Shiloh museum happenings

Museum Open House to Feature Local Collectors

The Shiloh Museum's seventh annual "Cabin Fever Reliever" open house will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at the museum. The event will feature displays by some two dozen local collectors. Among the collections to be shown are sad irons, "Gone with the Wind" collectibles, baseball cards, antique Japanese fishing equipment, hand tools, glass figurines, Civil War miscellany, chalk dogs, Flow Blue china, postcards, pencil sharpeners, frogs, gorillas, tatting, invalid feeders, hand fans and cameo jewelry.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to view Settling the Ozarks, the museum's new permanent exhibit focusing on the 1820s-1860 era. Marie Demeroukas, the museum's photo archivist and curator for the exhibit, will be stationed in the exhibit to discuss that period in Ozark history.

Ozark Geology Program

Arkansas Master Naturalist Denis Dean will present "Disappearing Ground: Karst, Sinkholes, Caves, and More," a program on the limestone geology of the Ozark Mountains, at noon Wednesday, Jan. 21, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.

A retired attorney, Dean now spends his time presenting nature programs to schools classes, community groups, and state park visitors across the region. He was recently awarded the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality's 2014 Volunteer of the Year Award.

Photo Exhibit

Out of the Darkroom, a photo exhibit featuring historic images from the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History's collection, opens Jan. 26 at the Shiloh Museum. The exhibited was curated by photographer Don House, who for several years worked as the museum's darkroom technician.

"For this exhibit, I selected images I ran across while processing photos in the museum's darkroom--photos that spoke to me as they materialized in the trays and chemicals," said House. "It's a mixed bag of subjects, which hints at the depth and richness of the Shiloh Museum's collection."

Out of the Darkroom will be on view through Jan. 9, 2016.

Meetings at the museum

Storytellers

The Tellers of Tales storytelling group will meet at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. All tellers and listeners are invited.

LifeWriters

LifeWriters, a group for people interested in writing the stories of their own lives or those of family and friends, will meet at 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 5, and Jan. 19 in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. For information, call June Jefferson at 790-2588.

Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas

The Herb Society of Northwest Arkansas will meet Thursday, January 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The museum is located at 118 W. Johnson Avenue in downtown Springdale. For more information, call Marci Vaughn at 770-6080 or visit shilohmuseum.org.

Sacred Harp Singers

The Northwest Arkansas Sacred Harp Singers will meet Sunday, January 11 at 1:30 p.m. at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The museum is located at 118 W. Johnson Avenue in downtown Springdale. For more information, call 750-8165 or visit shilohmuseum.org.

Railway Society

The Boston Mountain Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society will meet Thursday, January 15 at 7:00 p.m. at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The museum is located at 118 W. Johnson Avenue in downtown Springdale. For more information, call 750-8165 or visit shilohmuseum.org.

Washington County Cemetery Preservation Group

The Washington County Cemetery Preservation Group will meet Saturday, January 17 at 10:30 a.m. at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History. The museum is located at 118 W. Johnson Avenue in downtown Springdale. For more information, call 750-8165 or visit shilohmuseum.org.

Civil War Roundtable

The Northwest Arkansas Civil War Roundtable will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.

Wireless Society to Meet

The Ozark Wireless Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History.