Opening Festivities - Going Places

Description

A National Endowment for the Humanities exhibit about modes of transportation. The exhibit coincides with the 150th anniversary of the Butterfield Trail. "What a wonderful way to celebrate the trail's legacy by bringing this exhibit to Dallas." says Terrell Falk, Old Red Museum President. She continues, "With the environmental and monetary costs of today's transportation making headlines, it is important understand the transition from carriages to autos as we look toward future advancements in transportation." Carriages-not cars-once ruled the road. These forerunners of automobiles and trucks were absolutely essential to American life in the 1800s. Carriages came in an amazing assortment of sizes, shapes, and finishes, from the buckboard phaeton to the sidebar buggy to the booby hut.

To kick-off opening weekend of the Going Places exhibit, the Old Red Museum will host a Transportation Fair. "Stagecoaches to Segways" will celebrate transportation in Dallas County of the past, present and future. The fair will be on Saturday, August 30th from 11am to 3pm and will feature an authentic 19th century stagecoach, antique car, motorcycles and segways. Other activities include travel tips presented by local travel agents, segway demonstrations, crafts for the whole family, talks on stagecoach travel of the 19th century, music to travel by from Russ Warman and to get things revved up the H.O.G.s (Harley Owners Group of Dallas) will roar into the courthouse square at 11:30am.

General Admission will be only $5.00 for everyone the entire Labor Day weekend from Friday, August 29th - Monday, September 1st.

Information from the venue.

Some nearby drink specials on Aug. 31st

• Ten Sports Grill: 11 am - 7 pm: $15 domestic beer buckets / $3 bloody mary / $2 mimosa
• Hooters (Dallas): 11 am - 11 pm: $2 domestic bottles
• Morton's, The Steakhouse: 5 pm - 6 pm: Power Hour - $5 select wines by glass, $4 select beers, special cocktail of the day
• T.G.I. Friday's (Dallas): 4 pm - 7 pm: $4 Long Island Iced Tea & signature margaritas, $3 premium pint features, $2 domestic pint features, $1 premiums / $4 select appetizers / 11 am - 12 am: $2 Red Stripes

Some nearby restaurants

• Dakota's Steakhouse
• Paradise Bakery & Cafe (Dallas / downtown)
• Spaghetti Warehouse (Dallas)
• RJ Mexican Cuisine
• Campisi's (Dallas / Downtown)

Some nearby events on Aug. 31st

• University of the Blues Showcase, Pearl at Commerce, 5 p.m. to midnight
• The Gipsy Kings, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, 7:30 p.m.
• Texas Summer Music Conference, The Westin City Center, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
• Chris Johnson, Sambuca (Dallas), 7:30 p.m.
• Who's Bad- The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band, House of Blues, 8:30 p.m.

Event posted Aug. 21, 2008
Last updated Aug. 21, 2008

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