LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum will host, Why the West Went to War in 1812, on Monday, April 20 at 7 p.m. The program will be held in the museum at 203 E. Main Street in Loudonville. The program will be presented by Brandon C. Downing, Assistant Professor of History at Marietta College. […]
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CRF Museum to discuss Copus Massacre, memory & preservation
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum will host a public program exploring one of the most dramatic and complex episodes in north central Ohio’s early history. Conflict and Memory: Digging into the Copus Massacre will take place Monday, March 16, at 7 p.m. in the museum’s lecture hall. The presentation will examine the events […]
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Walking through history: Museum invites north central Ohio to explore France
LOUDONVILLE — For those who have long dreamed of seeing France — whether drawn by its history, its art, or its role in shaping the modern world — the Cleo Redd Fisher Museum is offering a small-group journey June 14 to 21. The week-long experience will include time in Paris, the grandeur of the Palace […]
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Historian to discuss women’s suffrage movement Feb. 9 at Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville
LOUDONVILLE —The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum’s speaker series returns with Rebels in Corsets: The Embodied Rhetoric of the Women’s Suffrage Movement, presented by Susan Trollinger on Monday, Feb. 9 in the museum’s Lecture Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the program beginning at 7 p.m. The program challenges the common perception that women’s suffrage […]
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Gallery of barn paintings opens at Cleo Redd Fisher Museum during Loudonville Street Fair
LOUDONVILLE — Visitors to this year’s Loudonville Free Street Fair will have a chance to step off the midway and into a gallery celebrating Ohio’s rural past. The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum is hosting a silent auction of paintings by nationally recognized artist Robert Kroeger, known for his richly textured oil depictions of historic barns. […]
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Mohican Christkindlmarkt coming to Loudonville in December
LOUDONVILLE — A new holiday tradition is taking root in Loudonville this winter as the Cleo Redd Fisher Museum announces the creation of the Mohican Christkindlmarkt. This is a German-inspired outdoor market filled with festive foods, hand-made gifts, and old-world charm. The event will take place in downtown Loudonville on Fridays and Saturdays, Dec. 5 […]
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Loudonville’s Cleo Redd Fisher Museum organizes trip to Peru Aug. 5 to 11
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum in Loudonville has announced its next international travel program: a guided tour through Peru from Aug. 5 to 11, offering participants the chance to explore Lima, Cusco, the Sacred Valley, and the legendary Machu Picchu. The trip is part of the museum’s ongoing effort to connect people with […]
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Cleo Redd Fisher Museum wins state award for Best Exhibition
LOUDONVILLE, OH — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum has been awarded the Best Exhibition Award (Under $500,000 Budget) by the Ohio Museums Association, recognizing the museum’s outstanding exhibit Johnny Appleseed: Cultivating a Nation. The honor was presented during the Association’s annual awards banquet held on Sunday, March 30, and celebrates excellence in exhibition design and […]
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Loudonville museum examines the shifting legacy of Civil War symbols
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum’s Speaker Series wraps up on Monday, April 21 with a thought-provoking program titled “Statues, Flags, and the Ongoing Battle Over the Meaning of the Civil War,” examining how symbols of the Confederacy continue to shape public memory and spark national debate. In recent years, events like the 2015 […]
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History Knox author speaks at Loudonville museum on Shawshank book
LOUDONVILLE — The Cleo Redd Fisher Museum’s Speaker Series continues this month with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film Shawshank Redemption on Monday, March 17 at 7 p.m. In the late spring of 1993, a young Mark Jordan had the opportunity to check something off his bucket list: Be in a movie. […]