GOAT HILL MUSEUM STORE’S CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE DECEMBER 1 & 2!
State Employees receive 15% discount on most items payday Friday!

 
The fifth annual Christmas open house at the Goat Hill Museum Store in Alabama’s State Capitol is Friday, December 1, from 8:30 to 4:30, and Saturday, December 2, from 9 to 4. This year’s event celebrates the Alabama Bureau of Tourism and Travel’s state tourism theme The Year of Alabama Arts and featured Alabama artists at Goat Hill include items by:
. Mt. Olive quilter Bettye Kimbrell (demonstrating in the store on Friday
. Clay angels by potter Robin Rogers (in the store on Friday
. Folk artist Charlie Lucas
. Montgomery artist Camilla Armstrong
. Potters John Rezner, Jerry Brown, and Steve Loucks
. Craftspersons Don and Gwen Chafin, specializing in cane stools and benches
. Photographers Jim Morris and Beth Maynor Young
. Glass items by Cal Breed and LaDonna Idell
. Wisteria baskets, mirrors, and Christmas trees by Mark Stinchcomb
. Cornhusk sculptures by Ellen Goode
. Hand-turned wood writing pens by Ed Allen
. Pine needle baskets by Bonnie Pritchard and Misha Craver;
. Jewelers Catherine Chambers and Kay Basiago
. Hand-crafted brooms by George Jones
. Architectural prints by Joseph Stone and Melissa Tubbs

In addition to Alabama gifts, souvenirs, books, and artist-made items, a limited edition, hand-crafted clay ornament of the Capitol portico by Montgomery artist Tara Cady Sartorius is to be unveiled Friday, December 1. Other “made in Alabama” ornaments include hand-quilted pine cones by the West Alabama Quilter’s Guild, cotton boll and okra angels, Alabama flag and state-shaped stained glass ornaments, handmade glass candy canes, and angel ornaments. Collectors will also like the limited edition, blown-glass ornament of the historic Alabama capitol building.

Perfect for the holidays are Alabama food items including candies and jellies from Fairhope’s Punta Clara Kitchen; chocolate-covered nuts from The Nut Shop in Tuscaloosa; mulling spice, jellies, and party food mixes from Raven’s Nest Specialties; Besty’s cheese straws; and a large selection of Alabama cookbooks. Katherine Helms will be in the museum store on Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to sign her cookbook, Alabama: Rich in Flavor.

On Saturday noted Alabama authors will sign their books:

Noon – 3 p.m. Joey Brackner, Alabama Folk Pottery

11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Charles Seifried and Jim Felder, Alabama’s Canyon’s: The Bankhead National Forest

9 a.m. – 3 p.m. Julia Oliver, Devotion
John Sledge, Ornament to the City: Old Mobile Ironwork
Gregory A. Waselkov, A Conquering Spirit: Fort Mims and the Redstick War of 1813-1814
Sarah A. (Candy) Dubose’s trilogy, Where Hearts Live, Where Love
Grows, and Where Memories Linger

Door prizes will be given away each day and mulled cider and cookies will be available to shoppers while they browse the store’s large selection of unique holiday gifts. On Saturday, free tours of the Capitol building are offered at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Each tour lasts about 45 minutes and no reservations are necessary. The Goat Hill Museum Store is located inside the historic Alabama State Capitol’s Union Street entrance.

Contact: The Goat Hill Museum Store at (334) 353-4969 for more information. Goat Hill is managed by the Alabama Historical Commission, the state historic preservation office.