Fort Morgan Library & Museum News: Busy July in store at the library/museum

Fort Morgan Library and Museum has a wide variety of programs, activities and things to see and do in the month of July. Keep reading to find out about them.

Come to the Fort Morgan Museum to see our new mystery object. The object is on display outside the museum upper gallery. Think you know what the object is? Do you have a guess? Submit a Museum Mystery Artifact form with your guess for the chance to win our museum mystery prize! Guessing ends Nov. 11. For more information, contact Museum Educator Kathleen Byrne at 970-542-4014 or kathleen.byrne@cityoffortmorgan.com.

Flex your creative muscles at the Fort Morgan Library with rock painting, macrame, paper flowers & sugar scrubs. Join Lisa on Tuesday, July 5 at 5 p.m. for our “Best of” Creative Club Event in the Howard Rollin Memorial Community Room. Try your hand at all these crafts or just one or two. For more information, contact Lisa Samples at 970-542-4000 or lisa.samples@cityoffortmorgan.com.

The Fort Morgan Library Summer Reading program continues every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. for toddlers (ages 0-6) and every Thursday at 2 p.m. for youths (ages 7-15). Meet LynnDee Koehler and Angie Hoke for reading, crafts, playing and fun! For more information contact LynnDee Koehler at 970-542-4041 or Angie Hoke at 970-542-4008.

The special “Awakening Stories of Ancient Bison Hunting” exhibit is underway and it ends July 31. The exhibit in the Lower Gallery showcases prehistoric bison hunting practices and the importance of the bison to Native Americans. It brings to life bison hunting as it was practiced for thousands of years by Indians on the Colorado High Plains; focusing on the Kaplan-Hoover Bison Bonebed, a bison-hunting site located in Windsor. This traveling exhibit was created by the Northern Colorado Chapter of the Colorado Archaeological Society and is offered through the City of Greeley Museums. This exhibit was made possible with generous funding and support provided by the Colorado Historical Society-State Historical Fund, Colorado Endowment for the Humanities, Colorado Archaeological Society, and the City of Greeley Museums. For more information, contact museum curator Brian Mack at brian.mack@cityoffortmorgan.com.

Join Nicole and Jack on Tuesday, July 12 at noon for a Brown Bag presentation on the history of Disneyland Parks and rides. Learn about some of your favorite rides and attractions, including The Haunted Mansion and Pirates of the Caribbean. Deep dive into the fascinating history of one of the most well attended theme parks in the world! For more information contact Nicole Sorrentino at 970-542-4500 or nicole.sorrentino@cityoffortmorgan.com.

Join us on the second and fourth Thursdays at 4 p.m. for Teen Book Club. Wondering how to join? Check out our book list and choose a book from that list. Read at your own pace. Come on Book Club days (July 14 and 28 this month) to talk about your book. You can draw, write, or be as creative as you want if talking isn’t your thing! Repeat with as few or as many books as you choose. This club is for teens ages 12-18. For more information contact Nicole Sorrentino at 970-542-4500 or nicole.sorrentino@cityoffortmorgan.com.

Teens can come to the library on Friday, July 15 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. for Nerf and Water Gun Wars at Teen Night Out! Battle it out at the first ever Fort Morgan Public Library Nerf and Water Gun War. Both Nerf and Water guns will be provided, as well as ammo. Bring your friends for free Friday night fun! Registration is required, and space is limited so act fast! Snacks and drinks included with registration. For more information and to register, contact Angie Hoke at 970-542-4008.

Visit Museum Educator Kathleen Byrne at 4 p.m. Thursday, July 21 for an interactive archaeology activity in the Lower Gallery. See and touch real Native American Artifacts from our Plains Indian Discovery Kit. Try your hand at archaeology with a fun activity using real archaeology tools to dig up real artifacts! Learn a bit about ancient bison hunting as you move through the exhibit. This program is free to the public and does not require registration. For more information contact Educator Kathleen Byrne.

Colorado A-Z Nearly Forgotten History Brown Bag with John Wesley Anderson has been rescheduled for Tuesday, July 26. This presentation, based on Anderson’s book of the same name, is a storybook about Colorado history. It tells 26 short stories, each a chapter, one for each letter of the alphabet. Within each chapter are interrelated historical vignettes of real people, places and events which served as building blocks providing the foundation upon which the State of Colorado was built. This program is free to the public and does not require registration. For more information contact Kathleen Byrne 970-542-4014.

This monthly column is written by staff at Fort Morgan Library and Museum.