County museums to be open for Fourth Sunday

In conjunction with AUGLAIZE COUNTY: IN MOTION, the Auglaize County Historical Society and many of the county's village historical societies and museums announce that they will resume the 4th

Sunday Open Houses for 2022, with numerous sites open for tours every 4th Sunday of the

month from 1 to 4 p.m., through October. The first 4th Sunday is this Sunday.

The following sites will participate in Sunday's countywide open house:

ACHS' Wapakoneta Museum, 206 W. Main St., Wapakoneta;

Cridersville Historical Society, 111 West Sugar Street, Cridersville;

Minster Historical Society Museum, 112 W. Fourth Street, Minster;

New Bremen Historic Association's Luelleman House, 120 North Main Street, New Bremen (1-3 pm); and

NBHA'S Pape House, 236 N. Main St., New Bremen (1-3 pm).

Fort Amanda, State Route 198, will be open from dawn to dusk, as usual, while the Armstrong Air & Space Museum will also be open its normal Sunday hours (10 am-5 pm).

States Historical Society administrator Rachel Barber," We

hope that many local residents will stop by and visit several of these sites on Sunday, making an afternoon of learning more about our county's history from our many museums. We

so appreciate the collaboration of many of our village historical societies in making history

more readily available to our residents and guests alike."

Auglaize County: In Motion is the heritage tourism initiative based upon the themes of

motion, movement, and transportation reflected in so much Auglaize County history. IN

MOTION projects have been funded on three separate occasions by the Ohio Humanities Council; the county Historical Society is in the midst of a $25,000+ expansion of the initiative. Among other projects, this third grant will allow the

historic sites and museums to incorporate QR codes and other technology to encourage heritage tourism and inform visitors.

Founded in 1963, the Auglaize County Historical Society

collects, preserves, interprets, and shares the history of Auglaize County, enriching lives

by connecting people and communities to the past and to each other.

For more information about this event or the Auglaize County Historical Society, please contact auglaizecountyhistory@bright.net or 419/7389328. The Auglaize County Historical Society is also on

Facebook.