Students see history this Thursday

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center (MTCC) will hold its 4th annual Heritage and History Day on Thursday, Oct. 11, hosting more than 200 students from Little Rock-area middle schools for a day-long educational program designed to teach students various components of Arkansas history.

The day’s activities will include special interactive presentations and lessons from Historic Arkansas Museum (“Arkansas Pioneer Music”), the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, Ark., (“Cotton: The Fiber that Holds the South Together”) and spoken word artist Amoja Sumler, among others. 

“Heritage and History Day creates an environment conducive for middle school students to learn about aspects of our state’s history,” said MTCC Education Director Elvon Reed. “We collaborate with area museums to expose students and educators to experiential learning in a museum setting.”

Heritage and History Day is sponsored in part by the Arkansas Arts Council and the Arkansas Humanities Council. Pre-registration was required.

Mosaic Templars Cultural Center is located at 501 West Ninth Street in downtown Little Rock. The museum is open to the public Tuesday—Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  There is no admission fee.

About Mosaic Templars Cultural Center

Since 2008, the mission of the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, a museum of the Department of Arkansas Heritage, has been to tell the history of African Americans in Arkansas from 1870 to the present, especially in the areas of politics, business and the arts. Other agencies of the Department of Arkansas Heritage include Arkansas Arts Council, Arkansas Historic Preservation, Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Delta Cultural Center, Historic Arkansas Museum and Old State House Museum.