2024 Special Events
Christmas at the Cabin
Dates: Friday, Dec. 6 from 5 - 8 pm and Saturday, Dec. 7 from 9 am - Noon.
Cost: Free
Location: Fulton County Fairgrounds
Experience the magic of the holiday season at the 4th 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. New this year, guests can even enjoy breakfast with Olaf on Saturday morning (free will offering).
Santa at the Depot
Dates:
Friday, December 20 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Saturday, December 21 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 22 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Wauseon Depot - 225 Depot Street
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.
2025 Special Events (Tickets are now available for the following events. Complete event schedule will be posted soon!)
Valentine Tea - An Immigrant
Love Story
Date: Saturday, February 15, 2025
Times: 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $25.00 Limited seating – reservations and prepayment are required.
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: History Manor, 229 Monroe St., Wauseon, OH 43567
Gather with friends to enjoy fine teas, homemade scones, luncheon sandwiches and delicious desserts in a delightful, vintage setting at the History Manor. You will surely be enamored by the delectable treats, and a romantic immigrant love story.
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Mother's Day Tea - Tastes From Across the Sea
Date: Saturday, May 10, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m., 12:00 p.m. & 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $25.00 Limited seating – reservations and prepayment are required.
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: History Manor, 229 Monroe St., Wauseon, OH 43567
Gather with friends to enjoy fine teas, homemade scones, luncheon sandwiches and delicious desserts in a delightful, vintage setting at the History Manor. You will surely be enamored by the delectable tastes of history of our immigrant homelands.
Fulton County Historical Society Annual Meeting & Banquet
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Time: 5:30 – 6:00 Social Hour, 6:00 p.m. Dinner with speaker and meeting to follow
Cost: $30.00 – Reservation Required
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Get your tickets now for our 2025 Annual Meeting and Banquet! Enjoy a delicious meal and presentation. Stay tuned for more details!
Murder on the New York Central
Date: Saturday, March 22, 2025
Times: 4:00-6:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m.
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
The New York Central Railroad’s 20st Century Limited sets the stage for an evening of mystery, mayhem and murder! During a trip from New York to Chicago, the train is forced to stop in Fulton County. You, as the passengers, are now becoming detectives in this interactive murder mystery! Reservations and prepayment are required for this adult-only event.
Genealogy Annual Banquet
Date: Monday, June 9, 2025
Time: 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Cost: $30.00 – Reservations required
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Get your tickets now for the 2025 Genealogy Banquet. Enjoy a delicious meal and presentation. Stay tuned for more details!
Haunting History Tours of Lyons
Date: Friday, October 24 & Saturday, October 25, 2025
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Cost: $20.00 Reservations and pre-payment required.
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Lyons Depot Museum – 136 West Morenci Street, Lyons, OH 43533
Make plans now to join one of our Haunting History Tours as we share interesting tales of local people, haunting places, and little-known events in Fulton County. The one-hour walking tour will begin at the Lyons Depot and take you through the town of Lyons with its old houses and spooky legends from the past.
Dining on the Orient Express
Date: April 26, 2025
Time: Noon or 5:00 p.m.
Cost: $50.00 - Limited seating – reservations and prepayment are required.
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Museum of Fulton County
Join us for a taste of days-gone-by as you enjoy a progressive dinner and travel through Agatha Christie’s famous 1934 novel. Dress as your favorite passenger from the book.
Lauber Hill Founder's Day
Date: August 17, 2025
Time: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $40.00 – Reservations Required
(Museum Members - 10% discount when ordering in person or over the phone)
Location: Lauber Hill Reformed Mennonite Church, 7094 Co. Rd. 21, Archbold
Join us for the second annual Founder’s Day event to honor the history of the immigrant families who traveled to Ohio and established a farming community near Lauber Hill 190 years ago. Each year the Founder’s Day event will feature one of the families that settled near Lauber Hill with this year’s program sharing the Rupp family’s history. There will be an Open House for registered guests, a short program in the meeting house followed by a traditional Mennonite meal prepared using local recipes. All proceeds from this event will go to the Lauber Hill Fund. A limited number of tickets are available.
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.
Special Programs
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
"All Aboard" Train Exhibit
NOW OPEN!
Journey back in time to explore the history of trains in Fulton County. Since 1852, electric trollies, steam and diesel engines have crisscrossed the county and helped each village thrive. The new “All Aboard!” train exhibit will feature unique artifacts from train depots across Fulton County, a working model train with a playhouse watch tower, a monumental-sized story book about trains, and a variety of hands-on activities focused on the people who worked on and around the railroad.
General admission required.
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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.