Camp Dawson

This year we’re adding a few new twists to the perennial favorite, Time Travelers Club History Camp.  Have no fear, our revamped Camp Dawson is rooted in the same activities and themes that have inspired and engaged Thomas County campers for nearly 20 years, just with a little added museum mischief and adventure.  In addition to our traditional hands-on history-based activities, we want to engage our campers in new explorations of the community around us.  We are embracing the elements of S.T.E.A.H.M: Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, History, and Math that can be found and applied in our own backyard about our community’s evolution.

Campers will progress through Thomas County history, starting with the Native Americans and work their way up to the 20th-Century using resources available here at the Museum and in our surrounding neighborhood, including the Lapham-Patterson House.  We’ll explore what makes Thomasville and Thomas County unique while putting ourselves in the place of past Thomasvillians.  We hope that you’ll join us June 6-10, 2016 for a week of adventure and discovery!  Fees: $100, Members, $125 Non-Members.  Includes all craft supplies, camp shirt, and snack daily.

Volunteer Demonstrators & Special Activities include: Civil War Reenactors; Field trip to the Civil War Prison Camp Site; blacksmith; Native American Reenactors (Black Powder demo); Archaeology; Spinning & Weaving; Tie Dye; Trolley Tour of Historic Thomasville