The Board of Governors of The Park Museum, in association with The Park’s Departments of Political Administration and of Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations, is pleased to invite you to the museum for a year-long celebration of A Decade of Calendar Harmonization.
Watch this space! Starting in January 2022, the museum will host a series of special events marking the history of The Park’s calendar and the move toward harmonization with the outside world.
WORKSHOP #1: The Park’s First Election
Date: January 24, 2022
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Age: Youth to near adult
Fee: Free of charge
Snacks: Provided courtesy of PurrBoy Café
Leaders: Pieter Paard, Dewi Rhinoceros
DESCRIPTION: It was a momentous occasion when Mr. Justice Augustus Dindon ruled that awarding the job of Park Official Prognosticator of Spring (POPS) was unacceptable in a modern Park. Since then, the position of POPS has been one of only two elected ones. Learn about POPS history and everything else POPS!
WORKSHOP #1: The Archons’ Address
Date: January 26, 2022
Time: 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Age: Youth to near adult
Fee: Free of charge
Snacks: Provided courtesy of PurrBoy Café
Leaders: Magnus Marmoset, Pieter Paard, Dewi Rhinoceros
DESCRIPTION: The Archons’ Address constitutes the first official address given by the newly-elected Archons. The decision to designate Groundhog Day as the day for the address meant that Groundhog Day became a political as well as a personal event in The Park.