Article and Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
The Silver City Museum, on Friday, held a Kids Day in the courtyard.
Museum event coordinator Charmeine Wait said the purpose was to have kids learn that kids are welcome at the museum and can learn about things that are fun inside the museum and outside.
She said the entire Harrison Schmitt summer school classes visited the museum. Outside they did activities such as those pictured below, and inside in the Gila Wild exhibit, kids could make animal tracks, read a map and listen to a wolf's howl.
2014 SC Museum Kids Day
Silver City Museum Kids Day
Scott Davidson, 3, figures getting up close to the target will help his accuracy
Silver City Museum Kids Day
Kasaiah Schilling, 10, and her brother Devon, 9, race the stick horses through the maze.
Silver City Museum Kids Day
William Perrault, 6, with the help of Connie Downard, makes a piece of rope using a winding device.
Silver City Museum Kids Day
Ian Torres, 8, brings in his completed Treasure Hunt map, for which he used a compass to find animalsG??a raven, an otter and wolvesG?? and other items, such as a flashlight. Adrienne Booth checks his map.
Silver City Museum Kids Day
Naomi Clancy, watches her son, Benjamin, 23 months, design a headdress, with the help of Andrea Romero.
Silver City Museum Kids Day
Phillip Cave of the WNMU Museum fits a headdress on Ashlyn Richey, 11.
Silver City Museum Kids Day
Amelia Ellis, 10, listens as Scott Green from the Farm and Ranch Museum describes what brands for cattle are called and what they look like.
Silver City Museum Kids Day
Jos+? Parra, 8, starts to blow a huge bubble.
Silver City Museum Kids Day
Sofia Gorthy, 8, and Isabelle Barragan, 8, pretend to be wearing old-fashioned clothes.
Silver City Museum Kids Day
Alisha Richard, 11, draws a river.
