BATESVILLE — The Old Independence Regional Museum will continue its popular story time for toddlers and preschoolers in 2011. Story time begins at 10:30 a.m. and will take place on the second and fourth Fridays, January through May. The dates are as follows: Jan. 28, Feb. 11 and 25, March 11 and 25, April 8 and 22, and May 13 and 27.
For the months of January, February and March, story time will focus on illustrators featured in the exhibit Draw Me a Story: A Century of Children’s Book Illustrations. This nationally touring exhibit will be on view at the Old Independence Regional Museum beginning Friday, Jan. 28. Some illustrators featured include Maurice Sendak, Rosemary Wells, Tomie dePaolo, Randolph Caldecott, Kate Greenaway, William Steig and William Wallace Denslow.
Story time is free, and preregistration is not required, but groups of five or more are asked to call ahead. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
For more information, call the museum at (870) 793-2121.
The museum is at 380 S. Ninth St. between Boswell and Vine streets in Batesville.