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Below is information on some museums, historical societies, etc. in our area. We will add links to each one's web presence when they become available.
Markay Cultural Arts Center
(Southern Hills Arts Council)
The Markay is a 1930 Art Deco movie theater. Exhibits in the gallery change on a monthly basis. Renovations to the stage part of the theater are currently underway by the Southern Hills Arts Council.
269 East Main Street
Jackson, Ohio 45640
(740) 286-6355
e-mail: markay@zoomnet.net
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday - Friday 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Closed Monday - Tuesday
Free Admission
Handicapped Accessible
Welsh - American Heritage Museum
The Welsh - American Heritage Museum not only strives to keep Welsh traditions alive but continues to be a link with “the land of the red dragon” through visits and programs between people here and people in Wales. For information on the museum and its hours, please call the curator.
Oak Hill, Ohio
(740) 682 - 7057
Wellston Historical Association
The WHA office houses bound copies of the Wellston Sentinel (1947 - 1994) as well as a growing collection of artifacts. They also have a computer and printer available for recording historical research and genealogy.
111 South Ohio Avenue
Wellston, Ohio 45692
Hours:
Saturdays 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Second Tuesday of the Month 6:30 - 9:30 p.m.
Jackson Historical Society
PO Box 475
Jackson, Ohio 45640
Hours:
Monthly Meeting held on the 3rd Thurs. of the month @ The Jackson City Library in the Pottor Room
Business Mtg. 6:30 p.m.
Ohio Memory LINKS
This is a link to the Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook. The site has information on Ohio's history; items from the Lillian Jones Museum are also included on the site.
http://www.ohiomemory.org/om/button.html
History Day at University RIO Grande LINKS
This is a LINK to History Day at University of Rio Grande.
Students make history come alive as their research leads to imaginative exhibits, original performances, media documentaries and papers in junior and senior divisions of seven different categories. History Day demonstrates that students learn history when they do history.
University of Rio Grande
PO Box 500
Rio Grande, Ohio 45674
Kara Lewis, Director
(740) 245-7186
E-Mail: welsh@rio.edu
Athens County Historical Society & Museum
65 North Court Street
Athens, Ohio 45701
(740) 592-2280
Franklin House Museum and
McKell Library
(Ross County Historical Society)
45 West Fifth Street
Chillicothe, Ohio 45601
(740) 772-1936
e-mail: info@rosscountyhistoricl.org
Franklin House Museum hours:
April - August, Tuesday - Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
September - December, Saturday & Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
January - March By appointment only.
*Closed major holidays.
McKell Libray hours:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday 1:00 -5:00 p.m.
*Closed major holidays.
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