BE A HOLIDAY DECORATOR!
If you, or your organization, would like to be a holiday decorator for the 2012 Old Home Holiday Tour, download an application and return it ASAP!
printable PDF 2012 application <--coming soon!
Application includes introduction, calendar, and decorator's rules.

TROUBLE DOWNLOADING? Contact the Museum to have an application mailed or faxed to you.

We will also have live trees outside lining the sidewalk to decorate too! This is a great project for scout, youth, church, or any other group! Trees donated by Rick & Carl's Trees, Bowling Green.

DECORATOR'S TIMELINE:

  [Media Press Release: 2011 Christmas Treasures]

2012 Old Home Holiday Tour
December 8 - December 21
$5 admission for adults, $1 for children

Schedule a group tour for parties of 10 or more. Call 419-352-0967 for details.

	Wreath-making Workshops. Bring us your Christmas flair and we will provide a wreath and guidance to making the perfect holiday wreath. $20/person ($15/WCHS members). RSVP 419-352-0967. Thank you to Ben Franklin Crafts for the wreaths!	2012 Dates TBA
	Christmas Teas. Enjoy a special menu of holiday teas and goodies, live holiday music, and self-guided tours of the beautifully-decorated Museum. $12/adult, $10 WCHS member, $3/child.	December 13 at 2 PM [make a reservation] December 20 at 2 PM [make a reservation]
	Holiday Gala Fundraiser. Start the season in a sparkle at the Gala! Light grazing, champagne, and Silent Auction that will make holiday shopping a breeze. Live performance from the Maumee Singers. RSVP for this special evening 419-352-0967 $20/person.	Friday, Dec. 14 from 6-9 PM [more about the Gala]
	Family Gingerbread House Workshop. Bring your creative whimsy, and we’ll provide the gingerbread, decorations, and instruction to make a centerpiece for the holidays. You’ll also take home recipes and instructions to try it at home! Make your reservations soon as space is limited! 419-352-0967 $20/house ($15/WCHS members). Workshop fee includes museum admission. If you aren’t sure you want to commit to create an entire house, you can decorate your own gingerbread man cookie Dec. 10 and 17, 1-4 pm.	House Workshop: Saturday, Dec. 8 from 1-4 PM Cookie Decorating: Saturday, Dec. 8 from 1-4 PM Cookie Decorating: Saturday, Dec. 15 from 1-4 PM
	Live Music at the Museum. An array of local talents make merry music throughout the tour season.	2012 Musicians and Dates TBA
	Visit with Santa Claus! Bring your digital camera and snap a photo with Santa.	2012 Dates TBA
	Living Christmas Cards. Four exhibit rooms come to life with interactive interpreters. Family crafts included.	2012 Dates TBA
	Working Railroad Display of the Polar Express, courtesy of the Northwest Ohio Railroad Preservation Association	Weekends 1-4 pm (subject to change)
	Wreath Raffle. The Wood County Historical Society will raffle off Christmas wreaths for you to take home and enjoy.	Raffle tickets can be purchased for $1/each starting December 8. 2012 Raffle drawing date TBA. Need not be present to win.
	Gingerbread Scavenger Hunt. Find the Gingerbread Figures in each Museum exhibit and take home a special holiday treasure.	On-going.
	Jumbo Christmas Cards. Peek your head into the cutouts of our jumbo-sized Christmas Card, or pose outside in front of a jumbo-sized Christmas Card amongst the outdoor Christmas Trees.	On-going.
	Thank you to our military personnel. A special military exhibit to honor our service men and women past and present.	On-going.

2012 Old Home Holiday Gala Fundraiser
Friday, December 9, 6 - 9 PM
$20 admission
RSVP at 419-352-0967
Enjoy light and elegant hors d'oeuvres, delectible desserts, and sparkling champagne. Tour the museum in search of Christmas Treasures, and wrap up your Christmas gift list at the Silent Auction.

2011 Auction Donors - just to give you an idea how cool this is:
7-day stay in Sapphire Valley, NC courtesy of Dolores A. Black & Janet Parks, BGSU Athletics, Black Swamp Spinners Guild, BGSU College of Musical Arts, BG Café rum cake, BG Convention & Visitors Bureau, BG Parks & Recreation, Body & Sole Massage, Kathy Burnside LMT, Calico, Sage, & Thyme, Canal Junction Farmstead Cheese, Cla-Zel Theatre, Coyote Beads, Divine Interiors, Downtown Bowling Green, El Zarape, Fat Fish Blue/Funny Bone, Fort Meigs, Hagemeyer Fine Photography, Hancock Historical Museum, Knitted hat & scarf from Ruth Hasselman, Hayes Presidential Center, Hilton Garden Inn, pottery from Connie Johnson, Kohne Camera & Photo, Holiday Inn Express BG, Beth Genson/LOLA Group LLC, Mid-Wood Inc., Movementality Yoga & Wellness Studio, Myles Baker Street, Nanna's Bookstore, National Tractor Pull, North Branch Nursery, Ohio Magazine & Lake Erie Living, Panera Bread, Poco's Playhouse, Mexican pottery from Edie Olds, Sauder Village, Schooner Farms, Serenity Spa, belly dance lessons from Laura Shakti, South Side Six, photo storage suitcase from Ken & Sharon Shroyer, Rockwell's at the Oliver House, Poco's Playhouse, Snook's Dream Car Museum, St. Julian's Fitness, home cleaning from Eugenia Stonerock, Talbots shopping party, Toledo Mud Hens & Toledo Walleye, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo Symphony, Toledo Zoo, WBGU-TV, Woodlane Residential, and more!

Unique • Local • Historical • Special
We have a wide variety of gifts that range from locally grown herbs to books about the weird. Stop in and see our new feature on local artists.

Kelli Kling
Marketing, PR, & Special Events
Wood County Historical Center & Museum
13660 County Home Road
Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-352-0967
museum@woodcountyhistory.org