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- The
Shelby Museum Of History
- 23
East Main St., Shelby, Ohio 44875
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- The Shelby
Museum of History was organized by a group of women who were
members
- of "The
Questers' Inc.", an organization dedicated to preserving
the past. The
Museum
- was
incorporated on March 16, 1976, as a non - profit organization.
The dedication was
- on
June 11, 1976.
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- The
dedication served as a tribute to the memory of Raymond Wilkinson,
a well-known
- historian
and former Shelby Mayor, who often expressed the wish that Shelby
have a museum.
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- At
the time of his death, a fund was created by a group of citizens
to start the museum
- and
the city agreed to provide space. His heirs donated his Shelby
photographs, paper
- and
memorabilia collection that pertained to this project and these
dedicated Gamble's
- Mill
Quester members saw the museum come to life.
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- The museum
started in one room, provided by the city of Shelby in what was
then the city
- building
(old Shelby Mutual building) at 23 West Main Street. The museum
immediately
- outgrew
that space and in 1979 moved to the Sutter-Roush room at 23 East
Main Street,
- which is
also owned by the city of Shelby.
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- Shelby
Museum, Shelby, Ohio (Photo 6/2004)
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- The Shelby
Museum of History, Inc. is governed by a Board of Directors.
The
- original
members were: Leonard Waines, Kort Broomhall, Kathryn Douglas,
- Ronald
and Janet Scheid, Zorada Bussom, and Corene Humphrey.
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- Volunteers
serve as museum caretakers.
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- Shelby
Museum, Shelby, Ohio (Photo 6/2004)
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- The museum
houses a collection of artifacts and memorabilia from businesses
and
- the people
of Shelby, Ohio. Across the street from the museum, in Central
Park, is a
- log cabin
discovered under the siding on a house being razed at 16 Walnut
Street. The
- cabin was
moved and restored in time for Shelby's Sesquicentennial celebration
in 1984.
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- Shelby
Museum, Shelby, Ohio (Photo 7/2000)
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- Shelby Log Cabin, Shelby, Ohio
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- Shelby
Museum, Shelby, Ohio (Photo 7/2000)
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- Life in Early Shelby (Log Cabin
Interior) - as re-enacted for a Shelby Bicycle Days Festival.
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- Admission
to the museum is free, but donations are greatly appreciated.
- The
museum is open from
2 pm to 4 pm, the first Sunday of the month, May - Oct.
- and also
by appointment. Groups are welcome!
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- For appointments, please contact
Tom Clabaugh at: clabaugh@richnet.net
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- You may
also also email your questions -
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