Friday

Wow!! TGIF!! We have been very busy this week with visitors. We are so glad people are making the museum their destination. If you have been following the news about the Ohio Historical Society, we feel very fortunate to be able to keep our doors open. We are very frugal and could not exist if our funding were cut to the extent that the state government is cutting the Ohio Historical Society. It will have an effect on us and all other museums in Ohio, as we rely on them for support by way of grants, teacher education, their library, and many other things. At this point it even looks like the funding for the anniversary of the Civil War has been totally cut. Please contact your representatives and let your voice be heard!!

In case you were wondering we are supported solely by donations, memberships, and grants. The county pays the utilities and the outside maintenance.

We are gearing up for Gene Autry Days, June 27 and 28, in the Community Building at the Hardin County Fair Grounds (sponsored by the Hardin County Chamber and Business Alliance). We have an excellent display of Gene Autry memoribilia, from the one of the original cap pistols given out on August 8, 1938 to an authentic Gene Autry cashmere jacket. Stop by to see the great items. "We're Back in the Saddle Again"

URGENT!!!

Please contact your representatives. The Senate is considering ending funding for the Ohio Historical Society Local Office. You may not think that this is a big deal, but it is. The Local History Office supports museums and historical societies in Ohio. Without them many educational opportunities will be gone. Please go the Ohio Historical Society web page and click on "legislative up date".

Weekend Hours

Thanks "anonymous" for your question about weekend hours. We do not have regular weekend hours due to lack of volunteers, but the Farm Museum, located on Fairgrounds Road, Kenton will be open on July 4. The Farm Museum will also be open on July 25 for a hog roast and auction. The Sullivan Johnson House will be be open June 27 and 28 for Gene Autry Days and August 8 (evening) before the annual fund raiser A Night at the Museum.

I wish we could be open every weekend, but I cannot get people to give up a Sunday afternoon to be a docent. Is no one interested in history? I know that not much, if any, local history is taught in school. Hardin County is rich is history from the Shawnee, the early settlers, to the world famous Kenton Cast Iron Toys. I could jut go on, and on, but I will save that diatribe for another day.