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Media contacts: Kim Schuette: 614.297.2314 or kschuette@ohiohistory.org
For Immediate Release
Ohio Historical Society To Conduct Public Meeting Sept. 1
Future Management of Campus Martius, Ohio River Museums To Be Discussed
(Columbus, Ohio) -The Ohio Historical Society will conduct a public meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 1 to solicit input concerning the proposed management of Campus Martius and Ohio River museums in Marietta by the Friends of the Museums, Inc. The meeting will take place at 5 p.m. at Campus Martius Museum.
Representatives from the Ohio Historical Society and the Friends of the Museums, Inc., will be on hand to discuss the future management of both sites and to answer questions. Comments from the meeting will be presented to the OHS Board of Trustees for consideration at its meeting Sept. 25 before it votes on accepting the proposed management agreement for both sites.
The Campus Martius Museum, located at 601 Second St. in Marietta, highlights migration in Ohio's history. The museum is on the site of the fortification built by the Ohio Company of Associates, as their headquarters, in 1788 when they founded the first organized American settlement in the Northwest Territory. The restored Rufus Putnam house, part of the original fort, is now enclosed within a wing of the museum. Behind the museum is the Ohio Company's Land Office. Exhibits on the main floor of the museum focus on the early settlement of Marietta and Ohio and contain many original pioneer artifacts. The exhibits also explore the prehistoric Indian populations that occupied this area, surveying of the land, early government in the old Northwest Territory and life in early Marietta. On the museum's lower level is an exhibit highlighting migration to Ohio during the 19th and 20th centuries.
The Ohio River Museum, near Campus Martius, at 601 Front St., Marietta, consists of three exhibit buildings, the first of which houses displays depicting the origins and natural history of the Ohio River. The history of the steamboat on the Ohio River system is featured in the second building The last building features displays about boat building, mussels in the Ohio River system, and tool and equipment from the steamboat era. The W. P. Snyder Jr., the last steam-powered stern-wheeled towboat in the United States and a National Historic Landmark, is moored at the museum's dock on the Muskingum River and is available for tours.
Campus Martius and the Ohio River museums are two of 58 sites operated by the Ohio Historical Society, a private, nonprofit organization that serves as the state's partner in preserving and interpreting Ohio's history, archaeology and natural history. For more information about the meeting, contact the Ohio Historical Society at 614.2972300/800.686.6124 or Campus Martius at 740-373-3750/800.860.0145.
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