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Garst Museum 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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Jan 102 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 20, 20241 min read
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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Dec 12, 20242 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 6, 20242 min read
Garst Celebrates 75th Anniversary with Holiday Open House
M-M-M! Â Â M USEUM STORE M EMBERSHIP M ERRIMENT Â The Holiday Open House is back at Garst Museum on Saturday, December 7. The Open House...
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Nov 3, 20242 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 1, 20242 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 13, 20242 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 11, 20242 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 11, 20243 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 11, 20241 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 11, 20241 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 10, 20241 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 10, 20247 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 2, 20241 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 16, 20241 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 16, 20242 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 29, 20242 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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Jul 25, 20241 min read
Hold Annie Oakley’s Gun!
Holding Annie Oakley’s gun was such a popular event in 2023 that the Annie Oakley Center Foundation and Garst Museum will create an...
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