Night at the Museum: Meet visitors from Southeast Ohio’s past

Meet people from southeast Ohio’s past during Night at the Museum which will be held from 6-8 p.m. May 18 at the Southeast Ohio History Center, 24 W. State St., Athens.

Night at the Museum is a fun, interactive family event. The goal is to showcase the region’s rich cultural, racial and leadership diversity through first person interpretation of some of its storied people.

Visitors from Southeast Ohio’s past will be on hand for introductions. Come and meet Grandma Gatewood, remarkable hiker of the Appalachian Trail; James and Martha Worthington, of the famed Adena mansion in Chillicothe; Thomas Ewing, the ol’ salt boiler, first graduate of the Ohio University, and step-father to Civil War Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman; Ephraim Cutler, framer of the Ohio Constitution, co-founder of the Coonskin Library in Amesville, trustee of Ohio University; and more. They can’t wait to share their stories with you about how they made history in southeast Ohio!

Tickets are $15 for general admission, $10 for SOHC Members and Students. Children 12 years and under are free.

For information or to obtain tickets call (740) 592-2280 or visit southeastohiohistory.org.