If you have a child who is a history buff, don't miss the Idaho History Museum's Museum Comes to Life. The museum will come to life in Julia Davis Park from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 24, 2011. And better yet, admission is free!
http://www.history.idaho.gov/events/museum-comes-life-annual-history-festival
From the Historical Society eNewsletter:
"Music will be one of the many highlights this year. Featured in the Lewis and Clark Pavilion in Pioneer Village will be Marimba Boise, an African-style xylophone ensemble inspired by the dance music of Zimbabwe (10:00-11:45 am), Hillfok Noir, old-time songster music (11:45 am-1:30 pm) and Boise’s local Banjo Band (1:45-3:30 pm). Rounding out the fun will be the Boise Highlanders playing their pipes and the wandering musicians from Owyhee Mountain Fiddle Shop.
The Civil War Re-enactors will have a new encampment and will be east of the Museum, between Pioneer Village and the Black History Museum. Younger members of the group will be demonstrating reels and other easy dances of the era and the women will provide etiquette lessons on proper ways to serve tea. Daughters of the American Revolution will be on hand with a new tent area and Celebration Park will be back again with their Indian Lifeways exhibit, sharing their expertise on Indian lifestyles of the past 12,000 years. From days of yore, the Society for Creative Anachronism will be at the festivities, depicting Renaissance life in huge tent-houses south of the Rose Garden. Exhibits inside the museum will include leather stamping and braiding, how to make hats, tin can footstools and rug hooking, to name a few. Catch the Japanese dolls that will be on display by the Syringa doll club and don’t miss the parlor with a 1911 couple telling about news of the day. The Marionette group has scheduled performances for 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. in the theater space downstairs."
