February Family Fun Day

February 24, 2018

Admission is FREE all day

10 am – 3 pm: Crafts

11 am & 1 pm: Guest Speaker, Ranger Virginia Moyer

2 pm: Film – Finding Dory (2016)

The Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame presents a free Family Fun Day, Saturday, February 24, from 10:00am until 3:00pm. The event is in conjunction with its exhibition “In the Dark,” an interactive exhibit about the ecosystems of the night, below the ground, inside caverns, and deep in the ocean.

Virginia Moyers, Park Ranger at Carlsbad Caverns National Park since 2008. “Bat Ranger” Virginia will be presenting a program about Brazilian Free-tail bats that reside in the New Mexico Caves.

           

Virginia received her Bachelor’s in Wildlife Science with a Minor in Conservation Biology from New Mexico State University in 2002. She is a desert southwest native whose passions include Bats, Speleology, Cave Microbe Research, Saving Endangered Species, Permian Geology, Early North American Archeology, Art History, and Teaching. Her passion and enthusiasm for bats is contagious!

Other activates for Family Fun Day include arts and crafts for the children, and a special appearance by “Carl S. Bat” throughout the day.

Join Ranger Virginia Moyer at 11 am and 1 pm in the Western Heritage Museum and Lea County Cowboy Hall of Fame Theater on Saturday, February 24th.