{"id":52681,"date":"2025-02-10T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=52681"},"modified":"2025-03-07T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T14:10:58","slug":"tarleton-states-w-k-gordon-center-hosts-museum-after-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-states-w-k-gordon-center-hosts-museum-after-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State\u2019s W.K. Gordon Center Hosts \u2018Museum After Dark\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\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\/2025\/02\/Museum-After-Dark--777x600.jpg\" alt=\"Gordon Center Museum After Dark information poster\" class=\"wp-image-52795\" style=\"width:409px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Museum-After-Dark--777x600.jpg 777w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Museum-After-Dark--300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Museum-After-Dark--518x400.jpg 518w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Museum-After-Dark--768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Museum-After-Dark--1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Museum-After-Dark--1568x1211.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/02\/Museum-After-Dark-.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center will host \u201cMuseum After Dark,\u201d beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guests can explore the facility and expand their knowledge of historic Thurber by viewing the museum in an entirely new light. The after-hours tour requires attendees to bring flashlights to explore, find clues and unlock the key to escape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center, a facility of Tarleton State University, is located at 65258 Interstate 20, Exit 367, in Mingus and is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays and from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. The combined museum and special collections library is located at the site of the Thurber ghost town. To learn more about the museum, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter\">www.tarleton.edu\/gordoncenter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Tarleton State University\u2019s W.K. Gordon Museum and Research Center will host \u201cMuseum After Dark,\u201d beginning at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, March 8. 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