NEWS & EVENTS

Garst Museum Offers Free Field Trip

Thanks to a generous grant, the Garst Museum is offering local Darke County fourth-grade students a free school field trip experience, ...

May 9, 20251 min read

Summer Museum Store Special

May 6, 20250 min read

Brenda Arnett Honored with Heritage Award

The Darke County Historical Society announced the recipient of the Heritage Award at its annual meeting at Garst Museum on March 25. This...

Apr 4, 20254 min read

Lowell Thomas Birthday Week Museum Store Special!

Apr 4, 20250 min read

April 2025 Garst Museum Store Specials

Mar 26, 20250 min read

March 2025 Garst Museum Store Specials

Mar 1, 20250 min read

Free Garst Museum Speaker Series Unlocks Code in Spirituals During the Underground Railroad on February 22, 2025

The Garst Museum will resume its Speaker Series season on February 22, 2025, at 2 p.m., at 205 N. Broadway, Greenville, in the Lowell...

Feb 14, 20252 min read

The Garst Museum Reopens on February 4, 2025

The Garst Museum reopens for regular business hours on Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. The museum is open Tuesday through...

Feb 3, 20251 min read

Garst Museum Thanks Coppock-Hole For New Sign

The Garst Museum has a new sign. The original sign was beginning to deteriorate, with some of the wood starting to rot and the wording on...

Jan 10, 20252 min read

Harry G. Thomas Medical Scholarship Awarded

The Darke County Historical Society is pleased to announce Bailey Stammen is the recipient of the Harry G. Thomas Medical Scholarship...

Dec 12, 20242 min read

Thank You G.A.LA. 2024 Sponsors!

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Nov 14, 20241 min read

Garst Museum Speaker Series Celebrates Douglas Dickey Medal of Honor Exhibit

Join Garst Museum on Saturday, November 9, 2024, for its next free Speaker Series program. The November Speaker Series has traditionally...

Nov 3, 20242 min read

Annie’s GALA is Two Weeks of FUN!

Annie’s GALA, inside Garst Museum and the National Annie Oakley Center, starts on Saturday, October 19, and ends on Saturday, November 2,...

Nov 1, 20242 min read

New Annie Oakley Artifacts in Temporary Exhibit

Annie Oakley died nearly 98 years ago, and you would probably believe there couldn’t be anything new to learn about the legendary...

Oct 13, 20242 min read

Darke County Board of Developmental Disabilities Helps Garst Musem

Garst Museum has made it easier for everyone to visit the museum thanks to the assistance of Darke County Board of Developmental...

Oct 11, 20242 min read

Tour in the Darke Leads to Annie Oakley Collection Coming to Light

A pearl-handled revolver belonging to Annie Oakley is among the extraordinary artifacts recently acquired from a rare private collection...

Oct 11, 20243 min read

Garst Tornadornaments Available

Own a piece of history! Branches from historic sycamore trees on Garst Museum grounds, downed in the May 7 tornado, have been turned...

Oct 11, 20241 min read

Fall Genealogy Workshop

The Darke County Genealogical Society, Inc. presents the Fall Genealogy Workshop. The workshop will be held on Saturday, October 12,...

Oct 10, 20241 min read

Garst Museum Hosts Annie Oakley Historian and Author on October 5

Garst Museum will continue its 2024-25 Lecture Series on October 5, 2024, with journalist and Annie Oakley historian Shirl Kasper, MA,...

Oct 2, 20241 min read

Remembering Buchy’s

Rolling into the Lowell Thomas Meeting Room at Garst Museum is the iconic Buchy meat wagon built by the Lohmann Brothers (yes, the...

Aug 16, 20242 min read