Cuyahoga Valley Historical Museum
The Cuyahoga Valley Historical Museum is a branch of the Peninsula Library and Historical Society organized for the purpose of interpreting and promoting the area's history through permanent and special exhibits. The Cuyahoga Valley Historical Museum is housed on the second floor of the historic Boston Township Hall, which was built in 1887. For more information click here to visit the museum section of the site.
Location
1775 Main Street
2nd Floor
Peninsula, Ohio 44264
Hours
- Wednesday: 12-4
- Friday: 12-4
- Saturday: 12-4
- Sunday: 12-4
The museum can also be opened by special arrangement for group visits by calling 330-657-2665 or 330-657-2892.
Exhibits & Projects
Windows on the Valley
This exhibit is a partnering effort between the Bath Historical Society, Brecksville Historical Association, Richfield Historical Society, Hudson Library & Historical Society, Historical Society of Olde Northfield, and Northamption Historical Society. Historical Photographs along with artifacts on loan from each group are on display. Themes such as agriculture, manufacturing, schools, churches and the influence of social and fraternal organizations are integrated into the exhibit.
On display through July 2006
Ohio Memory Project
The Peninsula Library and Historical Society and The Cuyahoga Valley Historical Museum are participants in the Ohio Memory Project sponsored by the Ohio Historical Society. To view some of our images, please visit www.ohiomemory.org and search Peninsula Library and Historical Society.
Ongoing
A Trip Down the Ohio & Erie Canal
Take a step back in time to the year 1910... "The sun is just penetrating the thick morning mist that hovers over the valley as we step off the Valley Railway onto the platform at Jaite depot. We are artists journeying south on the Ohio & Erie Canal, from Red Lock to Pancake Lock, just south of Ira. Once in Ira, we will be the weekend guests of C.O. Hale. We walk east to Red Lock where we are met by Mr. Charles E. Perkins, State Engineer in charge of the canal. He welcomes us aboard State Boat No. 1. We then go up to the upper deck and set up our easels, the best spot to observe the panoramic views, the beauty of the fields, villages and farms that we will see. The driver is walking the tandem-hitched mules forward, the towline is straightening, the steersman is manning the tiller, and the boat is moving away from the dock out into the canal... Our journey begins...". The sights and stories that visitors encounter along the way are illustrated with both photographs and text along the spine of the original 1926-survey map of the canal.
Ongoing