2025 Special Events (Tickets are now available for the following events. Click here to view 2025 Event Brochure.)
Antebellum Christmas Tea
at the Museum
Date: Saturday, November 29, 2025
Time: Noon
Cost: $30.00 Limited seating – reservations and prepayment are required.
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Gather with friends to enjoy a Christmas Tea in the beautifully decorated museum lobby. Musicians will fill the air with holiday carols and a historical program will share holiday stories from the past. This traditional English Afternoon Tea will feature holiday scones, finger sandwiches, and fabulous desserts.
LIMITED SEATS STILL AVAILABLE!
Call 419.337.7922 to purchase tickets!
2026 Special Events
We have so much planned for 2026 we couldn't wait to share the news! Click the link below to view our 2026 Special Event Brochure with information about the fantastic events and exhibits planned for next year!
Christmas at the Cabin
Date: Friday, December 12 & Saturday, December 13
Time: Friday 5-8 p.m., Saturday 8–11 a.m.
Cost: FREE!
Location: Fulton County Fairgrounds
Experience the magic of the holiday season at the 5th annual Christmas at the Cabin event! Create special memories with your family as you visit the historic Canfield Cabin to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus and stop by the Reighard Blacksmith Shop to watch the blacksmith working at the forge. There will be fun hands-on activities, crafts, popcorn and hot chocolate at the Elf Workshop located in the Junior Fair Building and a petting zoo for families to visit (Friday night only). Guests can meet the Grinch, the Gingerbread Man and enjoy breakfast with Buddie the Elf on Saturday morning (free will offering).
Santa at the Depot
Dates:
Saturday, November 22 from 7:00–8:00 p.m. (after parade)
Friday, December 19 from 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 20 from 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 21 from 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE!
Location: Wauseon Depot - 225 Depot St., Wauseon
Santa Claus is coming to Town! Stop by the Wauseon Depot this holiday season to visit with Santa, take some pictures, and watch the model trains on display! Don’t miss this free hometown holiday event made possible by the Museum of Fulton County, Wauseon Chamber of Commerce, Wauseon Rotary, Swanton Area Model Railroad Club and the Wauseon Fire Department.
Special Classes/Programs
The Artful Academy at the Museum and Adult Painting Classes
The Artful Academy at the Museum is an opportunity for children and adults to participate in a history-inspired art lesson at the museum! Visit the Education Page on our website to learn more about upcoming classes!
CLICK HERE FOR CLASS DETAILS AND REGISTRATION LINK!
Tea & Tour - Special Program
Cost: $15.00 per person (minimum of 6 guests, maximum of 24 guests)
Location: Museum of Fulton County (located across from the fairgrounds)
Available by reservation only. Please call to check availability and make reservations for your group. 419.337.7922
Are you looking for a unique experience for your book club, card club, church group or just a special gathering with family or friends? Consider booking a “Tea and Tour” program at the Museum of Fulton County! Gather with friends around our table set with antique China to enjoy a Cream Tea that includes a pot of English tea served with a traditional scone with clotted cream and jam. This special program also includes a guided tour of the Museum.
Family Reading Experience - Tangled Up In Luck
Cost: $39.95 - Available for purchase at Legacy Shop or online!
Wauseon-born author Merrill Wyatt’s popular mystery novel “Tangled Up In Luck” has now come alive with an interactive reading experience! The miniature steamer trunk includes the novel, a travel journal, detective’s magnifying glass, compass, and activities to navigate families through their journey from 1887 to today. Your family will enjoy hunting for clues at real-life Wauseon locations featured in the story. If you are as clever as the story’s detectives and solve the puzzle, you will find real jewels!
Special Exhibits
We The People of Fulton County
NOW OPEN!
To celebrate the 175th anniversary of Fulton County’s founding, the “We The People of Fulton County” exhibit highlights the ten largest groups of immigrants that came to Fulton County to make a new life. Using mannequins in period clothing, artifacts, quilts, and photographs, stories are shared of the immigrant families who were registered in the Federal Census between 1850 and 1950. Guests can also use a computer to look up information about an ancestor. A look at the culinary history of immigrant families is also available with a new cookbook, “The Immigrant’s Table,” published as part of this project. The cookbook is available for purchase online or at the Legacy Gift Shop. General admission required. Exhibit open thru December 2025.
Born in Turmoil - NOW OPEN!
As part of the 175th anniversary of Fulton County, the Museum of Fulton County is creating a special exhibit that brings the county’s beginning years to life. Born during the politically volatile upheaval, Fulton County survived the crisis of the Civil War.
Visitors will meet county residents, both on the farm and on the battle lines, and experience those years through their eyes and the museum’s vast collection. Through patriotism, conflict, sacrifice, victory, loss, and generosity, the future of 4,000 residents and even today’s residents was changed forever.