by Stuart Rosebrook, Executive Director, Sharlot Hall Museum
Summertime in Prescott is all about fun, friends and family. At Sharlot Hall Museum, one of the state’s premier cultural centers and living history centers, we celebrate our heritage with events, exhibits, activities and camps for all ages.
Sharlot Hall Museum’s Twilight Tales will host receptions on the patio prior to the special evenings of entertainment on July 8 and Aug. 12. First, kickback and enjoy the return of cowboy poetry to the museum with Don Fernwalt and The Rusty Pistols Reloaded. In August, Prescott historian Parker Anderson will be our host for The Legacy of Legacy: A Lost Prescott Movie. An avant garde movie, it is not a film for children. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion of local cinema experts.
Our series of summer lectures on Arizona and Prescott history continues. Saturday, July 19, Corinne Harmon, a member of the Yavapai County Search and Rescue Team, will give a lecture entitled When the Call Comes: Search and Rescue in Arizona’s Fire and Flood Seasons. And on Aug. 2, a lecture is planned on Women in Ranching.
Living History Adventure, held the second Saturday of every month, is a fun-filled day for all ages. On July 12, visitors to Living History Saturday will learn about homesteading, farming and ranching in Yavapai County in the 19th century. On Aug. 9, Sharlot Hall Museum’s Living History reenactors will welcome everyone “back to school,” and discover what it was like to learn reading, writing and arithmetic in the 1870s.
As we close out summer, The Prescott Indian Art Market at the Museum returns for the 27th year Sept. 20-21. Admissions is $10 a person (12 and younger and members are free) and is one of the finest Native art markets in the American Southwest. Plan to spend the weekend at the art market meeting the artists, learning about their artisanship, what inspires them to pursue their art, and investing in an art piece for your home collection or loved one.
Make your plans to visit Sharlot Hall Museum today!
