Michigan Historical Museum Opens Special Exhibit Focusing on 100th Anniversary of Girl Scouts March 10

From www.scoutrecords.org

The Michigan Historical Museum will open a special exhibit “Follow the Girls: 100 Years of Girl Scouting” at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 10. This special exhibit is filled with personal stories and artifacts of Girl Scouts past and present. The public is invited to attend; the museum will be open for extended hours until 6 p.m. on this special day.

The event kicks off the Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan celebration of 100 years of scouting. The official exhibit opening is part of a larger, day-long celebration with more than 2,500 girls, leaders, alumnae and family expected to be in attendance in Lansing for a full day of events.

“This isn’t just an exhibit about the Girl Scouts; it is created in part by the girls themselves. They’ve been here at the museum getting involved in the exhibit and helping tell the story of what the Girl Scouts have accomplished over the past century,” said Michigan Historical Center Director Sandra Clark. “It’s exciting to see them taking such pride in their heritage.”

The “Follow the Girls: 100 Years of Girl Scouting” exhibit runs through Aug. 26, with special, Girl Scout-related events each weekend through the duration of the exhibit. March 17 will be Girl Scout Gallery Day, in which Girl Scouts will be stationed throughout the 20th-century museum galleries to give visitors a decade-by-decade look at Girl Scouting in Michigan History. On March 24, children’s book author Janie Lynn Panagopoulos will share the story of Nellie Lytle, great-grandmother of Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low.

Michigan Historical Museum admission is $6 for adults 18-64. Children through age 5 are free; youth ages 6-17 pay an optional $2; and seniors 65 and up pay $4. Annual passes are available, and Sundays are FREE for everyone. Visit www.michigan.gov/museum for details.

The museum is open seven days a week. It is located inside the Michigan Library and Historical Center, 702 West Kalamazoo St., Lansing. The museum and visitor parking are on the north side of Kalamazoo Street, two blocks east of M. L. King Jr. Boulevard. Weekend parking is free. For more information, visit www.michigan.gov/museum or call (517) 373-3559.