Welcome to the Geauga County Historical Society

The Geauga County Historical Society ensures that the history of Geauga County is preserved for the education and appreciation of present and future generations.

Our fully restored Century Village Museum, located in Burton, Ohio is an authentic representation of a Western Reserve Village from 1798 to the turn of the 19th century. The Museum contains over twenty historically authentic buildings, more than 20,000 museum artifacts, and a working farm with a sugar bush for making maple syrup.

Century Village Museum provides guided goup tours, offers educational programs and hosts numerous festivals and special events each year including; Civil War Reenactment, Antique Power and Steam Show, Apple Butter Festival and Raccoon County Music Festival.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

2013 SPEAKER SERIES

The Geauga County Historical Society will be offering monthly speakers on different historical topics.  Patrons are encourage to pack a lunch and enjoy lunch with a view, attend a lecture on a fascinating subject and then take a guided tour of our historic village.  There is no cost to members for the lecture and the tour. Non members are $5.00 for the lecture and $7.00 for the guided tour.

June 2, 2013        Sylvia Wiggins, The Underground Railroad

July 14, 2013       Susan Powers, Edwardian Fashions

Aug. 11, 2013       Bill Jackson, Resorts of Little Mountain

Sept. 22, 2013      Sandy Mueller, Memories of Crystal Beach Park, Vermillion, Ohio

Oct. 22, 2013        Cheryl McClellan, Prehistoric People of Northeast Ohio

Nov. 10, 2013       Bill Jackson, Retrospective of 1913 in Geauga County

All lectures begin at 1:30pm and will be presented in the Auburn Church at

Century Village Museum.