The Kelso House Museum is set to host the official Ohio Civil War 150 exhibit.  The Ohio Historical Society, in partnership with the Ohio Humanities Council and American Electric Power, sponsored development of “Ohio & The Civil War: 150 Years Later”, a special travelling panel exhibit produced for the Civil War’s sesquicentennial. The exhibit explores Ohio’s participation in the war and focuses on individual’s choices that impacted local communities and the course of the war. Three themes – Democracy, Transformation and Memory – are used to reveal Civil War stories that have impacted Ohio from the 19th century to the present day. The Brimfield Historical Society is sponsoring this traveling exhibit and will be displaying it at The Kelso House Museum February 1-March 6, 2012. The exhibit is free and open to the public Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10am-4pm; Thursdays 10am-8pm; Fridays 10am-2pm; and all other days by appointment only.

Sponsors: The Brimfield Historical Society
Location: The Kelso House Museum, 4158 State Route 43, Brimfield, OH, 44240