Free Admission to the W.K. Gordon Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
STEPHENVILLE, Texas—Enjoy free admission to Tarleton’s W.K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas on Saturday, Sept. 23, as part of Smithsonian magazine’s 13th annual Museum Day Live!
Museum Day Live! celebrates the spirit of the Smithsonian Institution’s Washington D.C.-based facilities, which offer free admission every day. Download a Museum Day Live! ticket at www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday for two free passes to visit the W.K. Gordon Center.
Only one download per household permitted.
The W.K. Gordon Center, 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, celebrating 100 years as founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow’s professional leaders. As a member of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) with campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, leadership, excellence and service.
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Contact: Mary Adams, Museum Educator / Facilities Manager
254-968-1886
mkadams@tarleton.edu
