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    Roots, Shoots, and Barrels: A Family Weekend

    Roots, Shoots, and Barrels: A Family Weekend

    Presented by American Philosophical Society Museum at American Philosophical Society Museum

    September 24-September 25, 2011


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    Everyone is invited to join us for a family-friendly weekend full of hands-on activities and engaging events! Make a mini-greenhouse. Design your own unique leaf print. Create a book arts project with artist Rosae Reeder. Roll a seed ball. Taste delicious, one-of-a-kind ice cream flavors from Little Baby’s Ice Cream Tricycle. See Marshall Scheetz, a traditionally-practicing cooper from Jamestown Cooperage, LLC (Williamsburg, VA), make barrels the 18th-century way. Take a unique tree tour of Old City with Ben Cromie, who will lead you on a journey through “The Mighty, the Stinky, and the Just Plain Pretty. Cooper demonstration on Saturday only.Tree tours leave at 1pm (both days).


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      • Venue Info

        American Philosophical Society Museum

        104 S. Fifth Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19106

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      • Admission Info

        Tickets:

        FREE!

        Info Phone: 215-701-4421

      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        September 24-September 25, 2011

        Times:

        10 am-4 pm

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