Old Independence Regional Museum – Requests Sports Memories for Exhibit
Do you have a special memory of a sports event?
Old Independence Regional Museum, located in Batesville, Arkansas, will be hosting a traveling exhibit titled “Hometown Teams” from the Smithsonian Institution late next year. As part of the exhibit, Old Independence will be creating its own regional exhibit to be on view all during 2017.
The museum is inviting anyone living in its region, to write a one-page letter telling about a particular memory of a sports event. It may be an account of a school competition, or a church or community sports competition, or practicing for a game, or watching a future sports star play. Baseball, basketball, football, tennis, track, or any other team sport will fit the bill. Contributors may also choose to tell how their experience may have added to a sense of community pride.
Old Independence Regional Museum will create a scrapbook of these memories for public viewing all during 2017. Just mail, or email your memories to Old Independence Regional Museum, 380 S. Ninth Street, Batesville AR 72501, or to Twyla Wright at twylagwright@gmail.com.
