The Albany Museum of Art will be holding the third annual Touch a Truck event on Saturday, November 7, 2015 from 10 AM to 2 PM. Name a child who wouldn't love to climb aboard a fire truck, big rig or bulldozer. Touch a Truck provides a unique opportunity for children to explore vehicles of all types - public service, emergency, utility, construction, transportation, delivery and just plain cool - all in one place. Those young and those young at heart will be allowed to touch, climb on and ask questions about their favorite trucks in a safe, supervised environment. Accompanying personnel will teach the children about the equipment displayed and how these machines help us and our community.

Some of the vehicles that will be present are: police cruisers from the Dougherty County Sheriff’s office, an ambulance from the Dougherty County EMS, a fire truck from the Albany Fire Dept., a dump truck from Oxford Construction and a tree mover from Sunnyland Farms. All proceeds from the event will benefit the Albany Museum of Art's children's programs and the interactive children’s gallery, AMAzing Space.

“The interactive children’s gallery serves as a source of educational fun for the children that visit the AMA,” said Paula Williams, Executive Director of the AMA. “We are always looking for better ways to provide a fun and unique experience for children and through this event we are able to create more engaging programming and provide updates to the gallery.” Admission is $5 per person or $20 for a family of 5 or more and the admission will be FREE if a membership to the AMA is bought at this event.

There will be free art activities, popcorn and snow cones for sale as well as a raffle to win a John Deere Gator for children that has been donated by FLINTCO.