LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville has announced its latest small-group tour opportunity, allowing guests to explore the history and culture of Egypt. The tour is slated for March 30 to April 6, 2025 and will take travelers to Cairo, Giza, Luxor and the ancient cities of Memphis, Saqqara and Thebes. Among […]
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Famed Mansfield cartoonist’s grandson to share his story at Loudonville museum
LOUDONVILLE — Scott Brown was one of America’s greatest cartoonists. He was also a beloved small-town soda shop philosopher. Brown’s Soda Shop in Mansfield, Ohio was a local landmark featuring Scott Brown’s poster-sized cartoons in the window and “the largest, modest and bests chocolate soda on Route 30, including all detours.” He is the focus […]
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Loudonville museum curator wins national award
RICHMOND, Virginia — The Small Museum Association honored museum curator, Kenny Libben, at its awards banquet during the 40th annual conference in Richmond, Virginia. Libben was selected from a competitive field of nominees to be awarded the association’s Hunter-Burley Award, recognizing an individual’s outstanding contributions to the advancement of public access and professional growth for […]
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Fort Fizzle topic of Feb. 12 Loudonville museum event
LOUDONVILLE—The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum welcomes back historian Patrick Drouhard for their next speaker series event, “Fort Fizzle: The Holmes County Rebellion.” No history of the Mohican area is complete without mention of the rebellion, known locally as “Fort Fizzle.” Patrick Drouhard Over 400 Union soldiers with two cannons were ordered to the small village […]
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Loudonville museum invites guests on trip to North Ireland
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum has announced the next destination in the CRF Travel series will take participants to explore the northern half of Ireland. The trip compliments last year’s offering that took travelers to explore the southern half of the island, and sold out in record time. The travel series has been […]
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Cleo Redd Fisher Museum raffling off hand-built classic muzzleloader rifle in Loudonville
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum is offering the chance to win a hand-built black powder rifle modeled after those built by famed Loudonville gunsmith Peter Reinhard in the 1800s. The rifle was built by students in the museum’s educational workshop series last year, using traditional tools and techniques. The rifle is .32 caliber […]
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Cleveland’s unsolved torso serial killer is subject of Nov. 20 show at Loudonville museum
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum’s Speaker Series continues this month with a Nov. 20 look into Cleveland’s greatest murder mystery — and its connection to America’s most famous lawman, with “Eliot Ness and the Torso Murders.” Eliot Ness was best known as the American Prohibition agent who organized and led a crack team […]
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Mansfield’s eccentric “witch” topic of new book, CRF museum talk on Oct. 16
LOUDONVILLE—The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum kicks off the next Speaker Series by welcoming back historian and author Mark S. Jordan on Oct. 16 to discuss the topic of his new book The Witch of Mansfield: The Tetched Life of Phebe Wise. The frontier town of Mansfield had already had its share of eccentrics, including mystic/businessman […]
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CRF Museum invites public to explore Panama
LOUDONVILLE—The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville has announced a tour to the Central American isthmus of Panama, slated for January. The tour is designed to give guests an introduction to one of the most popular regions of Central America and includes numerous historic and cultural landmarks ranging from indigenous villages, Spanish forts, the world […]