2010 Programs

Museum Encounter For Children & Homeschoolers

Celebrating the Chinese New Year

Children and Families—Feb. 7, 2:00—4:00 P.M.

Home Schoolers—Feb. 11, 1:00—3:00 P.M.

      Celebrate the Chinese New Year—it’s the Year of the Tiger—at JHM. Starting in the Asian Gallery, we’ll acquaint ourselves with the mythological animals and ancient religions of China, then we’ll learn about the Chinese New Year celebration while sampling typical holiday foods. During the second hour participants will make a personal zodiac banner and a dragon streamer puppet. Program cost is $5 for participants and $1 for accompanying adults. This program is suitable for ages 9 years and up. Younger children will need a parent for help. Please call or e-mail for reservations.

The Cullison Protohistoric Village Site at Warsaw and the Warsaw Warrior Petroglyph

Thursday, April 29th, 7:00 P.M.

Recent Archaeological Discoveries

Speaker Dr. Nigel Brush, Ashland University

      Coshocton County is a hotbed of archaeological material. Dr. Nigel Brush. Associate Professor of Geology at Ashland University, will give a presentation on the Cullison Protohistoric Village Site located near the present village of Warsaw. It was occupied by Native Americans between A.D. 1610 and 1660. Dr. Brush conducted an archaeological fieldschool at this site in the summer of 1995 with students from the College of Wooster. 

Artifacts recovered from the site included flint tools, flint debitage, stone tools, pottery, animal bones, and plant remains.  During the Beaver Wars (A.D. 1650-1700), Iroquois warriors from the area of present-day New York State made frequent raids on the Ohio Country and eventually drove most of the indigenous population from their homes. A petroglyph found at the Cullison Site may depict one of these Iroquois warriors.

General admission is $5; $3.00 for students and Friends of the Museum.