Greetings From Pearl River..

We now have brochures and postcards! Brochures are free for visitors, and postcards are on sale 2 for $1. Postcards are original designs unique to the museum, and are only available here! Our first two designs feature the Pearl River School, and the Train Depot. We will be adding designs to represent each exhibit in the very near future.

 

Heroes Walk

The Heroes Walk Veterans Memorial will be located at the Pearl River and Honey Island Swamp Museum and Research Center. The walk will feature bricks engraved with Veterans' name and any other additional information given such as branch of service, rank, dates of service, theater of operations, achievements, recognition, declaration, ship, base, etc. Forms and payment may be collected at the museum during hours of operation (Saturdays from 10am - 3pm). Blank forms may be picked up from the mailbox on the porch of the museum on days we are closed. Please make all checks payable to Heroes Walk. Information to mail your form and payment in is located on the form. We appreciate your help in spreading the word about this memorial, and your support of our veterans!

Golden Opportunity Bus Tour

Golden Opportunity, a program with Ochsner, came to the Pearl River Museum on Friday, June 13, 2014. 

 

A group of 52 senior men and women from the famous Golden Opportunity Club sponsored a bus tour to the Northshore. Their first stop was The Pearl River Museum, arriving on a large chartered tour bus.

The Golden Opportunity Club is a popular program of Ochsner Health Systems of New Orleans. The group was a happy, enjoyable group and enjoyed the museum immensely, as well as the volunteers enjoying the group.  Their stay was short, as they traveled on to a local winery and The Fish House in Bush. They told us about their many travels, one of which was a trip to Alaska last year, along with many other interesting places.

 

 

 

 

Many thanks to museum volunteers: Bob & Jewell Moore, Stella Kemp, Dorothy Singletary, Matalyn Stark, Heather Benton and Ruby Gauley.

Golden Opportunity: http://www.ochsner.org/programs/golden_opportunity/

Night At The Museum

On Saturday, May 31st the museum will be showing a movie at noon. We invite all children in the community to come enjoy a viewing of Night at the Museum. We will offer refreshments. Seating is limited, so we ask that you bring either a folding chair or a floor pillow so that you can be comfortable while enjoying the movie. The movie will be shown on our big screen tv in the Swamp Room exhibit.

Egg Painting Event

On Saturday, March 29, 2014 the St. Tammany Porcelain Art Club came to the Museum and hosted an Egg Painting Event for our members. The Art Club members taught museum members how to paint a porcelain egg in a marble style. The Art Club furnished all of the supplies for the event. There was no cost to the museum members, and the eggs are for them to keep. The art club took the eggs to fire and will be returning them to the museum for members to pick up at their convenience. Please visit us on Facebook for more photos and information.

Pictured in Group Shot:

back row, left to right - Matalyn Stark, Adele Saltzer (Pearl River Librarian), Laurie Howell, Salenah Cooper, Myra Cuevas, Zereda Crawford, Angela Mosely

front row, left to right - Deborah Polk, Jo Lynn McQueen, Ruby Gauley, Dorothy Singletary, Ella Brakefield, Julie,and Gerry K.

Ella Brakefield won the door prize, which was a finished porcelain egg like our members were able to paint. The art club also present Ms. Ruby Gauley with a porcelain egg in appreciation of having the event. Photographing the event was Heather Benton.

Swamp Room Addition

We have some beautiful new additions to our Swamp Room Exhibit. Two mounted deer head that were hunted and killed in the Honey Island Swamp. They were donated to the museum by Tommy Cooper, and are now proudly displayed in the Swamp Room, where they fit in perfectly.

We would like to give a big thanks to Tommy Cooper, and his wife Bonnie for their generous donation.

Egg Painting Event

     Saturday, March 29, 2014 the Pearl River Museum will be hosting an exclusive members event, featuring the St. Tammany Porcelain Art Club. Members of the art club will be assisting up to 15 members of the museum in the art of painting a porcelain egg. Everyone is invited to attend, members as well as non-members, but the eggs will be reserved for painting for the first 15 active members of the Pearl River & Honey Island Swamp Museum & Research Center. The event will start at 10am. We can reserve spots for members by phone, or by signing up in person. Any spaces not filled by reservation, will be available on a first come, first serve basis. We would like to thank the St. Tammany Porcelain Art Club for offering this opportunity to our members.

McQueen Family Bible

     We would like to thank the family of Arthur Thomas McQueen, specifically, Benny and Keith Woodcock, for their donation of the Arthur McQueen Family Bible, along with other important family documents.

     We now have on display in the museum, the family bible from Arthur Thomas McQueen. The Bible features the family tree, as well as important dates including marriages and births within the family. We have made space to display these items near our Reading Corner where we have many family histories on display.All items on display, have been copied and/or typed up and laminated for visitors that would like to read them.

We are open on Saturdays from 10am - 3pm.

Mardi Gras Ball Gown

On display now is a Mardi Gras Ball Gown made by Raycille Mitchell of the Pearl River Women's Civic Club.

Membership Information

Do you know if your membership is expired? We just sent out some letters to notify members of expired memberships. Your membership expires on the last day of the month, one year from the month you donated your membership. Your membership card has an exclusive Member ID number on it. Your card does not expire. Just call or email us, include your Member ID#, and we can verify your membership for you. If your membership has expired, please consider making your membership donation of an annual $10.00. Donations are accepted by cash or check, in person on Saturdays between 10:00am and 3:00pm. You are also welcome to mail a check to us, made payable to Pearl River Museum. Our address is 39437 Hwy 41 Spur, Pearl River, LA 70452. Please give us 7-10 days to process your donations, then you are welcome to contact us to verify it was received. If you have supplied us with an email address, we will notify you that we've received your donation. We appreciate all of our members, and all donations are helpful in helping us keep our doors open to the public without having to charge an admission fee.