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UPDATE: Awaiting Government Approval to Reopen Museum

4/30/2020

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The Champaign County Historical Museum remains CLOSED at this time. We are still waiting on government approval to reopen. Keep checking back for updates.
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Museum Featured on WOSU's "Columbus Neighborhoods"

4/7/2020

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On Thursday, April 9th at 8:30pm, the Champaign County Historical Society Museum was featured on Columbus Neighborhoods.  The video segment is also available below.
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UPDATE: Museum Closed Until May 1st

3/24/2020

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The Champaign County Historical Museum is CLOSED until at least May 1st with Ohio's extended Stay at Home orders. All programs and activities are also postponed during this time.

We hope everyone stays safe and we look forward to seeing you when this quarantine is over!!
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March Program Cancelled; Museum Still Open

3/13/2020

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Owing to the coronavirus situation and in the interest of safety the Champaign County Historical Society is cancelling the Sunday, March 15th program by Bill Albers, “Champaign Lady - the heavy B-17 bomber.”

We hope to reschedule the program at a later date.

The Museum itself is still open and operating at normal hours.

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2020 Board of Trustees, Officers and Meeting Dates

1/21/2020

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2020 Champaign County Historical Society
On Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020 the following were elected to the Champaign County Historical Society Board of Trustees:

L - R (rear): Hayla Parker, Dan Walter (Past President), Terri Marratta (Secretary), Joe Rizzutti, Gregory Harvey (President), Ken Wright (Treasurer), Fred Krift, Charles Emory, Larry Headlee

L - R (front): Beth Adair (Vice President), Dan Gilbert, Candy Gilliam, Bill Bean

CCHS Board of Trustees Meetings are typically held on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 6:00 pm at the Museum.

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2020 Board of Trustees Meeting Dates: 
22 Jan   
26 Feb   
25 Mar   
22 Apr   
Appraisal Fair: Thursday, April 23, 2020
27 May   
24 Jun
22 Jul   
26 Aug     
23 Sep   
21 Oct   
18 Nov (3rd Wednesday)

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Museum Holiday Hours and Upcoming January Event

12/11/2019

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Museum Holiday Hours
Open Dec. 24th & 31st 10am-12pm
Closed Christmas Day and Jan. 1st
Join us on Sunday, January 19th at 2:00 pm (following the Annual Meeting) as Adam Drain and his father Frank will relate their discoveries of WWII era aviation crash sites right here in Champaign County.

"Aviation Archaeology in Champaign County”
Sunday, Jan. 19th at 2:00 p.m.
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Thanksgiving Week Museum Hours

11/23/2019

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The Champaign County Historical Society Museum will be open the week of Thanksgiving, but there are some changes. 

Tuesday, Nov. 26th,10am-4pm (regular hours)
Wednesday Nov. 27th, 10am-12pm
Closed the rest of the week, Nov. 28th-Dec. 2nd.

The museum will open for our regular hours again on Tuesday, December 3rd.

We wish you all a wonderful Thanksgiving!!
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"Main Street Champaign County" Program Coming to Gloria Theatre Nov. 7

10/10/2019

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This event is being presented by the Champaign County Arts Council and Champaign County Historical Society. Event will take place at the Gloria Theatre on November 7th at 7pm.

Event admission only $5.

Check out Scott Kirby's preview video and more preview videos to learn more about the event. 
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UHS Students Refurbish Park Benches for CCHS Museum

10/9/2019

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The Champaign County Historical Museum received “new” benches just in time for last weekend’s Oktoberfest thanks to the Urbana Parks and Recreation Department’s desire to recycle, and Urbana High Vo-Ag teachers Mallory Zachrich and Steve Wilhelm’s desire for a community service project for their students.

When the city donated 12 aging benches to the museum, Historical Society board member Candy Gilliam suggested contacting the school to see whether repairing and painting the benches would qualify as a school project. The teachers responded that it certainly would qualify.

The Historical Society provided the paint and now has 12 refurbished benches for museum visitors.
Urbana High School student benches
UHS students Gavin Napper, Jessica Salyers and Ethan Melms work on installing new boards to benches.
UHS student Kevin Bowdle paints a bench.
UHS student Kevin Bowdle paints a bench.
Instructor Steve Wilhelm returns freshly-painted benches.
Instructor Steve Wilhelm returns freshly-painted benches.
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Champaign County Historical Museum Announces New Hours!

7/9/2019

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The Champaign County Historical Museum located at 809 E. Lawn Ave., Urbana, is pleased to announce new and expanded hours. Effective immediately the museum will be open Tuesday - Friday 10 - 4 and Saturday 10 - 2. The museum will be closed on Mondays.

“We sincerely appreciate the voters who came out to support our levy which would have allowed us to hire full-time staff - a director, curator, and custodian,” said Dan Walter, CCHS President. “But since that issue did not pass, we are intensifying our campaign for new memberships and donations and are implementing new fundraising events. Recently these efforts have encouraged our board of trustees to hire a part-time Museum Operations Manager, Cheryl Ogden. This is a one-year post which we hope to extend pending successful fundraising.”
Cheryl Ogden
Cheryl Ogden
“Cheryl Ogden comes to us with exceptional skills and experience,” Walter continued. “She holds a BA in History as well as an MA in Public History, has worked in several museum venues, and is a Champaign County resident. She works well with the public, and we are most pleased to have her on board - so bring the family out to meet her on a hot summer day and enjoy our cool museum!” Since 1934 the Champaign County Historical Museum has preserved, protected, archived and displayed over 14,000 artifacts. The museum continues to present our local history to groups of elementary students and offer monthly programs - free to the public. All are invited to support the museum and receive the newsletter by joining in person or paying online by credit card.
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