Special Event: Member Celebration & Thank-You at Gibbs Farm!

Saturday, August 18, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Free Admission!
Everyone is invited – bring your friends and family

Join us for a very special day with RCHS & Gibbs Farm as we celebrate and thank all of our members, supporters and friends, and introduce new guests to Gibbs Farm! Bring your friends & family – and prospective members – help us reach our yearly membership goals!

• Music from Light of the Moon
• Shadow Puppet Show
• Make a Stick Puppet
• Puppet Photo Booth
• Historic Presentations
  • Terry Swanson will present the lives of Elaine and Charles Eastman.
• Historic Site Tours
• Tree Tour!
  • MN Master Naturalists Kathy Robbins and Cathy Croghan from the Bell Museum will lead a 45 minute walking tour through the Gibbs Farm site. Learn to identify woody plants and find out how they were used by the Dakota and early settlers of Minnesota.
• RCHS & Gibbs Farm Showcases
• Farm Animals
• Craft Activity
• Gibbs Farm Homemade Ice Cream
• And more!
• Food available for purchase from Grill Works Food Truck or bring your own picnic!
• Free parking in our lot on Cleveland Avenue

Schedule & Locations

Ongoing

• Music by Light of the Moon
  11:00 am-2:30 pm
  Red Barn Courtyard
• Grillworks Food Truck
  10:00 am-4:00 pm
  South side of Red Barn
• Check-In & New Member Sign-up & Publications Showcase
  10:00 am-4:00 pm
  Outside Admissions Building
• RCHS Collections Selections
  10:00 am-4:00 pm
  Red Barn
• New Member Sign-Up
  10:00 am-4:00 pm
  Red Barn
• Make a Felt Farm Animal to bring home!
  Choose between a chicken, goat, or piglet.
  Red Barn
• Farm Animals
  Goats & Sheep – Paddock
  Pigs, Chickens, Ducks & Geese – Behind White Barn
• Ice Cream Making Demonstrations
  11:00 am, 12:00 noon, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:00 pm
  Red Barn Courtyard
  Scoop of our homemade ice cream is included!

Tours

• Tour the Gibbs Farmhouse
  Tours at 10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm – Tours are 45 min long
  Start at Admissions Building
• Dakota Tours
  Learn about the seasonal life of the Dakota of Cloud Man’s Village
  11:30 am & 1:30 pm – Tours are 45 min long
  Start at Admissions Building
• Trees of Gibbs Farm Tour
  11:00 am
  Meet the guides under the oak tree on the Farmhouse Front Lawn

Puppets

• Puppet Show
  Hear and see the story of “The Raccoon and the Bee Tree”
  A play based on a Dakota story recorded by Charles Eastman
  10:30 am, 12:30 am & 2:30 am
  At the Upper White Barn.
• Puppet Photo Booth
  Upper White Barn
  Ongoing, except for during Puppet Show times

Historic Presentations

The Many Roles of Ohiyesa/Dr. Charles Eastman: Doctor, Author, Husband and Father, Dakota Storyteller
Terry Swanson
Learn about Dr. Eastman’s connection to Gibbs Farm
11:30 am & 1:30 pm
Picnic tables by the tipi