The Sanford Museum Association is an organization of volunteers who contribute time and money to enrich the offerings of the Sanford Museum and Planetarium.

Working in cooperation with museum staff, the association hosts exhibits, lectures, and demonstrations, sponsors programs of research, and purchases museum equipment and library books.

The association sponsors several programs each year.

The programs for 2008 are:  

Jan. 20 - Beauty of Northwest Iowa Contest Reception (2:00 p.m.)

Reception for the photo contest winners. Awards will be given at this reception.

Feb. 16 - Black History Month Celebration (7:00 p.m.)

Held at the WHS auditorium, this is our annual celebration of Black History.

Mar. 1 - Let's Garden (7:30 p.m.)

John Beier will show us how to accent a yard with beauty and color.

Apr. 5 - Jane Ann Fee Cox - A Pioneer Woman in the promised Land (2:00 p.m.)

A one-woman play about this pioneer family.

Aug. 11 - Perseid Meteor Shower Party! (9:00 p.m.)

Bring a lawn chair and come out to see the Perseid Meteor Shower.

Aug. 23 - Tea Time (2:00 p.m.)

 Charles G. Shoencknecht & Ward A. Paul Are offering a "Victorian Tea"
for a fundraiser this year.

Terrence Pitts, Executive Director of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, will take a look at Grant Wood and other Midwestern Regionalists.

Oct. 11 - Beneath West Lake Okoboji (8:00 p.m.)

Lloyd Cunningham will share stories of his exploration of the lake's bottom..

Nov. 22 - Microgravity (7:30 p.m.)

Jim Christensen, Director of the NASA Educator Resource Center for Iowa, has flown a microgravity mission abourd NASA's Reduce Aircraft and has stories to tell.

To find out about becoming a Sanford Museum Association member, E-mail us at sanfordmuseum@iowatelecom.net