SHILOH MUSEUM

Photo Exhibit on Ozark Log Buildings

Single Pens, Saddlebags and Dogtrots, a photo exhibit featuring Ozark log homes and outbuildings, will be on display through May 11 at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History in Springdale.

The photo exhibit explores the construction and architectural styles of log buildings, as well as what it was like to live in them.

Exhibit on the History of the University Museum

From Archaeopteryx to Zapus, an exhibit on the history of the University of Arkansas Museum, will be on display through Jan.

11, 2014. The exhibit will showcase more than 200 objects and specimens on loan from the University Museum collections, including a black bear, emu egg, Plains Indians artifacts, Native American pottery, fossils, the Fayetteville meteorite, fluorescent minerals, and the keyboard and timer from the Old Main carillon which used to chime the hours and for special events.

Reed Family Exhibit

Their Story, Our Story, an exhibit on the Jarvis and Elizabeth Reed family of Springdale, opens Monday, April 8, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.

“Over the span of a century, from about 1850 to 1950,three generations of Reeds in Springdale lived and died, worked and played, married and raised families, went to church and school, moved away and came home,” said Susan Young, museum outreach coordinator. “Looking at the Reed story gives us an opportunity to consider the ways in which family history plays a role in the bigger picture of state and local history.”

The exhibit will be ondisplay through November 3.

Civil War Roundtable

The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 25, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For information, call 750-8165 or visit shilohmuseum.org.

Wireless Society to Meet

The Ozark Wireless Society will meet at 10 a.m.

Saturday, April 27, at theShiloh Museum of Ozark History. For information, call 750-8165 or visit shilohmuseum.org.