Museum Day Live!

 

 

The Western Heritage Museum Complex & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame Joins Smithsonian Magazine’s

National Museum Day Live! Free Admission for All Participants

 

—[[Power of the Drum:  Native American Powwow]]—

 

Hobbs, NM August 31, 2012—On Saturday September 29, 2012, the Western Heritage Museum Complex & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame will open its doors free of charge along with over 1,400 other participating venues for the eighth annual Museum Day Live! This immensely successful program, in which the Western Heritage Museum Complex & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame will emulate the free admission policy of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington, D.C.-based facilities, encourages learning and the spread of knowledge nationwide.

 

Inclusive by design, Museum Day Live! fulfills Smithsonian Media’s mission to make cultural education accessible to everyone. For one day only, the Western Heritage Museum Complex & Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame will grant free access to visitors who download a Museum Day Live! ticket at Smithsonian.com. Last year’s event drew over 350,000 museum-goers, and this year’s Museum Day Live! is expected to attract close to 400,000 participants.

 

“The Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame is pleased and honored to a participant in the annual Museum Day Live! event sponsored by the Smithsonian Magazine.  It gives us an excellent opportunity to showcase our wonderful museum and to encourage visitors to learn more about this great region we call home.  We hope that everyone will download the free ticket from Smithsonian.com and come visit our museum on September 29” said Executive Director, Dr. Darrell Beauchamp.

 

Located on the campus of New Mexico Junior College, The Western Heritage Museum Complex and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame have many fun and educational exhibits so that you can actively learn more about our local history.  Come see 12,000 years of human history and listen to an animatronics cowboy speak.  At the Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame you can learn about our local rodeo and ranching leaders with displays on each of the inductees since 1978.  Don’t miss our temporary exhibit Power of the Drum:  Native American Powwow.  This exhibit will examine the tradition of Native American powwows and immerse your senses in this coming together of nations.  Museum hours on Museum Day Live! are 10am-5pm.

 

The Museum Day Live! Ticket will be available to download beginning in August at Smithsonian.com/museumday. Visitors who present the Museum Day Live! Ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues for one day only. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address. For more information about Museum Day Live! 2012 and a list of participating museums and cultural institutions, please visit Smithsonian.com/museumday. 

 

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Smithsonian Media comprises of its flagship publication, Smithsonian magazine, as well as Air & Space, goSmithsonian, Smithsonian Media Digital Network, and the Smithsonian Channel. Smithsonian Media is a division of Smithsonian Enterprises, the revenue-generating business unit of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. Approximately 30 million people from around the world visit the museums annually.