Festival of History this Weekend

Charlottesville is celebrating its 250th birthday by having events all year...and this weekend is one of them.  The Festival of History has displays and reenactments throughout Downtown, with our Red Pirogue on 4th Street at Court Square Saturday 10-4, and Sunday 12-4.  Come climb aboard and see our posters and other items...

Since October

It's been a long while since I've written.  The construction of the new Lewis and Clark Exploratory Center has taken as much attention as you can imagine, and though we still do school groups and special programs at our temporary facility, we are closed on the weekends so we can concentrate on the last fundraising necessary to complete the building.  We've raised 85% of the funds... now we need the last 15%.  Please see our website  www.lewisandclarkeast.org if you are interested in donating...Thank you!

Rain Closing

Because of the cold, rainy conditions we had to stay closed today. Tomorrow's forecast is for good weather, so please drop by then!

October 29/30 Weekend

Our 2011 season ends this coming weekend... and 2012 will begin with a brand new building. Completion is scheduled for the spring!

Saturday, 10-4, and Sunday, 12-4, we're preparing for Halloween by making North American animal masks, and masks of Thomas Jefferson. We're doing a last scavenger hunt looking for a variety of colors on the trails, and we're doing painting on wood that you can take home: chessboards and folk portraits. Help us celebrate our last weekend at the Keelboat Barn!

September Schedule

Saturday, September 3: First Saturday volunteer day, 9 to 11.
Volunteers get in for free. Afterwards we’ll be making model boats
based on the Lewis & Clark keelboat, and we’ll be painting old-style
signs. Come pick your trade and stencil your message...
Sunday, September 4: Boat building and sign painting, inspired by the
book American Folk Art for Kids

Saturday, September 10,
Sunday, September 11: We’re having our last weekend of miniature boat
building and sailing, and last year’s favorite activity, “Mystery of
the Keelboat,” where visitors are given a variety of questions to
answer through clues left aboard the keelboat.

Saturday, September 17,
Sunday, September 18: Do a folk art portrait of yourself, and
practice your calligraphy with a real quill pen. The “Mystery of the
Keelboat” continues... with new clues to find aboard the Red Pirogue.

Saturday, September 24,
Sunday, September 25: Help us decoupage a piece of furniture for the
Center, and take home your own paste collage card. Construct a
weather station and do experiments with the instruments we place
inside.

Volunteer Saturday

This coming Saturday, September 3, we are having our Volunteer Meet-up from 9 to 11. We hope to see you there! We'll be working on furniture ideas for the Day of Caring and doing touch-ups on the barn.

August 27 and 28

We will be closed for maintenance this coming weekend, August 27th and 28th. We just want to make sure that everything got through the earthquake all right, and to fix some items that got damaged. Thank you again for your patience! The weather this August has not been cooperative. We hope to have a great September and the activities for the rest of the fall will be posted soon.