FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Thursday, January 16, 2020
STEPHENVILLE, Texas — Dress in your best 1920’s attire and bring a flashlight to Tarleton State University’s W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas on Saturday, Feb. 8, for “Museum After Dark.”
The free scavenger hunt begins at 6 p.m. and is appropriate for all ages. As participants finish the hunt, they’ll receive a password for the museum’s “speakeasy,” to enjoy soft refreshments, period jazz and a photo booth.
Free transportation for Tarleton students is available from the university’s Stephenville campus on a first-come, first-served basis. Deadline for reservations is Wednesday, Feb. 5. Call 254-968-1886. Boarding starts at 5:30 p.m. at the John Tarleton statue.
The W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas, a Tarleton museum and research facility located in the historic ghost town of Thurber, is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. The center is located at Exit 367 on Interstate 20 between Fort Worth and Abilene. For more information, visit www.tarleton.edu/gordoncenter or the museum’s Facebook page.
Tarleton, founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.
Contact: Phil Riddle
817-484-4415
priddle@tarleton.edu
