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News Release
May 2, 2008

Contact: Andy Solari, 264-1040

Brigantine Historical Museum Opens With
A History Challenge to Brigantine Students

     On Saturday, May 17, the Brigantine Historical Museum will open for it’s sixteenth season. This time, however, the opening comes with a challenge, a contest, and three prizes to qualifying Brigantine student entrants.
     “The officers and staff of the museum decided to create an event and competition that would draw the city’s children in to both make them aware of the museum and to learn of Brigantine’s very interesting past,” says Andrew Solari, the President of the museum’s Board of Trustees. “Very few towns in South Jersey can share the variety of experiences and events that this small island community has. We’ve also had a group of wonderful volunteers over the years who have contributed items and documented our history,” he added.
     Kathy Joyce, a retired teacher and museum volunteer, put together three sets of questions for children, according to the levels in which they are enrolled. The first set is for children grades 3 and 4. The second set, grades 5 and 6 and the last set, grades 7 and 8. A flyer, notifying students of the event, was circulated within the Brigantine public schools, through the cooperation of Superintendent, Dr. Robert Previti. The flyer invites the children to visit the museum on either Saturday,May 17 or Sunday, May 17 to take part in the challenge.
     Upon entering the museum, the children will be handed a quiz sheet, divided into age and grade groups and each containing ten questions, dealing with Brigantine history. The answers to all the questions can be easily found in the museum. There will be volunteers at the museum to assist the students and parents or guardians are encouraged to help the kids. Some of the questions will deal with a railroad that once came to the island, or a World War Two event that took place off our shores or on the pre-European residents who lived here. Upon completion, the questionnaires will be turned in to the museum. Correct entries will then be put into a drawing and a winner, in each grade group will be chosen and awarded a $50 Savings Bond.
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History Challenge @ Brigantine Historical Museum, page two.

“The idea is to make our local children aware of the museum, of Brigantine’s history, and to learn how to develop research techniques and, perhaps, an appetite for delving into even a broader history,” says Andy Solari. “We hope that Brigantine’s children and their parents will take part in the museum’s re-opening.”

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