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See history come alive! Make your plans for a week

See history come alive! Make your plans for a weekend of living history at the Wood County Museum!

Early Ohio on the Portage Schedule:
📍 Wood County Museum Grounds
• Friday, May 1 | 9AM–4PM (Schools & groups)
• Saturday, May 2 | 10AM–4PM
• Saturday, May 2 | 5:30–8:30PM (Lady Brandeberry Ball)
• Sunday, May 3 | 10AM–4PM

🎟 FREE admission
🚗 Free parking
🍴 Food trucks all weekend

History, food, and fun—what more could you ask for?
For more information, visit: www.woodcountyhistory.org

🌟EXHIBIT UPDATE🌟 Curator, Holly Kirkendall, is ge

🌟EXHIBIT UPDATE🌟

Curator, Holly Kirkendall, is getting everything clean and ready for the new "Past! Into the Future" exhibit. That includes the objects themself! She uses a special conservation soap (photo 2) to gently clean each object. For wooden objects, they get a wax polish.

"Past! Into the Future", Explore objects that tell stories about Wood County community members. America’s 250 years of transformation and growth would not have been possible without the contributions of everyday people.

Thursday, May 7, 2026
Ribbon Cutting - 3:30PM
(courtesy of the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce)
Open House Reception with refreshments to follow - 3:45PM-7:00PM

FREE EVENT - Please RSVP to visitus@woodcountyhistory.org or 419-352-0967

America 250-Ohio

This week’s #WhatIsItWednesday is a watercolor pai

This week’s #WhatIsItWednesday is a watercolor painting of The Grand Kerr House in Grand Rapids, painted by Rebecca Wooster.

The Grand Kerr House is located on Beaver Street in Grand Rapids, Ohio. It was built in 1880 by Benjamin and Ann Kerr who worked with E.O Fallis as the architect/builder for the home. It took three years to complete the house with exterior walls that are four bricks thick, interior walls that are three bricks thick, and trim that was hand-carved from white oak, red oak, cherry, butternut, hard rock maple, and ash. The house contains two hand-crafted staircases, 34 carved doors, four ceramic tiled fireplaces, marble sinks, a copper bathtub, and stained glass windows.

Benjamin Franklin Kerr and wife, Ann Pratt Kerr, had seven children and their descendants occupied the home for nearly 100 years. In 1977, Laurie Hostetler purchased The Kerr House and spent two years restoring the Victorian mansion to its original grandeur where she offered a health and wellness spa for 35 years.

Today, The Grand Kerr House is a private residence.

Join us next week (5/6/26) for “Strike! Workers, U

Join us next week (5/6/26) for “Strike! Workers, Unions, and the Labor Movement in Town and Country”:

During the Great Depression, American workers, saddled with increasingly depressed wages and harsh working conditions, demanded adequate pay and safe workplaces. To bring companies and government agencies to the bargaining table, workers leaned on collective action as a means to secure victories. In both town and country, they formed unions and initiated strikes to gain concessions. These actions, however, were often met with contention and, in some cases, led to violence. In this lecture, we will examine the union campaigns that swept the nation during the Great Depression and how New Deal administrators responded. More specifically, we will highlight how Northwest Ohio came to embody the united dismay felt by both urban and rural workers in their fight for unionization.

This is the fifth installment in the Great Depression Lecture Series, an America 250 program. This is a Wood County Park District lead event, in partnership with the Wood County Museum.

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