2025 Special Events (Tickets are now available for the following events. Click here to view 2025 Event Brochure.)
Happy Birthday Fulton County!
Date: Tuesday, April 1
Times: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE!
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Join us as we celebrate Fulton County’s 175th birthday with cake, punch, and FREE ADMISSION to the museum for guests of all ages!
Click here to learn more about more activities planned for Fulton County's 175th Birthday!
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National Train Day at the Museum
Date: Saturday, May 10
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Free with Museum Admission
Location: Museum of Fulton County
National Train Day was started in 2008 to call attention to trains in America. Join us as we celebrate trains in Fulton County! The Swanton Area Model Railroad Club will be running special trains in the lobby and we will have hands-on activities for children to enjoy throughout the day (free activities with admission).
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Lauber Hill Open House
Date: Sunday, June 15 and July 20
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Lauber Hill Reformed Mennonite Church, 7094 Co. Rd. 21, Archbold, OH
Join us for an afternoon Open House as volunteers share stories about the history of the Lauber Hill Community. The former Lauber Hill Reformed Mennonite Church, located five miles northeast of Archbold, was also called the Archbold Reformed Mennonite Church. Organized around 1855, its first church was erected in 1864. Today we preserve the history of this beautiful building and the families that rest peacefully there.
Fulton County Historical Society Annual Meeting & Banquet
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Time: 5:30 – 6:00 Social Hour, 6:00 p.m. Dinner with speaker and meeting to follow
Cost: $30.00 – Reservation Required
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Get your tickets now for our 2025 Annual Meeting and Banquet! Enjoy a delicious meal and presentation. Stay tuned for more details!
Antebellum Christmas Tea
at the Museum
Date: Saturday, November 29, 2025
Time: Noon
Cost: $30.00 Limited seating – reservations and prepayment are required.
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Gather with friends to enjoy a Christmas Tea in the beautifully decorated museum lobby. Musicians will fill the air with holiday carols and a historical program will share holiday stories from the past. This traditional English Afternoon Tea will feature holiday scones, finger sandwiches, and fabulous desserts.
Dining on the Orient Express
Date: Saturday, April 26
Time: Noon or 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $50.00 - Limited seating – reservations and prepayment are required.
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Join us for a taste of days-gone-by as you enjoy a progressive dinner and travel through Agatha Christie’s famous 1934 novel. Dress as your favorite passenger from the book.
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Beginning Genealogy 102
Date: Monday, May 12
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE (pre-registration required – limited to first 50 participants. Open to general public & historical society members)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Join us for a free genealogy lecture building on the research skills learned in March. Stay tuned for more details!
Lauber Hill Founder's Day
Date: August 17, 2025
Time: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $40.00 – Reservations Required
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Lauber Hill Reformed Mennonite Church, 7094 Co. Rd. 21, Archbold
Join us for the second annual Founder’s Day event to honor the history of the immigrant families who traveled to Ohio and established a farming community near Lauber Hill 190 years ago. Each year the Founder’s Day event will feature one of the families that settled near Lauber Hill with this year’s program sharing the Rupp family’s history. There will be an Open House for registered guests, a short program in the meeting house followed by a traditional Mennonite meal prepared using local recipes. All proceeds from this event will go to the Lauber Hill Fund. A limited number of tickets are available.
Haunting History Tours of Lyons
Date: Friday, October 24 & Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Cost: $20.00 Reservations and pre-payment required.
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Lyons Depot Museum – 136 West Morenci Street, Lyons, OH 43533
Make plans now to join one of our Haunting History Tours as we share interesting tales of local people, haunting places, and little-known events in Fulton County. The one-hour walking tour will begin at the Lyons Depot and take you through the town of Lyons with its old houses and spooky legends from the past.
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Mother's Day Tea - Tastes From Across the Sea
Date: Saturday, May 10
Time: 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $25.00 Limited seating – reservations and prepayment are required.
(10% member discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: History Manor, 229 Monroe St., Wauseon, OH 43567
Gather with friends to enjoy fine teas, homemade scones, luncheon sandwiches and delicious desserts in a delightful, vintage setting at the History Manor. You will surely be enamored by the delectable tastes of history of our immigrant homelands.
