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Another activity at the Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum if anyone is interested.

 

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David

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Subject: Museum Monthly - November

Monthly Update from the Railroad and Heritage Museum

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Museum Monthly - November

Join us for our Fall Family Celebration! Come and celebrate the cooler temperatures and the changing of the leaves with the Museum on Saturday, November 2, 2013 for the History Harvest Family Day. Sip on apple cider while family members make harvest leaf crowns, yarn dolls, and dip caramel apples that are ready to eat off the stick! History Harvest Family Day is a free event and open to the public on Saturday, November 2, 2013 from 11:00am to 1:00pm at the Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum. The museum is located in the Santa Fe Depot at 315 West Avenue B in downtown Temple.  For more information about History Harvest Family Day at the Temple Railroad & Heritage Museum, please call 254.298.5172 North Pole Flyer Train Trip Get your tickets to join the Railroad and Heritage Museum for a trip on the North Pole Flyer! On Sunday, December 8, enjoy a two-hour train ride along the Texas Hill Country in a special vintage train. Each car is decorated for the season, and Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus will be on board the train, greeting all the kids and giving each child a gift to remember the ride. Guests will meet at 12:30 pm at the museum and a bus will transport guests round trip to Cedar Park where they will board the North Pole Flyer, run by the Austin Steam Train Association. Reservations are required in advance. A limited number of tickets are available – call 254-298-5172 now to reserve your tickets! $65.00 per person ($60 for museum members).

Reading History Book Club The Reading History book club will be meeting Tuesday, November 12 at 5:30. The November book is "The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History," by Robert M. Edsel. The book tells the story of the special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, allied soldiers, and others, called the Monuments Men, who risked their lives during WWII protecting the cultural treasures of Europe. The Reading History Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:30 - 7 pm for a book discussion. Other book selections can be found on our Book Club page. The Interurban Era Temporary Exhibit This temporary exhibit, which opened last month, explores the interurban railways and streetcars that shuttled passengers between towns in the first half of the 20th century. From 1904 to 1925, trolleys carried passengers around Temple and to Belton for a few cents. The exhibit features photos from the LeRoy O. King, Jr. Collection. Mr. King, along with his father, photographed and documented electric railways across the country and acquired well over 100,000 images of virtually every interurban that existed in North America.

Upcoming Events 11/2 History Harvest Family Day 11 am 11/12 Reading History Book Club 5:30 pm 12/7 Santa at the Depot 10am 12/8 Bus trip to North Pole Flyer at Austin Steam Train

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