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Summer Furf for Kids at MDAH Camps
The Department of Archives and History’s museums and historic sites across the state are offering summer camps for a variety of ages, with focuses ranging from Native American culture to architecture to pioneer skills. Call soon for registration deadlines and further information. Sign up your youngster today—these camps fill fast!
GRAND VILLAGE OF THE NATCHEZ INDIANS, NATCHEZ
Monday, June 17-Friday, June
21,	9 a.m.-noon. Discovery Week. Play stickball, learn about flint-knapping and pottery, walk nature trails, play games, and make crafts. For ages seven to ten; $40 fee includes all supplies; pre-registration required. Call 601-446-6502 or email info@natchezgrandvillage.com for reservations.
Monday, June 24 -Friday, June 28, 9 a.m.-noon. Discovery Week. Play stickball, learn about flint-knapping and pottery, walk nature trails, play games, and make crafts. For ages five to six; $20 fee includes all supplies; pre-registration required. For more information or reservations, call 601-446-6502 or email info@natchezgrandvil-lage.com.
HISTORIC JEFFERSON COLLEGE, WASHINGTON
Tuesday, June 4-Friday, June 7, 9 a.m.-noon. Pioneer Camp. Children ages 6-8 learn about life in the early 1800s. The day camp features hands-on activities such as quilting, soap-making, animal life, and frontier camp. Cost is $35, pre-regis-tration is required. For more information call 601-442-2901 or email Kay McNeil at info@ historicjeffersoncollege.com.
Tuesday, June 11—Thursday,
June 13, 9 a.m.-noon. Explore! Camp. Children ages 9-10 will explore several different activities during this new camp, including baking, science experiments, and craft projects. Cost is $35, pre-registration is required. For more information call 601-442-2901 or email Kay McNeil at info@historicjeffer-soncollege.com.
Monday, June 24-Wednesday, June 26, 1—4 p.m. Frontier Survival Camp. Children ages 10-14 will learn hands-on skills needed on the frontier to survive the wilds of Mississippi in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, including archery, hunting, tanning hides, map and compass reading, and more! Cost is $35, pre-registration is required. For more information call 601-442-2901 or email info@historicjef-fersoncollege.com.
Tuesday, July 9-Thursday, July 11, 9 a.m.-noon. Civil War Adventure Camp. Civil War enthusiasts ages 8-12 are encouraged to sign up for this camp for a unique look at the Civil War from a soldier’s point of view. Boys and girls will learn how to drill and parade, see a black-powder rifle demonstration, and learn about the gear
necessary for survival while in the military. Cost is $35, preregistration is required. For more information call 601-442-2901 or email info@historicjef-fersoncollege.com. Contact Clark Burkett at hcburkett@ hotmail.com.
Tuesday, July 16-Friday, July 19, 9 a.m.-noon. Naturalist Camp. Children ages 10-12 will get a close up look at insects, mammals, reptiles, a m p h i b -ians, bugs, and plants through hands-on projects and ob- _ serva- ^ tion in the field. Cost is $35, pre-registration is required. For more information call 601 -442-2901 or email info@his-toricjeffersoncollege.com.
OLD CAPITOL MUSEUM, JACKSON
June 10-14, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Mississippi Inspectors: Building Mississippi. Rising fourth,
fifth, and sixth graders will explore a historic neighborhood, plan a city, create a Mississippi model, and much more at the Old Capitol Museum, Eudora Welty House, and state capitol. Cost is $50. Pre-registration required. For more information call 601-576-6800.
Monday, July 15-Friday, July
19,	8:30a.m.-noon. Mississippi Inspectors: Building Mississippi. Rising 4th, 5th, and 6th graders will explore a historic neighborhood, plan a city, create a Mississippi model, and much more at the Old Capitol Museum, Eudora Welty House, and state capitol. Registration is $50. Pre-registration required. For more information call 601 -576-6800.
WINTERVILLE MOUNDS, GREENVILLE
June 3-25, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. University of Southern Mississippi Archaeology Field School.
USM professor of anthropology Ed Jackson and his students will excavate at the Winterville
Mounds.
The public is invited to observe.daily, and volunteers may participate in the excavation on the weekends of June 8-9 and June 22-23. All equipment will be provided. For more information or to reserve a volunteer spot call 662-334-4684 or email info@wintervil-lemounds.com.