FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 13, 2007

Contact: Jeff Blanchard

(701) 825-6840

HALLOWEEN FUN AT THE MUSEUM
AT PEMBINA STATE MUSEUM OCTOBER 27

PEMBINA – Trick or treaters will be able to get an early start on Halloween by visiting the Pembina State Museum Saturday afternoon, October 27. The day’s events will feature children’s Halloween activities, games and crafts from 2 to 4 p.m. Prizes will be awarded for the best costumes in four age groups – kindergarten and below, first grade, second grade, and third grade.

The programs are free and open to the public.

The October 27 events are sponsored by the state’s history agency, the State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND).

Two of the Pembina State Museum’s unique features are a seven-story observation tower that offers visitors a spectacular view of the Red River Valley, and a Travel Information Center that informs and directs tourists to other locations and activities statewide. It also has two galleries. The permanent exhibit gallery features 100 million years of regional history from the Cretaceous Period to contemporary times. The second gallery houses temporary and traveling exhibits highlighting regional and state history.

Visitors will also see the exhibit, Sister Rosalia’s Lace, which features the beautiful and intricate bobbin lace works created by Sister Rosalia Haberl (1897-1998), a Franciscan Sister from the convent in Hankinson, North Dakota. This traveling exhibit was produced by the North Dakota Council on the Arts. It will be at the museum through January 6, 2008.

Another exhibit at the Pembina State Museum is Looking Back: Pembina’s Flood Battles, which examines the struggles the city’s residents have faced with flooding during the past 150 years, including battles both won and lost. Pembina’s location at the confluence of the Red and Pembina Rivers was of strategic importance to early fur traders, but it has had its disadvantages as well, as the exhibit illustrates. It will be at the museum through May 11, 2008.

The Pembina State Museum is located off Exit 215 on I-29 at Pembina, North Dakota. Admission is free. There is no charge for children ages 12 and under to visit the observation tower. The tower charge for youth ages 13 to 18 is 50 cents, and $2 for adults. It is open year-round, closed only on New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas.

For more information, call the Pembina State Museum at (701) 825-6840 or visit the State Historical Society of North Dakota’s web site at www.nd.gov/hist.

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