Coe Hall, the manor house at Planting Fields will participate in the Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day on Sept. 27, Saturday. On this day, museum around the country will open their doors free of charge to Smithsonian magazine readers and Smithsonian.com visitors. This is Coe Hall Museum fourth annual free Museum Day.
Coe Hall will open the first floor for a self guided tours with docents stationed in different rooms to answer questions and share their knowledge of Planting Fields and the Coe family. There is a special exhibit "Everett Shinn at Planting Fields" that visitors can sign up. Everett Shinn was commissioned by Mrs. Mai Rogers Coe to do a series of paintings for her bathroom suite at Coe Hall.
To gain free entry, visitors must present their Smithsonian Magazine's Museum Day Admission Card found in the September 2008 issue of the Smithsonian Magazine or it can be downloaded at www.smithsonian.com/museumday. Otherwise, admission is $3.50 per person, children 12 years or younger are free. There is a parking fee of $6.00. Museum hours are 12:00 noon to 3:30 pm.
To make a day of your visit, there is a dog show from 8 AM to 5 PM on the same day.
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