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Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum opens
Valentines exhibit during February
Jan. 20, 2006 --
PIGGOTT -- Valentines from Piggott, 1910-1918, will be on exhibit
at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott,
Wednesday, February 1, through Tuesday, February 28.
The exhibit includes pages from Willie Underwood Wyatt’s scrapbook of
Valentines from her grammar school classmates in Piggott, 1910 to 1918.
The collection of more than 60 chromolithograph and hand-made Valentines
was donated to the Museum by her son, Mr. Clarence Wyatt, Jr. of Morro
Bay, California. Many of Mrs. Wyatt’s school friends represent families
currently in Piggott and friends of the Paul and Mary Pfeiffer family.
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center includes the family
home of Paul and Mary Pfeiffer and the barn-studio where Hemingway wrote
during visits to Piggott. Tours are on the hour, Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is a $5
donation, $3 for groups of 10 or more (by reservation) and senior
citizens. Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum members are free.
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center is an institution
of Arkansas State University.
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