Category: Special Events
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Museum participating in Connect to a Cause on Sept. 16
The Spirit of 76 Museum is participating in Connect to a Cause, sponsored by the Community Foundation of Lorain County, on Thursday, Sept. 16. This event is a coordinated 12-hour fundraising event in celebration of the foundation’s 40th anniversary, and aims to rally communities to support over 50 local non-profit organizations. The event features a…
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Museum begins gradual reopening to members of the public
The Southern Lorain County Historical Society is pleased to announce that, after over a year of COVID-19 precautions, the Spirit of ’76 Museum will be open to the public on Sundays from 1:00 – 3:30 p.m., with additional hours being introduced in the coming months. New to the museum is the long-awaited unveiling of two…
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COVID-19 and the Spirit of ’76 Musuem
To our valued visitors: The Spirit of ’76 Museum is currently closed. We took advantage of our shutdown time to make some wonderful changes to the museum. As we finish our new displays and work to have the museum comply to the guidelines set forth to re-open, we ask for your continued patience. Currently the…
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Willard mural restoration closer to completion
Representatives from the Spirit of ’76 Museum in Wellington, as well as several guests, were given a first-hand view of progress being made on one of the museum’s three Archibald Willard murals, painted for the Masons around 1875, on Jan. 24. Southern Lorain County Historical Society board members, as a way to thank the community…
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Join us for our annual dinner meeting!
The Spirit of ’76 Museum will be hosting its annual dinner meeting on Thursday, Oct. 10 at the Wellington Eagles, located at 631 South Main Street in Wellington, Ohio. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7p.m. There will be a short business meeting after the dinner, including the election of officers, followed…
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Museum receives $18,000 Ohio History Fund grant
The Southern Lorain County Historical Society located in Wellington has been awarded an $18,000 matching grant through the Ohio History Connection’s History Fund. The grant will be put towards restoring one of three large Archibald Willard murals donated to the Spirit of ’76 Museum in 2017. The Ohio History Connection considered more than 50 applications…
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Museum to be open Nov. 23
The Spirit of ’76 Museum will be open Friday, Nov. 23, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. We welcome anyone who needs a break from their Black Friday shopping to come in and take a look around. The gift shop also have several great options for Christmas gifts for the history buff in your life.
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Museum celebrates 50th anniversary with special event
In honor of the Spirit of 76 Museum‘s 50th Anniversary, as well as the end of the special exhibit “Yours Truly, A.M. Willard,” an open house was held Oct. 27 for the public to visit one last time before the museum closed its doors for the season and the paintings, as well as Hugh Mosher’s…
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Museum gains new artwork at annual meeting
The Spirit of ’76 Museum added another original Archibald Willard painting to its collection on Oct. 11 at the Southern Lorain County Historical Society’s annual meeting, thanks to a generous donation made by three siblings. Cheryl Iacofano and Gayle Eble were in attendance at the meeting to reveal a large portrait of their then 4-year-old…
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Date set for Southern Lorain County Historical Society annual meeting
Please join us at the 2018 Southern Lorain County Historical Society annual meeting, Thursday, Oct. 11 at the Wellington Eagles. Doors open at 6 p.m. with dinner being served at 7 p.m. Following dinner, a short business meeting will be held, after which Randy Koch will give a presentation. Please print a copy of the…
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