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NOT JUST FOR SHOW: SADDLES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
Mary E. Bivins Gallery
November 6, 2010—November 2011
PPHM has one of the finest horse-related artifact collections in the United States.  The saddle collection runs the gamut from a crocodile-skin-covered North African saddle with carved wooden stirrups to a silver-mounted saddle given to Charles Goodnight by a Mexican government official about 1900.   Like the saddles, the Museum’s stirrup collection tells the story of the horse culture across the world, with examples from Asia, Europe, and the Americas.

WILD HORSES IN THE WEST
Hazlewood Lecture Hall
Thursday, November 11  4:00 – 6:00 pm
Examine the history of wild horses in the early Texas Panhandle and how their herds are managed today, from ranges in the West to individual training and adoption.
   Guest speakers:
   Dr. Jeff Indeck, Curator of Paleontology/Archeology, PPHM
   Patti Colbert, Executive Director, Mustang Heritage Foundation
Free for PPHM members; $10 for non members. Includes museum admission and exhibit opening reception.

NOT JUST FOR SHOW: SADDLES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OPENING RECEPTION
Bivins Gallery
Thursday, November 11  6:00 – 8:00 pm
Free for PPHM members and “Wild Horses in the West” attendees

CAMP WILDFIRE
Saturday, November 13  9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ages: 8 – 12 years old
A fun, activity-packed day, campers will learn the history of wild horses in the west and how their herds are managed today. Activities will include Texas mustang lore, cowboy poetry, leather tooling and halter-making, PPHM’s original Horseville game, and a personal tour of the exhibit, “Not Just for Show: Saddles from the Permanent Collection.” We’ll have an authentic cowboy lunch at the original T-Anchor Ranch headquarters on-site. The day will culminate in an up-close mustang training demonstration by horse trainer Byron Hogan and his horse Guapo, contestants in the Extreme Mustang Makeover.
Cost is $25 per child, which includes all materials and supplies, transportation, lunch, snacks/drinks, and camp t-shirt.  Pre-registration required. Sponsored by the Bureau of Land Management, the Mustang Heritage Foundation and Education Credit Union.

FACULTY ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION: DOCUMENTING DIGNITY AND FREEDOM: THE MAGNA CARTA, US CONSTITUTION, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, THE FEDERALIST PAPERS AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS
Hazlewood Lecture Hall
Thursday, November 18      5:30 – Reception    6:30 – Round-Table Discussion
The Magna Carta, Bill of Rights, U.S. Constitution and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address will all be on display.

Dr. Bonney MacDonald, head of the Department of English, Philosophy and Modern Languages, will serve as moderator for the discussion and round table participants from West Texas A&M University will include Dr. Byron Pearson, head of the Department of History and Geography, Dr. Bruce Brasington, professor of history, Dr. Jean Stuntz, associate professor of history, Dr. Marty Kuhlman, associate professor of history, and Dr. Susan Coleman, instructor of political science. Interstate Bank is sponsoring the reception.

PEOPLE AND PLACES OF THE PANHANDLE
Harrington Changing Gallery
November 20, 2010—May 2011
Photographs from the archives of the people and places of the Panhandle Plains show that the environment and its challenges and possibilities shaped the people of the region as much as they shaped the land, natural resources and weather.