Children’s Day at the Schoolhouse Museum
If you owned your own museum, what artifacts would you have on display? That is the question children will answer when they visit the Schoolhouse Museum on Sunday, February 10 from 2:00–4:00 p.m. for an afternoon of stories and show and tell.
Children in grades kindergarten through 5th grade are invited to the museum to hear Mrs. Diorio, Willard School Librarian, and guest readers share stories about the importance of historic preservation. Children are encouraged to bring an item that they think should be on display at a museum and share with other visitors how that item would help others understand life in 21st century Ridgewood. Children will have the opportunity to tour the museum’s exhibit, The Collection, featuring treasured 18th and 19th century artifacts and textiles donated by local residents who believed that these artifacts were worth preserving to tell the stories of people who lived in our village.
Stories will be read at 2:15 p.m. and 3:15 p.m. and opportunities for show and tell will follow the story times. Children must be accompanied by an adult. A donation to support the museum’s operating budget of $3 per child, $5 for an adult, or $10 for a family is suggested. The Schoolhouse Museum is located at 650 E. Glen Avenue in Ridgewood. For more information about Children’s Day email us.
