Local leaders gathered Friday afternoon to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Seneca County Museum dedication.

The home, built by Tiffin's first millionaire Rezin Shawhan, was deeded by Lynn Troxel before ultimately being dedicated as a museum on Aug. 5, 1942.

Marie and Gordon Moore, the former of whom is the great-great-granddaughter of Gen. William H. Gibson, recently donated Gibson heirlooms to the museum which are now on display.

This adds to the eclectic assortment of viewable memorabilia.

"We have different rooms that are themed, and so it's a house museum but we also tell the rich history of Seneca County in a variety of ways from Gen. Gibson to the Shawhans as well, but we also have the Tiffin Glass history, we have military history and we have items that are just day-to-day life of people that have gone before us," described Theresa Sullivan, part-time director of the museum.

After an open house walkthrough featuring a newly opened second floor, museum staff hosted a reenactment of the original dedication.