Upcoming Events
OCTOBER 2005
Heritage Ball to Benefit the Rome Area
History Museum
Forrest Building, Broad Street
October 15 - 7:30 pm
Join us for a night you won't forget! Step back in time, dance the Virginia Reel, dine on fine southern foods, and enjoy the music of the mid-1800's as performed by Rome's own Eighth Regiment Band. The event will be held at the historic Forrest Hotel. Carriage rides of downtown Rome will be provided to ball attendees.
Tickets are $75.00 per person and include dinner, two drinks, dancing, and carriage rides. This ball benefits the Rome Area History Museum. To purchase tickets, call 706-235-8051. Limited seating is available so call soon!
Timeline Trivia at Downtown Decades
Broad Street, Historic Downtown Rome
October 22 - 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
On October 22, from 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, come downtown and play timeline trivia! Search Broad Street blocks 100-500 for clues to the history of the 1900's to the 1950's. You can pick up a program at tables throughout the street festival. Turn your completed answer sheet into the Museum by 4:00. All participants will receive free admission to the Museum. All correct entries will receive a prize and be entered into a drawing for the following:
Kids:
Grand Prize - Gift Certificate for Darling Pets
2nd Prize - Assorted old-fashioned games from The Museum Store
3rd Prize - Rome t-shirt
Adults:
Grand Prize - Gift Certificate for Downtown Dollars
2nd Prize - Gift basket from The Museum Store
3rd Prize - Rome t-shirt
These six winners will also receive a one-year honorary
family membership to the Rome Area History Museum.
Preservation
Workshop
Rome/Floyd Library
October 29 - 9:30 am
On October 29, from 9:30 am - 11:30 am, representatives from several of Rome’s local archives – the Rome Area History Museum Archives (Katie Anderson), the Special Collections Department - Sara Hightower Library (Dawn Hampton), and the Berry College Archives (Rebecca Roberts) will conduct a free preservation workshop. This two-hour workshop will provide attendants with basic information about the proper care and storage of photographs, clothing and textiles, and family papers. Basic preservation techniques will be discussed, as well as appropriate storage containers for each type of item. In addition, workshop leaders will provide attendees with vendor catalogs for purchase of archival storage supplies. The workshop will be held at the Sara Hightower Library. For more information call the Library at 236-4607.
DECEMBER 2005
Candlelight Tour
December 10 - 6 pm
The Rome Area History Museum is hosting its Annual Candlelight Tour on Saturday, December 10 from 6-9pm. This annual holiday event in beautiful downtown Rome provides an opportunity for you to visit the Museum exhibits by “candlelight,” take a carriage ride down Broad Street, snack on gingerbread and cider, talk to costumed living history interpreters, and listen to live music. Enjoy the beautiful decorations of local garden clubs throughout the Museum. Make Victorian ornaments with your children.
Acting as tour guides, students from Pepperell High School’s local area studies class will share their new-found knowledge of Rome’s history. These students have been studying Rome’s history all semester. They have toured Broad Street, the Rome Area History Museum, Chieftains, Martha Berry Museum, and Myrtle Hill. This class gives students a sense of how Rome came to be what it is today.
Admission is a suggested donation of $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for children. The carriage ride is $6.00 per person.
Click on the Past Events link below to see photos from previous years.
Call the museum for more information on current programs and exhibits or to schedule a group tour.
Rome Area History Museum
305 Broad Street, Rome, Georgia 30161
Phone: 706-235-8051 | Fax: 706-235-6631 | email: info@romehistorymuseum.com
Last Updated: 02/22/2006