Visit to the Banning Museum And/Or

Extra Credit #1 &2 Visit to the Banning Museum and/or the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum

You may visit either the Banning or the Drum Barracks for this extra credit. The Banning is a requested donation of $5.00; the Drum Barracks costs $5.00 admission. In either case, you must have a photograph taken with the guide, attached to the report you need to fill out.

This extra credit is worth 10pts each, and either or both of them are due June 1, 2015.

For the Banning Museum, print off the second sheet of paper. The address for the Banning Museum is:

401 East “M” Street Wilmington, CA

Phone: 310-548-7777

Tours: **Call before you go just in case times and rates of admission have changed.

The address for the Drum Barracks Civil War Museum is:

1052 Banning Boulevard Wilmington, CA

Phone: 310-548-7509

Tours: Call for tour times as they might be changed.

Pick up a pamphlet called “Where in the Drum Barracks”, and fill in the information. There are two things no longer there, have the tour guide initial those. Fill in the rest while you are on the tour. Then take a picture with the tour guide, and staple it over the map in the inside of the last page. EXTRA CREDIT AT THE BANNING MUSEUM

Please print off this sheet and bring it to the Banning Museum with you:

When you are at the Banning, please answer the following questions:

1. At Phineas Banning’s Office, observe the desk, describe the items on his desk. Turn around and see the fireplace, what is interesting about that fireplace?

2. In the parlor, what style of furniture are the two sofas facing each other? What century were they made in?

3. In the Banning Residence nursery, describe what is on the little table. What toys do you see?

4. In either the girl’s room, or the boy’s room, what is beside the bed that is emptied out each day by the servants? How is it collected, and then what do they do with it (you find this out when you go to the kitchen)?

5. When you go to the kitchen, what are some of the inventions we talked about that you see? Look at the different irons, and especially look at the place they washed sheets, etc. What was their special bleach they used? 6. When you go to the schoolhouse, describe what you see. How easy do you think it would be to learn anything?

7. When you go to the barn, sketch the fire “engine” used at that time, and color it after. Also, describe the various carriages, and what they would be used for.

8. Lastly, in the barn, look at the blacksmith’s area. What kinds of objects did the blacksmith make?

9. Please have your picture taken here, in the barn, with your tour guide, and attach it to this answer sheet.