This is a celebratory year for the Mathews Museum, now in its 10th year of operation, and the museum’s annual May Faire this Friday and Saturday will be, fittingly, a celebratory affair.
“We are offering this exciting fun-filled weekend as being true to our mission to preserve and promote our cultural heritage and to provide relevant displays, exhibits, and programs for the public,” said co-chairs Josie Thorpe and Barbara Bass.
Longtime veterans of events management in Mathews, Thorpe and Bass are believers that “history can be fun.” To that end, this year’s newly expanded seventh annual heritage festival will celebrate “A Rural Life: Country Stores, Post Offices and Wharfs,” focusing on places where people in Mathews gathered and worked through the years.
Friday’s lineup
There will be a soft opening at 9 a.m. Friday, with nearly 50 craft and food vendors, including farmers’ market vendors, in place on the Mathews Court Green at Church and Court streets until 4:30 p.m.
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