Campus Martius: The Museum of the Northwest Territory
2008 Calendar of Events
Campus Martius: the Museum of the
Northwest Territory
The
Ohio River
Museum
As of January 7, 2008. Subject to change
March 1
Campus
Martius
Hours: March 1 October 31, 2008. Wednesday Saturday, 9:30 AM 5 PM; Sundays and holidays, 12 5 PM. Open these holidays = Memorial Day (May 26), Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day (September 1), Columbus Day (October 13)
March 1
Living History Event -- Meet Mr. & Mrs. Putnam
Campus
Martius
1:00 - 4:00 PM March 16 April 13
Event included with museum admission
Celebrate the opening day of the
Lecture -- Gardens of
Campus
Martius
3:00 - 4:30 PM
$8 / Adults $3 / Students Includes museum admission
Free / Members of
Looking for ideas for your garden? Take a cue from the history. Gardening was a source of food and beauty for the Mid-Ohio Valleys settlers and what the areas early residents cultivated tells us much about their times. Using the gardens at the re-created
Lecture -- Oh Dams! The Story of the
Ohio River
Museum
3:00 - 4:30 PM
$8 / adults $3 / children Includes museum admission
Free / Members of
The
A note about Carp Watch... Please note that Carp Watch at the W.P. Snyder Jr. will not be held in 2008. As of this writing (January 7, 2008), it is expected that the Snyder will be gone from
May 18
Musical performance / lecture
Campus
Martius
3:00 - 4:30 PM
$8 / adults $3 / children Includes museum admission
Free / Members of
Ohio s history is richly documented in song. Native American chants, songs of the Underground Railroad and Civil War, and tunes carried here by immigrants from Appalachia and around the world help to tell the
May 3
Workshop -- Make a Grandparents Memories Album
Campus
Martius
1:00 - 4:00 PM
$25 / Family (includes one adult, one child, one scrapbook)
$20 / OHS or Friends of the Museum Member Family (ditto)
$7 / Additional non-member adult w/ family
$3 / Additional non-member child w/ family
Free / Additional member adult or child
$5 / Additional scrapbook
Team up with mom or dad--or both!--this summer to preserve your familys history. Participants in this family-friendly workshop will create their own hand-made, archive-quality, mini-album filled with questions for grandma or grandpa or other family elders plus spaces for family photographs and stories. The workshop is intended for kids entering grades 4 - 6 and their parents. The fee admits one adult, one child, and pays the cost of creating one scrapbook. Additional parents, siblings welcome at reduced fee. Additional scrapbooks can be made at a reduced fee. All materials and tools needed to make scrapbooks will be provided. Space is limited. Pre-register by calling 740-373-3750.
May 24
Ohio River
Museum
OPENS for the 2008 season
Hours: Memorial Day weekend October 26, 2008. Saturday, 9:30 AM 5 PM; Sunday and holidays, 12 5 PM. Open these holidays = Memorial Day (May 26), Independence Day (July 4), Labor Day (September 1), Columbus Day (October 13)
June 16 - 20
Kids Activity --
Summer Camp 2008
Campus
Martius
9:30 AM to 12:30 PM
$65.00 per week / Students
$52.00 per week / Member students of Ohio Historical Society or Friends of the Museum
Campus Martius summer camp is filled with activities related to the areas pioneers and their children. Intended for kids in grades 3rd - 5th, participants will make a 19th century toy, preserve food by drying fruit, make a braided rag potholder, and create tasty herb snacks from the museums garden. A local historian will share stories from early
July 16, 17
Daycare activity -- Hooray for Daycare Days
Ohio River
10 AM - 2 PM
$6 / Daycare child / day
$3 / Daycare supervising adult / day
A special program intended specifically for local daycares, children make stops at a number of stations around the grounds of the
August 4 - 7
Kids Activity --
Ohio River
Museum
August 4, 5, 6: 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM; August 7: 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
$85.00 / Students
$68.00 / Member students of Ohio Historical Society or Friends of the Museum
Campers will discover and examine plants and animals found along rivers and up in the woods, too. Wetlands and b ears are just some of the things that will be explored--all on the grounds of the
October 12
Lecture -- Pioneer Pleasures and Pastimes
Campus
Martius
$8 / Adults $3 / Students Includes museum admission
Free / Members of
From 200 years hence, its easy to forget that the areas early settlers were flesh and blood people. They had virtues and vices and celebrated holidays (sometimes a little too much). Drawing from firsthand accounts, Dr. Ray Swick, the historian of the Blennerhassett Island State Historical Park in Parkersburg, WV, explores how the areas settlers celebrated holidays and highlights the role that spirituous liquor played in those celebrations and in the everyday lives of settlers. In Dr. Swicks entertaining account, youll discover that holidaysand the place of alcohol in themwas not the same as it is today. Sponsored by the Friends of the Museum.
Admission: Except where noted, admission to these programs is included in the regular admission price to the museums: $7.00 / adults, $3.00 / students, $6.00 / senior citizens. Free for members of the Ohio Historical Society, Friends of the Museum members, and children 5 and under.
Campus
Martius
601 Second Street (corner of Second and
Marietta
,
Phone: (740) 373-3750 / toll-free 800-860-0145
e-mail:
Web: www.ohiohistory.org/places/ campus
601 Front Street
(next to the VALLEY GEM Sternwheeler)
Phone / email:
web: www.ohiohistory.org/place/ohriver
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