Museum Hours:
Saturday and Sunday 2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Special tours can be arranged by calling:

George Rutherford at 814.382.7761

Have you visited our historical society museum lately?

As evidenced by a group of thank you notes we received recently, we have a lot of different exhibits and it’s difficult to pick out a favorite. A group of second graders toured and wrote thank you notes and mentioned which was their favorite exhibit. Many of their notes also noted their appreciation for the tour and their interest in further study, including one who was going on the Internet to look up more about the woolly mammoth bones.

Here are a few examples:

- My favorite thing was all that information about Conneaut Lake Park – from Keely.
- I loved the old orkad (arcade) game. It was osom (awesome). – Corbin
- I thought the boat (The Liberty the Second) was nice. I liked looking at the pichers (pictures). – Grace
- Thank you for letting me see the dorceter (doctor) and techer (teacher exhibits). – Sydney
- I liked the old fire truck, said Brian. He then asked, “Why in 1916 (did) a lady always wore a skirt?
- I learned all kinds of things in the museum. Thank you for showing us the woolly mammoth. – Kiersten
- I especially liked the Liberty the Second – Treston.
- I enjoyed the bank that was in the entrance (actually the safe) and I also inmired (admired) the timeout hat in the classroom (a pupil is wearing a “dunce” cap while sitting in a corner. – You deserve a thumbs up! – Kaitlyn
- I liked the most the boat. I also liked the doctor’s office too. – Amanda
- Thank you for showing us the 60-year-old boat (the Liberty the Second). – Wesley
- Thank you for showing us the woolly mammoth bones. – Donenic
- I liked the kitchen. – Maddie
- I liked the mammoth stuff.- Kerry
- My favorite part was the matchbox cars. Evan
- I liked seeing the first fireman. The bones were funny shaped to me (the woolly mammoth bones). Ethan
- I especially liked the woolly mamouth (mammoth) bones. Arianne
- I liked the boat because it was shiny. – Caylie
- The Liberty the 2nd. In the inside of it was owsum (awesome)-
- I especially liked the boat. That was interesting. I liked the airplane motor. Ben
- I liked the transporter and I liked the player piano.
- I especially liked tliked the airplane motor (on the boat). – James
- I liked the display of the things the caveman had carved.
- Thank you for letting us visit the game machine and the piano. It was very cool. I liked them very much. – Ryan
- Thank you for teaching us about a lot of the things that they used back then. Sarah
- Thank you for teaching us some stuff. I twas very neat. My favorite part was seeing the boat. – Abby
-  I liked the Army stuff the most.
-  Thank you for teaching us about all kinds of things. It was fun.- Shaun
- Thank you for showing us all of the old model boats and, well the museum. Peyton.

Some of them liked it all.

- “Thank you for showing us around. I loved everything you showed us.” – Tyler.
- I liked everything. It was all so intersetsing. Jenna
- I wish we can come again.  Brian
- It was so good. Mercedies

When we sometimes wonder if what we are doing is paying off, a quick reminder is from some of the other notes from children.

They included:

Thank you for all the osom (awesome) stuff. It rocks. It was the best time I ever had. Blake

Thank you for having us. It was a very interesting field trip. It was a very fun time. I can’t wait to come back. – Taylor

Thank you for all you have done for me. – Emily

With these wonderful notes of appreciation, we can see how much of impact our museum and exhibits have had on the younger set. We are hopeful that more classes and children will take advantage of the museum and all if its interesting and educational exhibits.

Special tours can be arranged by contacting George Rutherford at 382-7761. We have a number of retired teachers as members and they all enjoy talking with the children and explaining what all the different exhibits are. It’s a wonderful way to acquaint the younger generation with their heritage.