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Bricks and Beams: Building New Jersey - Homeschool Program at Macculloch Hall Historical Museum

This
fall Macculloch Hall Historical Museum is pleased to announce our new Homeschool
program series “Bricks and Beams: Building New Jersey.” Homeschool families can
explore the built environment using 19th century Macculloch Hall and
Morristown’s original Historic District as the focus. In this three-part
series, students will discover why buildings look the way they do and ask, “Can
a building be a work of art?”  With our
architectural “tool kits”, students learn how to identify basic building elements:  material, form, color, and ornament, and how
the past influences the present.  Each
session includes mini-building team exercises which lead to a larger, final
building challenge.  Students will see
firsthand how math+science+art=architecture and how this is reflected in the
world we have built.



                       



The
programs meets for the first time on September 24th for “First
Impressions:  Studying Architectural
Styles,” then on October 22nd
for “Stepping Through History: 
A Walking Tour,” and on November
26th for “Time To Build: 
The Sky is the Limit.” The
program runs from 10 a.m. to noon. Pre-registration is required.  Register by phone at (973) 538-2404 ext. 16,
or by email to cwinslow@maccullochhall.org
Recommended for ages 7 to 13 years old.  Full series registration/payment due by
September 12, 2013. Cost:  $24/per
child.  No fee for accompanying adult.

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Macculloch
Hall Historical Museum preserves the history of the Macculloch-Miller families,
the Morris area community, and the legacy of its founder W. Parsons Todd
through its historic site, collections, exhibits, and educational and cultural
programs. The Museum is open for house and exhibit tours on Wednesdays,
Thursdays & Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. The last tour leaves at 3pm. Adults
$8; Seniors & Students $6; Children 6 – 12 $4. Members and children under 5
are free. The gardens at Macculloch Hall Historical Museum are open Monday to
Friday 9am - 4pm and Sundays 1pm - 4pm unless posted otherwise. The gates are
secured at all other times. Please check our website for any holiday closings.
Call (973) 538-2404 ext. 10, visit our website www.maccullochhall.org or find us on Facebook. 
Macculloch Hall Historical Museum, 45 Macculloch Ave., Morristown, NJ
07960.  Macculloch Hall Historical Museum received an operating support
grant from the New Jersey Historical Commission, a division of the Department
of State.  Macculloch
Hall Historical Museum is a nonprofit educational affiliate of the W. Parsons
Todd Foundation.

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Please
note that the September 24th afternoon session is full and closed for
registration.



 



Image:
Macculloch Hall Exterior_2010_Courtesy of Stan Freeny



 

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