healthy and safe!
Some good advice on "Keeping Your Balance" from a columnist in McClure's magazine, reprinted in the Excelsior Springs Standard on March 11, 1918. The war was raging in Europe, and local boys were facing the worst of it on the front lines in France. The "Spanish flu" pandemic was sweeping the nation. Many parallels with today. We may not take too many rail trips or ocean voyages or buggy rides today, but the message of keeping centered and focused on the future still resonates.
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Color reproduction of the flag painted by Fred Tripp while a patient at McCleary Hospital
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