February 21, 2005
Raleigh City Museum’s March Programs Highlight Highway Safety and Women’s Suffrage

RALEIGH, N.C. (February 21, 2005) – The Raleigh City Museum will host two special events in the month of March, one specifically for children and the other celebrating Women’s History Month. On Saturday, March 5 at 2:00 p.m. the Raleigh City Museum “Children’s Hour” will feature Vince & Larry - The Crash Test Dummies - as they demonstrate highway safety tips for children of all ages. Then, on Saturday, March 12 at 2:00 p.m. the “Pieces of the Past” Saturday Program Series will host a slide show presentation by Museum Educator Ken Peters entitled “A Voice of Their Own: Raleigh & the Women’s Suffrage Movement.” Both programs will be free, open to the general public and held at the museum’s downtown location at 220 Fayetteville Street Mall in the Historic 1874 Briggs Hardware Building.

Vince & Larry - The Crash Test Dummies join the museum courtesy of the North Carolina Division of the Federal Highway Administration. Using the museum's current exhibit “Planes, Trains & Automobiles: Transportation in the Triangle” as a backdrop, Vince and Larry will educate kids on the importance of seat belt usage, the dangers of driver distractions, and the meaning behind road signs found on North Carolina highways. The RCM Children's Hour is open to kids ages 6 and up. All children must be accompanied by an adult during the program, which typically runs approximately 45 minutes to one hour.

The slide show A Voice of Their Own: Raleigh & the Women’s Suffrage Movement utilizes photographs and historical research from the museum’s 2003 exhibit of the same name. The talk will examine the national Women’s Suffrage Movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries and the local citizens who waged the battle in Raleigh through community suffrage leagues and civic associations.

For more information on these events, please contact Ken Peters, Coordinator of Education & Outreach, at 832-3775 ext. 11.

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