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Catawba Museum Is Open For 2019
our local evolution,” said Batterton. “We’ve mixed facts, legends and lore in a manner that will interest all age groups. The new displays are meant to be educational, but many are also quirky and fun!”
The Catawba Island Historical Society was cre- ated in 2017 to found, fund and operate the Museum which opened last June on East Porter Street at the north end of the Island. Both the Society and the Museum are headquar- tered in the former Union Chapel, a non-denomina-
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Following a winter in hibernation, the Catawba Museum at Union Chapel reopened to the public on May 15, 2019. The plan for this season is to operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, as well as the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month, until mid-Oc- tober. Hours will be 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
According to Connie Batterton, the Museum’s Curator, only a small num-
ber of the Sandusky Bay Ice Harvesting Industry exhibits remain from 2018. They have been largely re- placed with displays that tell Catawba Island’s sto- ry from geological birth to its present role as a recre- ational mecca.
“When visitors enter the Museum they will re- ceive a layout map to direct them along the historical timeline we have created for sharing stories about
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