Toys and Chores in an Ozark Home

Wednesday, June 14, 2023
1 to 3 p.m.
Berryville Public Library, 104 Spring St., Berryville, AR 72616
Admission: free

In celebration of the Shiloh Museum’s Ozark Home, Beyond the FrameA girl with short dark hair with bangs and a hair ribbon sits in a chair wearing a white dress, dark stockings and shoes. She is clutching a doll with long, blonde hair. exhibit, we are hosting a series of events featuring toys and leisure in partnership with several public libraries in our mission area. The first one is from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 14, at the Berryville Public Library, 104 Spring St., Berryville, AR 72616. We invite you to play with old-fashioned toys and explore how these toys may have helped develop skills needed for various chores around an 1800s household in the Ozarks. The events will include making simple toys to take home.

A girl sits with her doll in this 1909 image. Photo is from the Shiloh Museum’s Bruce Vaughan Jr. Collection (S-79-4-45).