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Night at the Museum a huge success
Nevada Daily Mail
A sold out crowd attended the second annual Night at the Museum on Tuesday evening.
Erica Skouby said "in the history of our community it is a spectacular event where the community comes together to support the arts and learn about the rich history of Vernon County."
Tickets for the event were sold out weeks ago according to museum director Will Tollerton.
Guests of the Bushwhacker Museum were treated to dinner, and tours of the museum and the old Vernon County Jail. Live actors in period dress entertained guests with stories from iconic figures of Vernon County's history.
Paperboy Chosen Reichard said he is doing this for fun. It is his second year here and he is also a regular volunteer at Fort Scott. Surprisingly though, his favorite subject is not history, but science. He did say, "I like learning about history." His plans for the future include not living in his mom's basement.
Hope Ice and Annie Yockey volunteered as your typical 50s and 60s teenagers though neither said that they would enjoy the fashion of their respective eras for everyday wear. Both are students of Johanna Beck's advanced theater class at Nevada High School. Ice even made her own poodle skirt for the evening.
According to Tollerton, this year's silent auction was several times the size of last years requiring it to be moved from the conference room into the main museum hall.
Brandi McInroy attended with her children and said that the Night at the Museum "is really cool." Her daughter Addison sat for a chalk portrait before the family toured the historic Vernon County Jail.
Coming to the museum soon will be an exhibit on the history of the Nevada Police Department. This exhibit was made possible by a donation from Nevada Police Chief Graham Burnley.
Proceeds from the dinner, and auction go to support the Vernon County Historical Society and the Bushwhacker Museum. For more information on the museum, go to http://www.bushwhacker.org/.