9 March, 2010
Museum News
Next Lecture
Updated 27 Feb, 2010
March 21. 2010 - Annie Oakley, A Shooter and a Lady presented by Loretta Jones.
Museum Hours
Updated 17 Feb, 2009
New Hours Effective February 1, 2009 Tuesday thru Saturday 10AM-4PM Sunday 1- 4PM Closed Mondays Closed Easter, Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Eve. The Museum is closed the month of January
Summer Intern
Updated 16 Oct, 2009
Garst Museum is fortunate to have Tricia McEldowney as a summer intern this year. We asked Tricia what led her to her interest in history.
Tricia's Answer
New Directors Elected
Updated 14 Oct, 2009
At the March annual meeting of the Darke County Historical Society, Barbara Martin and Eileen Litchfield were elected to the Board of Directors. Welcome and thank you!
More Museum News
Featured Exhibits
Free Lecture Series

Civil War Women Oct 18, 2009
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.

Early Man in Western Ohio American Indian Prehistory
New date has been set.
American Indian Prehistory Symposium
free to the public
April 10, 2010
10am until 4pm
Garst Museum
205 North Broadway
Greenville, Ohio 45331
tel. 937 548 5250

Arrowhead types, sources of flint materials, paleo Indian artifacts, and special site displays will be exhibited together, some for the first time.

Four speakers will give presentations throughout the day. Bob Converse, author and editor of the Ohio Archaeologist, will talk at 10:30 on Palio-Indians. Tony DeRegnaucourt, author and archaeologist of UMVARM, will discuss the Archaic Indians at 11:15. Chris Rummel, researcher and board member of the ASO, will present a program on Woodland Indians at 1:30. Greg Shipley, ASO member, will present the final program at 2:15 on a mid-18th century Indian Village from central Ohio.

Garst Museum’s recently remodeled exhibits on prehistoric Indians and the Fort period of Greenville will be open to the attendees of the symposium.
New Exhibit Crossroads of Destiny
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 Military Room

Uniform Display
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.
Around the Museum
Exclusive Print Offer

Check the museum store for details on how to purchase this unique and exclusive print by artist Don Marco
Currier & Ives Prints
Garst Museum announces “CURRIER & IVES: Second Installment” . Following the extremely popular first exhibition of large folio lithographs last Spring, the museum is pleased to present the second of a comprehensive exhibition of Currier & Ives prints, this time: medium folios. These charming prints are original, hand colored, and range in subjects from women and children to a rare series of hunting scenes.
Shop Through Time

A recreated series of period shops and stores line three boulevards within the museum complex. Each shop displays an amazing number of artifacts that accurately portray both the period and the theme.
Special Exhibits
A new painting by artist Hal Sherman titled, Independence Day Celebration at Fort Greene Ville, July 4, 1795. Also now for sale in the Museum's Gift Shop is the print by artist Don Marco of Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull.

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