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July 8, 2022

Open Doors: Tour Mount St. Joseph University’s Exquisite Mater Dei Chapel

Enjoy a self-guided tour of one of the most distinctive and beautiful campus chapels in the country. Graced with an interior design crafted exclusively by faculty and undergraduate students in 1962, Mater Dei Chapel is the communal and spiritual centerpiece of Mount St. Joseph University, which was founded in 1920 by the Sisters of Charity […]

March 22, 2022

Teaching a Diverse American Revolution

December 2, 2021

Celebrando! A Dialogue on Latinx and Hispanic Cultural Traditions

We are proud to introduce the Celebrando! Project. Each year we will select three to four cultures to be represented by Ohioans who will share their ancestral heritage.

October 8, 2021

Announcing Changes to Collections Access and Curator Services, effective November 1, 2021

Ohio History Connection is excited to announce that we are building a new museum collections storage facility!

September 20, 2021

The Ohio History Connection and Cincinnati’s Harriet Beecher Stowe House receive National Park Service Grant

August 10, 2021

Annie Oakley- The Peerless Wing and Rifle Shot

This story originally appeared in the July/August 2018 edition of Echoes Magazine, our member publication. Check it out on our blog now!

June 3, 2021

Benjamin Lundy, Ohio Abolitionist and Free Labor Advocate

Though Mount Pleasant may be hard to find on the map, this tiny, rural town in southeastern Ohio played a large role in the fight against slavery.

May 25, 2021

Archaeologists love trash! Why?

March 11, 2021

Ohio History Connection announces recipients of National Park Service grant

January 17, 2021