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Contact Michael McMaster
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The Center & Museum strives to offer an educational component to every exhibit, event, and program.

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SUITCASE MUSEUM
Although we offer many programs and guided tours at our wonderful facility, we also develop suitcase programs to bring into your environment, developed with your classroom and core curriculum in mind. Our well-rounded staff has experience from education, history, and popular culture and has the ability to create a program based on your educational needs.

Grades 1 and 2 Educators:
Fulfill a portion of your History requirements by having a museum staff member bring historical artifacts and photographs to your classroom. A visual presentation about early forms of communication and transportation together with artifacts such as butter churns, early phonograph technology, and other items help answer your students questions bout daily life in the past.

Grades 2 and 4 Educators:
Fulfill a portion of your Heritage requirements by bringing a visual presentation about inventor and scientist Thomas Edison to your classroom. A real vintage home phonograph accompanies this presentation to show students about one of Edison’s most important inventions. This program would go great with a lesson about sound.

Grade 3 Educators:
Fulfill an important portion of your History requirements by bringing in a visual program of the “History of Wood County: 10,000 BC- 2005 AD (in thirty minutes)”. This program, complete with hands-on artifacts, describes the growth and changes in our community over time in areas such as transportation, technology, and physical features. This is a 30-45 minute program. The presenter will be dressed as an 1830’s era pioneer.

Grades 4 and 5 Educators:
Fulfill an important portion of your History and Cultures requirements by bring a visual presentation about the Native Americans of Northwest Ohio to your classroom. Each image, taken from primary sources, shows important aspects about Indian life such as how they dressed and where they lived. Hands-on artifacts such as prehistoric tools are included in this presentation.

Grade 8 Educators:
Enhance your discussion about the American Civil War by having a museum staff member bring in historic artifacts actually used in the conflict. Together with reproduction uniforms and equipment, students will be able to better visualize what the life of a common soldier was like.

Grade 9 Educators:
The museum has put together a traveling exhibit focused on World War I. Uniforms and equipment such as a gas mask and helmet, together with period photos help students better visualize what life was like for the common soldier during the Great War.

Grades 9 and 10 Educators:
New to the museum this year is a traveling exhibit focused on WWII. This exhibit includes period magazines, war ration books, uniforms, and equipment such as a helmet, belt, and canteen. Also included in this exhibit is a vintage 1940’s era silent newsreel that can be viewed by your class on the museums 16mm film projector.


GUIDED TOURS [more]
We welcome the opportunity to combine a suitcase presentation with a field trip tour of the Museum and grounds.
For more information, contact Michael McMaster, Education Coordinator, at 419.352.0967 or education@woodcountyhistory.org.


SCOUTS & CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
We work closely with many organizations...

...to develop resources, programs, and opportunities:

  • Meeting room rental for banquets, award ceremonies, and leadership meetings
  • Overnight camping on grounds
  • Historic guided tours and projects for merit badges
  • Organized day camps and programs

Who Do I Contact for Educational Inquiries?

Michael McMaster
Education Coordinator
Wood County Historical Center & Museum
13660 County Home Road
Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-352-0967
education@woodcountyhistory.org