[CCMG-Announce] Exhibit Opening: Smithsonian Water/Ways at the Museum of the Grand Prairie this Saturday!

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​Water/Ways Opening! The Smithsonian has finally arrived!

Opening from 10-4 Saturday July 16, 2016



The Museum of the Grand Prairie is delighted to be hosting the Museums on Main Street Exhibit Water/Ways as jointly sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution and the Illinois Humanities Council.



Join us to explore the Smithsonian Water/Ways, and learn how water impacts our local community in the companion exhibit, The Worth of Water.



As a part of the Museum of the Grand Prairie’s opening celebration of Water/Ways:​​

  *   ​​Sara Grady, storyteller and water advocate, will present:  Water, Wonder, Words: Language, Stories, and the Cradle of Life at 2:00 pm.
  *   ​​Tours of the new exhibit will be given hourly,
  *   ​​Interactive stations set up in and around the museum from 1-4pm, including a water table from the Illinois State Water Survey, and participation by the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy, Prairie Rivers Network, the Mahomet Aquifer Consortium, IDNR, and the USGS Ground Water Section.​


Refreshments will be served before the presentation.



For more info: (217) 586-2612 or kriopelle at ccfpd.org<mailto:kriopelle at ccfpd.org>.

Water/Ways is produced by Museum on Main Street, a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Illinois Humanities.

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