The Champaign County Historical Society will present two educational lectures this summer about local history. The programs are free.
The museum will be closed July the 2nd and 3rd so our staff can spend time with their families.
We hope you all have a safe and happy 4th of July!! We will resume our normal hours on Tuesday July 6th. Submitted on behalf of the CCHS by Rob Pollock, volunteer What is it worth? Find out this Wednesday, May 19th at the Champaign County Historical Museum’s spring fundraiser. The fundraiser will be held on Wednesday between 6 and 9 p.m. in the museum at 809 East Lawn in Urbana. The event, which is patterned after the PBS series “Antiques Roadshow,” is sponsored by Freshwater Farms of Ohio and the Historical Society. All proceeds benefit the museum’s operations. The price of admission is $20 in advance, or $25 at the door. Admission includes one appraisal and a flight of wine & charcuterie plate served “bistro-style” by Freshwater Farms. The organizers hope that folks will socialize during the event and tour the museum rather than simply wait in line. Four experienced appraisers will be set up throughout the museum. Two appraisers were introduced earlier this month.
Advance tickets may be purchased at the museum, at local banks – Peoples, Perpetual and Urbana’s Park National Bank. In addition to benefiting the museum and preserving its artifacts, this should be a fun event for people of all ages to enjoy and hopefully one that will build from year to year.
By Rob Pollock, Volunteer with the Champaign County Historical Society. “What is it worth?” Do you have an old object, an antique or a family heirloom that you want to know more about? We may have a solution for you. The Champaign County Historical Museum is hosting an Antiques Appraisal Fair between 6 and 9 p.m. on Wednesday, May 19. The event is one of two fundraisers that help support museum operations. Freshwater Farms of Ohio and the Historical Society are sponsoring this event. Advance tickets are $20 each and available at local Urbana banks, the Chamber of Commerce and at the museum located at 809 East Lawn Ave., Urbana. Tickets may also be purchased on the evening of the event for $25 each. For the price of admission guests will receive a verbal appraisal for one item from one of the appraisers. (Current CCHS members may have two objects appraised). In addition, there will be a complementary wine and cheese bistro hosted by Freshwater Farms of Ohio.
The other appraisers will be featured in an upcoming article.
The Historical Museum hopes you will participate in this event and help support our operations. On Wednesday, March 31, artist and author Robert Kroeger came to the museum to demonstrate his barn painting technique, tell barn stories, and sign his recently published book “Historic Barns of Ohio.”
A raffle of the painting he produced at the event was won by attendee Ed Smith of Chillicothe, Ohio. Four previously painted pictures by the artist were displayed at the event and are being sold via a silent auction. The auction will end at our Sunday, April 18th 2pm Program (“Myths of the Civil War” presented by Mayor Bill Bean). Between now and then, you may either submit your bid at the museum, or by email (champhistmus@ctcn.net). The minimum bid is $150. You will be notified by either phone or email should someone submit a higher bid. The four pictures being auctioned can be found below. Further background information on the artist and the individual paintings can be found on his website (THE BARN PROJECTS). Feel free to call the museum for further details of the auction at 937-653-6721.
There is no admission charge for the event. Participation in the raffle is entirely voluntary. NOTE: Masks will be required to attend the event. The room in which the painting demonstration and book signing will be set up in a manner that observes social distancing guidelines. Regarding the Ohio Barn Project itself, visit its Facebook site and view the newsclip below, which originally aired in December 2019. The museum will be closed December 24th through January 4th. We will open again for our regular hours on January 5, 2021!
The museum will be closed from Thursday, November 26 through Monday, November 30th for the Thanksgiving holiday. We will reopen for our regular hours on Tuesday, December 1st.
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