November 2010

Exhibits at the Duluth Children's Museum are designed to encourage children to have fun, while learning basics about science and history. Exhibits now at the museum include 'Make It Move,' a hands-on exhibit forces visitors to use problem solving skills as well as explore the world of simple machines. A castle is also onsite, allowing children to step back into medieval times. At the castle children visit a blacksmith's shop, plant vegetables for dinner, lend the squire a hand in the stable and more!

The mission of William Holmes McGuffey is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit materials relating to the life of William Holmes McGuffey, the McGuffey Eclectic Reader series, the history of Miami University, and 19th century domestic life and architecture of southwest Ohio.

The museum is currently closed. In spring of 2009 the Park City Museum will reopen after more than a year of construction.

The newly expanded museum will include: an additional 5,000 sq feet of exhibition space, more educational programs for school kids, families, and individuals, and an expanded history library.

The library and archives are used for record keeping and research. A variety of educational programs are offered through the society as well. GHS is member-supported, has active, mutually beneficial relationships with dozens of local historical society affiliates across Georgia, and has become a recognized resource for national scholastic and media organizations.

The mammoth was unearthed on the nearby Wasatch Plateau in 1988 while excavating the Huntington Reservoir. The quality of the find, plus the altitude at which it was found, make this mammoth unique. The skeletal remains of this animal were preserved in a peat bog where he died some 10,000 years ago. The bones were not fossilized and were so well preserved that scientific testing has accurately fixed the date of the animal’s demise.Perhaps of greatest interest to the public at large was the discovery of projectile points with the bones indicating possible interaction between humans and the animal.

The work of one of Utah’s most famous artists, Avard T. Fairbanks, is also on display at the Fairview Museum.

Located directly across from Jacobs Field, at the foot of the Lorain-Carnegie Bridge, the station is easy to find and promises to become a nexus of firefighting history and fire safety education for Northeast Ohio. The fire education center is a model for a unique public/private partnership, showing how citizens can partner with regional and local governments to provide their community with much needed fire safety and prevention education services.

To fulfill this goal the museum has forged a very important relationship with the Cleveland Fire Department (CFD) and as a result, its Public Education Office will be based in the facility.

The Dodge County Historical Society serves as a reminder of the history of the county. Visitors are invited to peruse the large collection of artifacts and archives located on site. In addition, the society hosts a number of events, including a wine tasting and a summer camp for children to learn about rural life.

The Wayne County Historical Society and Museum believes it's the little things that count in bringing history to life: the unique texture of hand-hewn logs, chiseled sandstone and handmade brick, the curve of a delicate staircase banister, a well-proportioned wood molding or the dashboard of a horse-drawn sleigh. It's the shine of the engraved brass patchbox on a muzzle-loading rifle, the glaze on a wheel-thrown pottery jug, the patina of furniture crafted by pioneer hands or wide floorboards worn to a rustic luster by the tread of untold numbers of feet over time.

The Castle of Marietta is the backdrop where groups and individuals of all ages come to experience history firsthand. Young and old are inspired by Victorian Games like croquet on the lawn or the hands-on activity of making Victorian Valentines. Many visitors enjoy the thrill of ghost stories at Halloween, and the beautiful music of Victorian Composers, or simply enjoy the elegance and history of the surroundings through a guided tour.

The museum hosts changing displays of interest to the community and was certified in 1998 by the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums.

Most of the furniture in the Sutliff Museum was originally in the Sutliff home. The carpeting was made in England especially for this room. It is needlepoint and typical in color and design of the Victorian era. The ornate wallpaper, lace curtains, and elaborate silk draperies are replicas of the period. Everything else in the room is original and dates between 1800 and 1900. All of the paintings were done by local artists of the time -- John Bell, John Crawford, Fred Masters, Addison Thomas Miller, Carl Schmitt and William F. Porter.