The Champaign County Historical Museum remains CLOSED at this time. We are still waiting on government approval to reopen. Keep checking back for updates.
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. 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!! 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. 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. 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) Interested in joining the Champaign County Historical Society? Click here to learn more! Museum Holiday Hours Open Dec. 24th & 31st 10am-12pm Closed Christmas Day and Jan. 1st
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!!
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. 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.”
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Champaign County Historical Society Board PresidentGregory Harvey Archives
January 2021
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