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Garst Museum Holiday Hours and January 2025 Closure

The Garst Museum will be open during its normal operating hours from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. through Saturday, December 21, 2024. The...

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3 days ago2 min read

Garst Museum Thanks Coppock-Hole For New Sign

The Garst Museum has a new sign. The original sign was beginning to deteriorate, with some of the wood starting to rot and the wording on...

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Dec 122 min read

Harry G. Thomas Medical Scholarship Awarded

The Darke County Historical Society is pleased to announce Bailey Stammen is the recipient of the Harry G. Thomas Medical Scholarship...

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Dec 101 min read

Garst Museum January 2025 Closure

The museum will be closed the month of January 2025 and will reopen for the new 2025 season on February 4, 2025, at 10:00 am. During this...

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Dec 62 min read

Garst Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Holiday Open House

M-M-M! M USEUM STORE M EMBERSHIP M ERRIMENT The Holiday Open House is back at Garst Museum on Saturday, December 7. The Open House...

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Nov 141 min read

Thank You G.A.LA. 2024 Sponsors!

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Nov 32 min read

Garst Museum Speaker Series Celebrates Douglas Dickey Medal of Honor Exhibit

Join Garst Museum on Saturday, November 9, 2024, for its next free Speaker Series program. The November Speaker Series has traditionally...

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Nov 12 min read

Annie’s GALA is Two Weeks of FUN!

Annie’s GALA, inside Garst Museum and the National Annie Oakley Center, starts on Saturday, October 19, and ends on Saturday, November 2,...

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Oct 162 min read

Garst Museum Substitute Receptionist Opportunity

Does a part-time job during the children's school hours sound appealing—extra money with no child-care costs? Is retirement not as you...

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Oct 132 min read

New Annie Oakley Artifacts in Temporary Exhibit

Annie Oakley died nearly 98 years ago, and you would probably believe there couldn’t be anything new to learn about the legendary...

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Oct 112 min read

Darke County Board of Developmental Disabilities Helps Garst Musem

Garst Museum has made it easier for everyone to visit the museum thanks to the assistance of Darke County Board of Developmental...

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Oct 113 min read

Tour in the Darke Leads to Annie Oakley Collection Coming to Light

A pearl-handled revolver belonging to Annie Oakley is among the extraordinary artifacts recently acquired from a rare private collection...

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Oct 111 min read

Free Fourth Grade History Pass

School is back in session, and it is time to hit the books. The classroom is a great place to learn, but fourth graders have many other...

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Oct 111 min read

Garst Tornadornaments Available

Own a piece of history! Branches from historic sycamore trees on Garst Museum grounds, downed in the May 7 tornado, have been turned...

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Oct 101 min read

Fall Genealogy Workshop

The Darke County Genealogical Society, Inc. presents the Fall Genealogy Workshop. The workshop will be held on Saturday, October 12,...

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Oct 107 min read

Garst Museum Tornado Information Updates

On the evening of May 7, the Garst Museum was in the path of a confirmed EF1 tornado. Unfortunately, the museum and grounds suffered...

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Oct 21 min read

Garst Museum Hosts Annie Oakley Historian and Author on October 5

Garst Museum will continue its 2024-25 Lecture Series on October 5, 2024, with journalist and Annie Oakley historian Shirl Kasper, MA,...

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Sep 161 min read

We Invite You to Join Garst Museum's Tornado Recovery Journey

You can help by becoming a member or donating to our Annual Fund or Capital Campaign. For more information on helping, please visit the...

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Aug 162 min read

Remembering Buchy’s

Rolling into the Lowell Thomas Meeting Room at Garst Museum is the iconic Buchy meat wagon built by the Lohmann Brothers (yes, the...

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Jul 292 min read

Lowell Thomas Exhibit and Americana Wing Reopens July 26, 2024

The tornado on May 7, 2024, disrupted many lives and caused extensive damage to a large swath of the City of Greenville. Although life...

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