Next meeting is Thursday, September 23, 2010
at 7 PM
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Marion - the Mother of Invention!

Be sure to visit the new Inventors, Entrepreneurs and Merchants exhibit which pened May 6 at 5 PM at the Marion County Historical Society Museum, Heritage Hall. The exhibit will remain on display until December 19, 2010.  Summer hours are Wednesday – Sunday 1-4 PM beginning May 5 and continuing through October. Heritage Hall is situated in the former Post Office building built in 1910 and listed in the National Registry of Historical Places. For more information call 740-387-4255 or visit www.marionhistory.com. 

 

Blast from the Past Returns This Summer!

At the Heritage Hall Auditorium on All Thursdays in July and on August 5.

July 1 – A NEW LAND, A NEW LIFE
HOW DID THE PIONEERS GET TO OHIO
AND WHAT DID THEY DO WHEN THEY ARRIVED?

July 8 – THEY WALKED THIS LAND
WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR A NATIVE AMERICAN
BOY OR GIRL LIVING IN OHIO?

July 15 – THE GREAT EIGHT
OHIO IS KNOWN AS “THE MOTHER OF
PRESIDENTS.” I WONDER WHY???

July 22 – TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
PEOPLE LIVING IN MARION HAD SO MANY IDEAS OF
THINGS TO MAKE AND SELL!

July 29 – PRAIRIES TO PRODUCE
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT AGRICULTURE IN
MARION AND OHIO? PREPARE TO BE SURPRISED!

August 5 – “BLAST OFF” PICNIC
Blast participants only

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Trella's Tattles

Trella Romine's wanderings about Marion County

Trella Hemmerly Romine

(click to read)

High Speed Rail
Between Marion and Columbus:

(for more information click here)


If you would like to become more involved at Heritage Hall, there are many volunteer opportunities open.  Memberships to the Marion County Historical Society may be purchased online at http://www.marionhistory.com/join_us.htm or you may send check or money order to Heritage Hall, 169 East Church Street, Marion OH 43302.  For more info call the Marion County Historical Society at 740-387-4255 or email mchs@marionhistory.com.

    Advance tickets for the 2011 Night at Heritage Hall are available at $7 per person nonmembers and $3.50 for MCHS members. Send check or money order to Night at Heritage Hall, 169 East Church Street, Marion OH 43302  (be sure to specify which night).  tickets may also be purchased in advance here:

Use the pulldown to see ticket options:
or by paying at the museum by cash, check, credit card or money order. Tickets are available at the door at $8 per person nonmembers and $4 MCHS members. 

Night at Heritage Hall 2009

For more information call the Marion County Historical Society at 740-387-4255.  Located at 169 East Church Street, Marion OH 43302, Heritage Hall is the headquarters of the Marion County Historical Society.

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