Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame Part of Storytelling & Leadership Grant

11-11-2004

  The Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame, in collaboration with the Fort Worth Public Library System, Fort Worth Independent School District , Sid Richardson Collection of Western Art, Log Cabin Village, Cattle Raisers Museum , National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame, Imagination Celebration, and the Tarrant Area Guild of Storytellers, is bringing storytelling into the classroom and the community.

Funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the M.U.S.E. (Museums Utilizing Storytelling for Education) project provides storytellers-in-residence to participating Fort Worth ISD classes of second and third graders.  Nash, Helbing, Oakhurst, and Green Elementary Schools and Daggett Montessori School applied and were selected to participate in the program this year. 

In their classrooms, the students learn the elements of a story in both written and oral formats.  They are then treated to a trip to one of the participating museums where they not only hear Western stories told, but they view the museum’s collections, choosing a painting, an object, or an individual from the museum as the subject of their own story.  Museum docents and members of the storytellers’ guild facilitate the students in formulating notes and ideas to take back to the classroom as the basis for composing their stories.  The MUSE Project also funds a trip to the Central Library where students can research ideas for their stories.

In conjunction with storytelling in the classrooms, passes to each participating museum are available for check out from the Fort Worth Public Library, allowing members of the community to visit the museums free of charge. 

For More information please contact:
Jillyan Webb
Director of Education and Marketing

Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
128 E. Exchange Ave.
Fort Worth , Texas   76106
Phone: 817-626-7131  Fax: 817-626-7171
info@texascowboyhalloffame.com
www.texascowboyhalloffame.com