Event Archives - Ohio History Connection

May 27, 2025

MEMBER VIP: Archival and Archaeological Collections from Fort Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve

For Ohio Archaeology Month, join collections staff Matt Benz and Sara Polk to learn about objects, manuscripts and audiovisual material relating to one of the many remarkable archaeological sites in the Ohio History Connection's site system. Discover how these diverse collections represent Ohio’s deep history.

May 27, 2025

Road Trip Club: Armstrong Air & Space Museum

Join us for this members-only insider tour of the Armstrong Air & Space Museum! First, we’ll hear a presentation by the Armstrong staff historian, Greg Brown, followed by a guided tour of the museum and a viewing of a documentary film. After the film, we’ll have discovery time in the final gallery of the museum […]

May 20, 2025

Big Darby Creek Stream Exploration & Lecture

This program will be split into two separate sessions. Pre-registration is required to take part in both sessions. Included with museum admission, the registration fee is collected by the Ohio History Connection. Session 1: August 9th at 1 p.m. - Introductory lecture at the Ohio History Center Learn about the Big and Little Darby Creek […]

May 19, 2025

Once Upon Ohio

Once Upon Ohio Celebrate a day of Ohio children’s literature! Perfect for young children and their families, this program features stories by Ohio authors and illustrators with engaging elements such as songs, rhymes, and movement, fostering early literacy skills and enhancing language development in a dynamic and entertaining manner. The Ohio History Center has exhibits […]

May 12, 2025

Ohio History Connection Annual Meeting: Midsummer at the Octagon SOLD OUT

This event is SOLD OUT. If you'd like to be added to the waiting list, please email the Membership Department at [email protected] or call 800.686.1545. Join us at the Octagon Earthworks for the best evening of the year—now located at a UNESCO World Heritage Site! We'll start the evening with a discussion between Dr. Ray […]

May 5, 2025

MEMBER VIP: Get to Know Serpent Mound

Join us as we talk with Bill Kennedy, archaeologist and Serpent Mound site manager, about this amazing earthwork. We'll get an overview of pre-contact American Indians in Ohio and at Serpent Mound.

May 2, 2025

Tree Symposium 2025

Learn about the challenges facing urban forests, how to make maple syrup and more during the second annual Tree Symposium at Spiegel Grove, an arboretum and presidential site. Check in begins at 8 a.m. in the auditorium of the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, located at Spiegel Grove. The registration fees are $40 per person […]

May 2, 2025

Craft Beers, Cocktails & Corks at Spiegel Grove

Ten breweries and three wineries will offer samples and a local mixologist will make 1920s cocktails during the seventh-annual Craft Beers, Cocktails & Corks at Spiegel Grove on Saturday, Aug 23. The event is from 4–8 p.m. on the grounds of the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums. The VIP ticketed experience returns for its second […]

April 30, 2025

MEMBER VIP: Get to Know the Ewing and Graham Photography Collections

Join us as we talk with Daniel Willis, audiovisual archivist at the Ohio History Connection, as he talks with us about photography in the early 1900s. He will focus on two photograph collections, the Albert Ewing collection and the Albert Belmont Graham collection. Traveling photographer Albert J. Ewing was born in 1870 in Washington County, […]

April 30, 2025

MEMBER VIP: Get to Know the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks

Did you that Ohio is home to eight wonders of the world? The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks UNESCO World Heritage site includes eight separate monumental earthworks that were built by the ancient Indigenous Hopewell culture between about 1 and 400 CE. The sites include the Great Circle and Octagon Earthworks in Newark, the Fort Ancient Earthworks […]