PRESS RELEASE
January 6, 2015
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For Immediate Release
Contact:  Jennie Deerr
515-278-5286 x117
New Spring Break Camps
March 16-20
Register January 20 - members, January 27 - non-members

Celebrations around the World - NEW!
2nd-3rd Grade

Camp Dates: March 16-20

Take a trip around the world and through time to see how different cultures celebrate milestones and holidays. Visit some of our historical sites to get a more in depth look at these different celebrations.

 

Steampunk - NEW!
4th-5th Grade

Camp Dates: March 16-20

Travel through time to the future-as people in the past imagined it! Explore alternate futures inspired by actual steam inventions, scientific discoveries and geographic explorations of Victorian times. Create your own Steampunk persona and craft costume pieces for your new character. Concoct a new invention, participate in tea dueling and take your persona on a mystery adventure!

 

Jr. Farm Vet - NEW!
6th-8th Grade

Camp Date: March 20

This camp is for those tweens that have a passion for animals and veterinary medicine. Campers will go out to the 1900 Farm and work alongside our animal staff to help groom and care for our animals. They will also meet a large animal vet and equine vet and participate in an animal exam. Along the way, campers will learn about animal nutrition, anatomy and physiology, discuss animal behavior, and take part in hands-on demonstrations. 

 

*Disclaimer: Participants will take part in working with live animals and biological matter (any material in contact with living tissues, organisms, or microorganisms).

 

Families in 1900
All Ages

Camp Dates: 1-day camp, choose from March 17, 18, 19

Pack your family up and drive back in time to 1900! This camp is primarily designed to be family led. Forget TV's and video games, feel what family life was like in 1900; from chores, to games and meals.

 

www.LHF.org/SpringBreakCamp

 

Living History Farms Day Camp program is accredited by the American Camp Association, the only nationwide organization that accredits all types of organized camps. 


Living History Farms is a non-profit, historical, educational foundation located at 11121 Hickman Road, Urbandale, Iowa. Operations and maintenance are dependent upon gate receipts, memberships, and contributions. Living History Farms will reopen for touring May 1, 2015. In our off season, we offer many special events, historic dinners and classes. For more information visit www.LivingHistoryFarms.org or call 515-278-5286.