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The Holland Museum offers a variety of programs in May

April 1, 2024: Another great month of entertaining education at the Holland Museum

On Monday, May 13th, the Holland Museum holds its monthly Free Monday event. Open from 4:00pm-7pm with Free admission for all age groups, sponsored by the Meijer Foundation. From 6-7pm, join the Museum for a free performance by The Holland Samba School, a 15-member community musical group. Directed by Prof. Christopher Fashun, the Holland Samba School focuses on how to play different styles of Brazilian drumming. Their mission is to create community through the joy of music.

Thursday May 16, the Museum hosts a free Tales from the Archives program at 7pm entitled: Mentioning Unmentionables. Historian Kim Parr will review interesting aspects of 18th and 19th-century underclothing. This program includes a dressing demonstration covering the time periods of the Middle Ages through World War I. Kim will demonstrate in what order a lady would dress and will explain with images and artifacts how and why undergarments changed through time. Kim Parr has over thirty years of museum experience, and currently works as the collection curator of Packard Proving Grounds, and proprietor of Michstory Tours, LLC. This free adult program will be held at the Holland Museum. Registration is encouraged.

Thursday May 30th, the Museum hosts a Cultural Lens program at 7pm entitled, Behind our Walls: Incarceration in Michigan. The documentary, Behind our Walls will be screened, followed by a discussion led by Mark Hartman and Doug Tjapkes from the Michigan non-profit organization, Humanity for Prisoners. The film tells the story of a group of male inmates in Michigan, as they seek a college education behind bars through the Calvin Prison Initiative. This free adult program will be held at the Holland Museum. Registration is encouraged.

“Our May programs cover a variety of topics”. Says Executive Director Ricki Levine. “As always, there is something for everyone at the Museum this month”.

To register and for more information on these programs, please visit the Holland Museum’s website: www.hollandmuseum.org.

About the Holland Museum: The Holland Museum’s mission is Preserving Our Past, Imagining Our Future. The Holland Museum is located at the corner of 10th Street and River Avenue, across from Centennial Park at 31 West 10th Street. For more information, please call (616) 796-3329.