Sunday, February 28, 2010
Little Rock--Laissez les bon temps rouler! (Let the good times roll!) Bring your krewe to the Old State House Museum’s Mardi Gras Celebration on Saturday, March 6, 2010, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Visitors will find lawn of the Old State House, Arkansas’s first capitol building, colorfully decorated for the season. Fun, hands-on activities will be available to children: decorate a mask, make bead necklaces, and play old fashioned, Mardi Gras-themed games. In addition, everyone will have a chance to join in a Mardi Gras parade on the museum grounds at 2:00 pm, and then again at 3:00 pm. FREE and open to the public.
Admission to the Mardi Gras Celebration is free. For more information about this exciting event, please call (501) 324-9685.
About the Old State House Museum
The Old State House Museum is a museum of the Department of Arkansas Heritage and shares the goal of all seven Department of Arkansas Heritage agencies, that of preserving and enhancing the heritage of the state of Arkansas. The agencies are Arkansas Arts Council, Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Delta Cultural Center in Helena, Historic Arkansas Museum, Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, and the Old State House Museum.
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