Chamber Coffee, Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting of The Learning Tree Film Trail (Gordon Parks Museum)

Fort Scott, KS- The Gordon Parks Museum is pleased to announce the grand opening and ribbon cutting event of the Learning Tree Film Trail and the “Lunch and Learn” presentation
“Gordon Parks: Fort Scott and The Learning Tree Revisited”.
The grand opening and ribbon cutting of the Learning Tree Film Trail will be Thursday, October 7, 2021 at 8:00a.m. The grand opening will be at Gunn Park, Shelter House #1, 1010 Park Ave. Fort Scott. This is one of the locations that used during filming in 1968. Brochures with maps will be available to help located the other signs on the trail. This will be the kickoff event of the 17th & 18th Annual Gordon Parks Celebration events and also held in conjunction with the Fort Scott Area Chamber of Commerce Coffee. The film trail is a series of signs located at the different locations where the filming of The Learning Tree took place. The signs will also include QR codes along with a virtual tour of the identified scene locations of the film.