Both on & off display, the Huron County Museum houses an incredible collection of objects donated by our community. Staff collect and research as much information as possible about artefacts and their significance to Huron County history when they arrive at our...
By Jenna Leifso, Archivist When was the last time you received a postcard in the mail? As more people switch to electronic forms of communication, it can be nice to receive something in the mail that isn’t a bill. Postcards became a popular mode of communication in...
By Emily Beliveau, Digital Project Assistant Twenty-five years ago, on 30 September 1989, the newly redeveloped Huron County Museum officially opened to the public. Just a few years earlier, the fate of the Museum was in question after part of the main building...
By Emily Beliveau, Digital Project Assistant Our temporary exhibit Noteworthy: Musical Instruments closes Sunday, 14 September 2014. Last week, Assistant Curator Elizabeth French-Gibson recounted the memories of her childhood music lessons as she described the many...
By Emily Beliveau, Digital Project Assistant In 1914, the passenger pigeon became extinct. The last known survivor of the species was a female named Martha (after Martha Washington), who died at the Cincinnati Zoo on September 1, 1914 at 1:00pm. Only 50 years earlier,...
By Elizabeth French-Gibson, Assistant Curator Like many children, for me growing up included music lessons. My piano teacher was a wonderful lady who could actually play the piano with her hands behind her back. My mother arranged to buy a used piano which still...
