FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Delores Linn
January 3, 2012
(701) 623-4355
MEDORA – Winter Family Fun Day featuring a variety of activities will be held at the Chateau de Mores State Historic Site in Medora on Sunday, January 15, from 1 to 4 p.m. Mountain Time.
All activities are free, including admission to the Chateau de Mores site and its interpretive center.
Everyone is encouraged to bring their sleds, skis, snowshoes, and more and enjoy various snow activities. Hot chocolate and cookies will be available in the Chateau de Mores Interpretive Center. There will also be a fire pit bonfire on the patio.
The amount of snow will determine what kind of snow activities take place during the day.
The interpretive center is open year-round. It is currently operating on its winter schedule, which remains in effect through May 15. Winter hours are Wednesdays through Sundays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mountain Time. Summer hours, in place from May 16 through September 15, are daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Mountain Time.
The interpretive center is part of the 128-acre state historic site that interprets the enterprises of the Marquis de Mores, the French nobleman and entrepreneur who in the 1880s ran a cutting-edge meatpacking plant in Medora, the town he founded and named after his wife. The site is managed by the state’s history agency, the State Historical Society of North Dakota.
The Chateau de Mores State Historic Site Interpretive Center is closed only on New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas. Admission is $7 per adult, $3 per child ages 6-15, and children 5 and under are admitted free.
Free admission to all sites administered by the State Historical Society of North Dakota (SHSND) is one of the many benefits for members of the SHSND Foundation. Others include a 15 percent discount on museum store purchases, and the quarterly publications North Dakota History and Plains Talk. To become a member, call the Foundation at (701) 222-1966 or visit the website at www.statehistoricalfoundation.com.
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Bismarck, North Dakota 58505
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