NOTICE: This symposium has been cancelled due to the heavy snow. It will be rescheduled and we will post the date here.

Featured speakers are Robert Converse, Editor of the Ohio Archaeologist, Chris Rummel, Greg Shipley both members of the Archaeological Society of Ohio, and Tony DeRegnaucourt, archaeologist and author.

View a large display of preshitoric and early historic artifacts. It will be the largest display since 1892 in the state of Ohio, said Tony DeRegnaucourt.

All programs are on Sunday afternoons from 2:00 - 3:30. Lectures are FREE!

Oct 11, 2009 - An afternoon with Mary Todd Lincoln by reenactor Christy Igo.

Oct 18, 2009 - Civil War Women: They Made a Difference-Book 2. Presented by Cynthia Vogel

Nov. 8, 2009 - Veterans Day Panel. Hear vets tell stories of their war experiences in wars from WWII to the present day.

Feb 21. 2010 - Longtown Revisited. Presented by Roane Smothers

March 21, 2010 - Annie Oakley presented by reenactor Loretta Jones. The kick-off of Annie's 150th birthday celebration.

New permanent exhibit. Crossroads of Destiny, the stunning new exhibit telling the hiSTORY of the Treaty of Greene Ville. Greene Ville was the largest stockaded fort ever built in North America and it was the scene of the the most significant American Indian treaty ever negotiated. The Treaty of Greene Ville in 1795 opened the door to the settlement of the Midwest resulting in Ohio statehood eight years later. The Treaty also ended forty years of conflict over the upper Ohio Valley.

The second floor of Garst Museum houses a treasure of Military uniforms and a vast array of military artifacts. All five branches of the US military services are represented. There are original uniforms from all the wars fought by the United States with the exception of one. Starting with the war of 1812, there are uniforms from the Civil War, Spanish American, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm and the current Iraq War. The lone exception is the Mexican American conflict of the mid 1800's. There are also uniforms from the three US military academies.