Family fun at the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm Thanksgiving Weekend

The Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm will be opening their holiday exhibits and presenting an environmental program Thanksgiving weekend. Admission to the exhibit and environmental program are free for museum members, $5 for adults, $3 for students, and $3 for seniors. 

Friday, November 25 will be opening day of the Museum’s massive model train exhibit, Get on Board. The Stoney Creek Model Railroad Club has been planning the upcoming model train exhibit all year and can’t wait to share it with the public.  They will fill the Calf Barn with modules that they have painstakingly built in scale that show locations near and far. This wonderfully detailed exhibit will be open till December 29. See the trains on these dates: 

•           Friday and Saturday, November 25 & 26:  1:00 – 4:00

•           December 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 27, 28, 29:  1:00 – 4:00

•           Sunday, December 11 is Family Day. The cost is $8 for the entire family from 1:00 – 4:00.

Saturday, November 26 Patrick Endres, the environmental educator at the Museum, will be presenting Animals We Hunt from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. Families will learn about the animals we traditionally hunted, those we hunt today, and what have been some reasons why we hunted. Ages 7 and up are welcome. Advance registration is required at www.rochesterhills.org/musprograms, e-mail rhmuseum@rochesterhills.org, or call (248) 656-4663.

The Rochester Hills Museum is located at 1005 Van Hoosen Road, off Tienken Road between Rochester and Dequindre Roads. For a full list of museum programs please visit www.rochesterhills.org/musprograms.