Anniston museum's Fall Fest plans full slate of activities

Bill Wilson, The Anniston Star, Ala.
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Oct. 12—One of the bigger public festivals of the year at the Anniston Museum and Gardens has been scheduled for Saturday to celebrate the change of seasons.

Fall Fest will offer a day of fall-themed games and activities including live animals, outdoor games, food trucks, hay rides, crafts, science experiments and more.

Schedule of events

— 11 a.m. Live animal show with Alabama Herpetological Society (AMNH)

— Noon: Society for Creative Anachronism rapier sword fight and demonstration (Berman)

— 1 p.m. K9 Jimpy Demonstration (Berman)

— 2 p.m. Mummy wrapping contest (AMNH)

— 3 p.m. Society for Creative Anachronism rapier sword fight and demonstration (Berman)

Food trucks on site:

— RNB Finz N Chicks

— Baby Boy's BBQ

— Kona Ice of Calhoun County

Aimee Grey, the museum and gardens' education director, said the event will include some familiar attractions and some new ones.

"We have some old favorites, like the Anniston Police Department and Anniston Fire Department will be here with their vehicles, the Calhoun County Sheriff's Department will have their tank and then we'll have crafts and games on site," she said.

"As far as new things that we have, the Alabama Herpetological Society will be here with live reptiles and will be doing a live reptile program," Grey said.

Grey said there will be a mummy wrapping contest at the natural history museum.

A medieval Renaissance period group, The Society for Creative Anachronism, will don Renaissance costumes to demonstrate weaponry and swordsmanship, Grey said. The group will demonstrate the uses for a rapier sword — a long, narrow, pointed, two-edged sword first popular several hundred years ago.

Other activities include ghost rockets at the Berman Museum, create your own camouflage pattern with camouflage shaving cream, and two petting zoos.

"We encourage guests to dress up if they like," Grey said, "We have a lot going on, it's definitely a full day thing."

Admission includes entry to all activities, Anniston Museum of Natural History and the Berman Museum. The festival hours are from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.

Tickets are available to buy online for pre-sale or at the door. Tickets are $12/Adult, and Children (ages 4-17) are $10/child. AM&G Members tickets are $6/Adult and $5/Child. Children ages 0-3 are free.

Tickets can be purchased online through Friday at: https://www.exploreamag.org/events/fall-fest-3/

The museum is located at 800 Museum Drive.

Staff writer Bill Wilson: 256-235-3562. On Twitter @bwilson_star.