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Summer Nights at the Museum – Night 2

June 28, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

What if you could take a trip from Rio Grande City to Brownsville on a steamboat loaded with bales of cotton, ready to export past a Union blockade in the Gulf of Mexico? Or, get on horseback, and join vaqueros on a cattle drive north through dusty trails and open range? Let your imagination run wild during Summer Nights at the Museum.

Families will discover the River Highway exhibit, which features the history of South Texas and northeastern Mexico from the beginning of the Texas Revolution into the steamboat era on the Rio Grande and ending with the cattle kingdom at the end of the 19th century. The steamboat and wharf will be loaded with tradesmen and, musicians and stocked with cotton to trade. And, new this year, the Garcia Trail Riders will provide free horse rides for children outside in the Paseo, near the museum’s entrance.

Hands-on Activities

  • Match the Map
  • Wounded Warrior
  • Whirly Gig
  • Steamboat Cotton Game
  • Cotton Carding
  • Cotton Seed Race
  • Leña Fence
  • Round and Round We Sew
  • Quilt Game
  • Cowboy Gear
  • Crazy A’s
  • Round Up Game
  • Try On History
  • Cotton Gin
  • Historic Plate
  • Cotton Drawing
  • Fort Brown Activity
  • Corral
  • Rope Making
  • Horse Rides
  • Steamboats

Giving you a glimpse of life on the River Highway will be your favorite puppet characters that are back with a new adventure! Following the puppet show, enjoy an interactive scavenger hunt designed to guide your family through the galleries. Children who complete the hunt will receive a free kid’s meal voucher from Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers. And, there will be free lemonade from Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers after you’ve had all that fun!

If families don’t want to skip dinner, Q’in It Up BBQ’s food truck will be on site selling tacos, sliders and more barbecue favorites. FRIENDs of MOSTHistory can take advantage of Q’in It Up BBQ’s 15% off donation. Valid for that night only.

Admission to Summer Nights at the Museum is the regular admission price; passes and coupons are not valid: Adults (ages 18+) $7; seniors (ages 62+) and students with ID (13+) $5; children ages 4 to 12, $4; children ages 3 and under are free. As a participating museum in the Blue Star Museums, starting Memorial Day, all active duty military personnel and up to five family members receive free admission to all three Summer Nights at the Museum. Become a FRIEND of the museum to attend all three Summer Nights at the Museum – and more – for FREE. For more information about Summer Nights at the Museum or becoming a FRIEND of MOSTHistory, please call the museum at 956-383-6911.

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Date:
June 28, 2018
Time:
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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