Museum readies time capsule opening

The Jeanerette Museum is preparing to celebrate an exhibit that toured 10 years ago from the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibit Service.
The museum is currently asking for updated information from 2004 fourth, fifth and sixth grade students of Glencoe Charter School, St. Joseph School, Jeanerette Elementary School and St. Charles Elementary School to invite them to be special guests of “Yesterdays Tomorrows: Uncovering the Past” which includes the opening of a time capsule. Other persons that may have contributed items to the capsule are also requested to contact the museum.
“Ten years ago, students completed class projects to place items and information in a time capsule that was buried at the museum,” said Gail Garcia, Jeanerette Museum Board vice chair. “We are inviting these students, which would now be adults, to return to view the items they submitted when the capsule is opened.”
Students and the public are invited to the opening of the time capsule that was buried on the museum grounds, located at 500 E. Main St., Jeanerette. The celebration will be open to the public free of charge and held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 9.
The original exhibit that toured the museum a decade ago was “Yesterday’s Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Future” and was part of the Museum on Main Street program, a program of the Smithsonian Institution and Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities along with state humanities councils in rural America.
Along with the unearthing of the time capsule, the Jeanerette Museum will host a “Tour of American Music” with the band, Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue and open a local exhibit that focuses on Jeanerette’s past along with visions of its future. The musical program explores the roots of the American musical tradition and the Louisiana Hayride.
To contribute contact information on a participant of the time capsule project or to learn more about the Yesterdays Tomorrows: Uncovering the Past celebration contact the Jeanerette Museum at 337-276-4408 from Tuesdays through Fridays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., find the museum on Facebook or email :
jeanerettemuseum@yahoo.com.