Genealogy Annual Banquet
Date: Monday, June 9, 2025
Time: 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $30.00 – Reservations required
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Get your tickets now for the 2025 Genealogy Banquet. Enjoy a delicious meal and presentation. Stay tuned for more details!
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Hobo Day at the Depot
Date: Saturday, September 27
Time: 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free Admission (Free will donation for hobo dinner)
Location: Wauseon Depot & Museum – 225 Depot St., Wauseon
Enjoy a fun afternoon at the Wauseon Depot as you discover the true adventures of hobos during the Great Depression. Explore the New York Central Depot, learn about model trains, and enjoy live music. Gather with friends to enjoy a real “Hobo Dinner” including sausage, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, onions, corn bread, a dessert, and beverage. A free will offering is requested for the hobo dinner.
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Searching Veteran Records
Date: Monday, November 10
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE (pre-registration required – limited to first 50 participants. Open to general public & historical society members)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Join us for a free genealogy lecture focused on searching veteran records. Stay tuned for more details!
Special Classes/Programs
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The Artful Academy at the Museum - April Classes
Dates: Thursday, April 3, 10, 17 & 24
Times: 10:30–11:20 a.m. (PreK-Kindergarten), 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. (ages 5-10 years old) OR 1:00–3:00 p.m. (ages 11 and up)
Cost: $20.00 per session (Limited seating – registration and prepayment required)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
The Artful Academy at the Museum is a new opportunity for children and adults to participate in an exhibit-inspired art lesson at the museum! During these hands-on classes, instructor Ms. Lindsee will offer a bite-sized history and art lesson for all ages!
Registration fee includes all supplies and admission to the museum on the day of the class. Register online or call 419.337.7922.
CLICK HERE FOR CLASS DETAILS AND REGISTRATION LINK!
Tea & Tour - Special Program
Cost: $15.00 per person (minimum of 6 guests, maximum of 24 guests)
Location: Museum of Fulton County (located across from the fairgrounds)
Available by reservation only. Please call to check availability and make reservations for your group. 419.337.7922
Are you looking for a unique experience for your book club, card club, church group or just a special gathering with family or friends? Consider booking a “Tea and Tour” program at the Museum of Fulton County! Gather with friends around our table set with antique China to enjoy a Cream Tea that includes a pot of English tea served with a traditional scone with clotted cream and jam. This special program also includes a guided tour of the Museum.
Family Reading Experience - Tangled Up In Luck
Cost: $39.95 - Available for purchase at Legacy Shop or online!
Wauseon-born author Merrill Wyatt’s popular mystery novel “Tangled Up In Luck” has now come alive with an interactive reading experience! The miniature steamer trunk includes the novel, a travel journal, detective’s magnifying glass, compass, and activities to navigate families through their journey from 1887 to today. Your family will enjoy hunting for clues at real-life Wauseon locations featured in the story. If you are as clever as the story’s detectives and solve the puzzle, you will find real jewels!
Special Exhibits
"All Aboard" Train Exhibit
Journey back in time to explore the history of trains in Fulton County. Since 1852, electric trollies, steam and diesel engines have crisscrossed the county and helped each village thrive. The new “All Aboard!” train exhibit will feature unique artifacts from train depots across Fulton County, a working model train with a playhouse watch tower, a monumental-sized story book about trains, and a variety of hands-on activities focused on the people who worked on and around the railroad. General admission required.
Exhibit closes on May 10, 2025.
Click Here To Learn More!
We The People of Fulton County
NOW OPEN!
To celebrate the 175th anniversary of Fulton County’s founding, the “We The People of Fulton County” exhibit highlights the ten largest groups of immigrants that came to Fulton County to make a new life. Using mannequins in period clothing, artifacts, quilts, and photographs, stories are shared of the immigrant families who were registered in the Federal Census between 1850 and 1950. Guests can also use a computer to look up information about an ancestor. A look at the culinary history of immigrant families is also available with a new cookbook, “The Immigrant’s Table,” published as part of this project. The cookbook is available for purchase online or at the Legacy Gift Shop. General admission required. Exhibit open thru December 2025.