Events and Programming
Campus Martius Museum and the Ohio River Museum offer community programs, children's events, historical camps, artisan fairs and more. Check back here often for our current listing of events and to read about our current temporary exhibits! For more information on any event listed below, please contact us at 740-373-3750 or Toll Free 800-860-0145
Lewis & Clark
May 19, 2012
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: 10AM - Noon
Cost: FREE, Regular admission charge for tour of museum
Call for details. (740) 373-3750
Brown Baggin' Thru History
June 1, 2012 (First Friday of every other month)
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: Noon - 1PM
Cost: FREE Program. Discounted admission for tour of museum
Special Guest Speaker: Louise Zimmer
Topic: Buckley's Island
Once again, turn your boring brown bag lunch into an enjoyable repast at Campus Martius Museum. Join us for a FREE and exciting program focusing on Buckley's Island, presented by Guest Speaker, Louise Zimmer!
There are a grand total of 83 islands in the Ohio River, but the one nearest Marietta is now known as Buckley's Island, right above the mouth of the Muskingum. It's a big island - over 100 acres - plenty of room for a lot of history! It's a pretty quiet place these days, as part of the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge, but join us June 1st and we'll take a look back in time - when the island was home to famous frontiersmen, a refuge for out-laws and assorted skallawags, the site of an elaborate amusement park and even provided a place for a couple of Marietta fellows to settle an argument with a duel! Also, to hear more of Louise Zimmer, she now has a CD with a complilation of stories available from WMOA.
Receive $1 OFF MUSEUM ADMISSION if you wish to stay and tour the Campus Martius Museum. Offer good June 1, 2012 ONLY.
Westward Ho
June 9, 2012
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: 10AM - Noon
Cost: FREE, Regular admission charge for tour of museum
Call for details. (740) 373-3750
Ohio Chautauqua
June 19-23, 2012
2012 will be the 225th anniversary of the signing of the Northwest Ordinance. Marietta is recognized as the first organized permanent settlement developed in the Northwest Territory. Click here for more information.
Wild Wet Wonderful Camp
July 16 - 19, 2012
Where: Ohio River Museum
Time: 10AM - 2PM
Cost: $60 for Members; $65 for Non-members
Join us while we connect our river heritage with wildlife, forestry, and the people who have lived here for hundreds of years. Everyday will feature new, hands-on, exciting activities. Our final day we will cruise on the Valley Gem and see the river and the land from a different perspective. You won’t want to miss this camp, there is none other like it! Children grades 3-6. Bring your own lunch.
Brown Baggin' Thru History
August 3, 2012 (First Friday of every other month)
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: Noon - 1PM
Cost: FREE Program. Discounted admission for tour of museum
Special Guest Speaker: Ray Swick
Turn your boring brown bag lunch into an enjoyable repast at Campus Martius Museum. Join us for a FREE and exciting program with Blennerhassett Museum's Historian, Ray Swick! More information still to come.
Kid's Archaeology Day
September 22, 2012
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: 9:30AM - 4PM
Cost: Regular Admission
What’s hidden in the midden? Come find out as we take children on a hands on adventure to see what it would be like to be a real life archaeologist. For all ages!
Brown Baggin' Thru History
October 5, 2012 (First Friday of every other month)
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: Noon - 1PM
Cost: FREE Program. Discounted admission for tour of museum
Turn your boring brown bag lunch into an enjoyable repast at Campus Martius Museum. Join us for a FREE and exciting program. More information still to come.
Chasing Spirits
October 20, 2012
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: 8PM - Midnight
Cost: Adults $15 Children $12 (Must be accompanied by an adult)
Limit of 40 participants. Non-refundable reservations can be made or FCFS at the door.8PM - 9PM - Guided tours with stories about experiences of employees and volunteers
9PM - Midnight - Mid Ohio Valley Ghost Hunters: table tipping, pendulum dowsing, etc.
Individuals may spend time in the museum to experience their own spirit encounters.
Artisan's Show & Sale
November 10, 2012
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: 9:30AM - 4PM
Cost: $5 Adults (Free Admission for Members!)
If you are interested in being a vendor click here for a registration form. More details still to come!
Veteran's Appreciation Day
November 14, 2012
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: 9:30AM - 4PM
Cost: FREE for Veterans - Regular Museum Admission for others
More details still to come!
Pioneer Style Celebrations
December 2, 2012
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: 1PM - 4PM (Programs)
Cost: Adults $10, Children $5
Stroll through the museum and talk to Pioneer Interpreters about what they did for the holidays. Families encouraged to attend. Pioneer refreshments served all day! Museum open Noon to 5PM.
Brown Baggin' Thru History
December 7, 2012 (First Friday of every other month)
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: Noon - 1PM
Cost: FREE Program. Discounted admission for tour of museum
Turn your boring brown bag lunch into an enjoyable repast at Campus Martius Museum. Join us for a FREE and exciting program. More information still to come.
"Digging the Past" Archaeology Day
January 19, 2013
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: 9:30AM - 4PM
Cost: Regular Museum Admission (Free Admission for Members!)
Spend a day at the Campus Martius Museum learning about the exciting field of archaeology. You are invited to take part in our artifact identification clinic, lectures, and flint knapping demonstrations. Private collections of historic and prehistoric artifacts will also be on display. Contemporary items will be on sale for the day. If you would like to have your artifacts on display for the day, please contact Bill Reynolds (740) 373-3750.
CONTEMPORARY GUNMAKERS & ALLIED ARTISANS SHOW
February 9, 2013
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: 9:30AM - 4PM
Cost: Regular Museum Admission (Free Admission for Members!)
Campus Martius Museum will be hosting some of the finest traditional artisans who recreate the working tools of the frontier settler and hunter. Gunsmiths, powder horn and hunting bag makers will be displaying their wares. During the event visitors will be able to experience 200 years of American gunmaking traditions. Flintlock and percussion rifles, the tools used in making and servicing them will be displayed. During the day there will be working demonstrations on the various techniques used in gunbuilding and lectures by various artisans about their work. For questions contact Bill Reynolds at 740-373-3750.
President's Day at the Museum
February 18, 2013
Where: Campus Martius Museum
Time: TBD
Cost: TBD
More information still to come!
Scout Events Coming Up at Campus Martius
Scout Events can be scheduled through their council or directly through the museum. Please call the museum to discuss ways to meet your troops' needs!
The following events are Girl Scout exclusives at Campus Martius. Read below for event descriptions, scheduled dates, and registration fees. All registrations are handled by the Black Diamond Girl Scout Council website.
