The Ralph Foster Museum at College of the Ozarks is hosting an area appreciation through Feb. 11.

Museum admission will be free for residents of Christian, Greene, Stone and Taney counties inMissouri, and Boone and Carroll counties inArkansas.

TheRalphFosterMuseumis dedicated to the history of the Ozarks region and houses thousands of objects representing archaeology, history, firearms, antiques, natural history, fine arts, geology and mineralogy.

Museum hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information call the museum at 417-690-3407 or visit the website at www.rfostermuseum.com.