Plano's Heritage Farmstead Museum recently announced the opening of a featured exhibit Take Me Out to the Ballgame: The History of DFW Baseball. The exhibit focuses on Metroplex-area teams within the Texas League and features video, artifacts and photos from the Dallas Steers, Rebels and Eagles and Fort Worth Cats.

In conjunction with this special-interest exhibit, Fort Worth businessman and baseball historian Mark Presswood will present a vintage baseball-themed presentation at the Farmstead on Friday, May 15 from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. A wine and cheese reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., with the presentation taking place in the Heritage Farmstead Museum pole barn at 6:00 p.m.  Guests will have the opportunity to ask questions of Presswood and tour the exhibit with him.

The lecture is free for members of Heritage Farmstead Museum and $15 for non-members.  To register, please call 972-881-0140 or visit http://tinyurl.com/FarmsteadBaseball.

Presswood has authored two books on minor league baseball and has written two articles on the topic for the Texas Almanac.  He has an extensive vintage baseball memorabilia collection.  Presswood first made a name for himself in Fort Worth while working for the Fort Worth Cats minor league baseball team handling real estate from 2004 to 2007.

Take Me Out to the Ballgame: The History of DFW Baseball will be on display through June 3, 2015.

About The Heritage Farmstead Museum:
The Heritage Farmstead Museum, a four-acre historic site consisting of a restored, 14-room 1891 Victorian farmhouse with its original outbuildings, interprets rural life on the North Texas prairie between 1890 and 1925. The museum provides tours, field trips and programs for 35,000 visitors each year.  For more information, call 972.881.0140 or visit www.heritagefarmstead.org.