11/27/07

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Romney Hall, public affairs coordinator, UNI Museums, (319) 273-2188
Vicki Grimes, University Marketing & Public Relations, (319) 273-6728
           
UNI Museums to host annual holiday event

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The UNI Museums will host "An Old-Fashioned Schoolhouse Christmas," from 6:30 - 8 p.m.., Thursday, Dec. 6, at the Marshall Center School, an original one-room Iowa schoolhouse, located on the University of Northern Iowa campus, at the corner of West 23rd and Indiana Streets, Cedar Falls.
            The evening will include caroling, crafts, story time and a greeting from Santa Claus.  Museum staff will recreate a typical 1922 one-room schoolhouse celebration.
            "This yearly activity offers a return to Christmases past," states Romney Hall, public affairs coordinator for the UNI Museums.  "It's a wonderful opportunity to enjoy a simpler time and to celebrate the season."
            Attendance is free and open to the public. For more information about the museums and upcoming events, call (319) 273-2188 or visit www.uni.edu/museum.

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