TROY, Ala. (TROJANVISION) — A local museum gave members of the community and surrounding areas a glimpse of what it was like to live during pioneer times.

Trying to see the world through a lens of which you didn’t live may be hard. That’s when the Pioneer Museum of Alabama steps in.

“Pioneer Days is the museum’s biggest annual event,” Babara Tatom, Director of Pioneer Museum of Alabama, said. “It’s a time we bring demonstrators reenactors that demonstrate all different periods of Alabama history.”

Erin Sanders, who lives in Elba, made the drive with her daughter and young cousins. She says Pioneer Day combines history with fun.

“I just want them to have an appreciation for how much people used to struggle so they can value how easy it is to do things nowadays,” Sanders explained.

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Pioneer Day isn’t made up of only locals. Reenactors and demonstrators from around the country come to Troy to help.

“Having a quality event like this, having skilled people that know what they are doing and having activities that the kids can participate in is important,” Tatom told TrojanVision.

Sanders told TrojanVision, she enjoyed her first experience at Pioneer Day.

“It is very well done. You can tell they put a lot of thought and effort into the structure of the activities as well as the museum itself and I would highly recommend that people bring their families here.”

Pioneer Day takes place the second Friday and Saturday in October every year.

The Pioneer Museum of Alabama‘s next event will be an Ole Time Christmas in December.