{"id":50007,"date":"2024-01-05T08:03:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=50007"},"modified":"2024-01-03T08:07:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-03T14:07:18","slug":"tarleton-states-gordon-center-to-host-museum-after-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-states-gordon-center-to-host-museum-after-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State\u2019s Gordon Center to Host Museum After Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s W. K. Gordon Center for the Industrial History of Texas will host Museum After Dark, a twilight scavenger hunt, at 7 p.m. Friday, March 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"777\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/01\/Museum-After-Dark-777x600.png\" alt=\"Museum After Dark\" class=\"wp-image-50008\" style=\"width:364px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/01\/Museum-After-Dark-777x600.png 777w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/01\/Museum-After-Dark-300x232.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/01\/Museum-After-Dark-518x400.png 518w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/01\/Museum-After-Dark-768x593.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/01\/Museum-After-Dark-1536x1187.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/01\/Museum-After-Dark-1568x1211.png 1568w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/01\/Museum-After-Dark.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Participants with flashlights will search the main gallery and the latest exhibit, \u201cLooking Back at Toys,\u201d for new information on the historic, company-owned ghost town.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The W. K. Gordon Museum and Research Center is at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and 1-4 p.m. Sundays.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The combined museum and special collections library is located at the site of the Thurber ghost town. Visitors enjoy interactive exhibits that explore the birth, operations and slow fade of the property owned by the Texas and Pacific Coal Co.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, call 254-968-1886, email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gordoncenter@tarleton.edu\"><strong>gordoncenter@tarleton.edu<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;or visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter\"><strong>www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s W. K. 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