November 11, 2001
Raleigh City Museum to Hold
First Annual Holiday Open House

Remember those happy holiday seasons of yore? Come celebrate this unique time of year at the Raleigh City Museum's First Annual Holiday Open House on Saturday, December 8, 2001 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. in the Museum's main gallery at 220 Fayetteville Street Mall. Featuring seasonal music by Leon Jordan & Friends, refreshments and costumed hosts and hostesses, the Open House also serves as the opening reception for a special photographic exhibit, "Celebrating a Capital Season." The exhibit highlights Raleigh's civic celebrations at holiday time, and includes historic photographs of the annual Christmas Parade, the Governor's Tree-Lighting Ceremony at the State Capitol, and other local traditions. The exhibit will run until January 4, 2002. Admission to the Open House is free and open to the general public; all are invited to attend.

The Raleigh City Museum, a private non-profit organization, grew out of the dream of local history advocates who saw a need to preserve artifacts from Raleigh's past. Opening June 1993 in the Borden Building at Fred Fletcher Park, the Museum expanded in 1998 and moved to its current location in the Historic 1874 Briggs Building on Fayetteville Street Mall. It is open to the general public Tuesday - Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday - Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Admission to the Museum is free.

For more information about the Raleigh City Museum's Holiday Open House, contact Ken Peters, Museum Services Coordinator, at 832-3775 ext. 11.

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