Heritage Village Museum & Educational Center T i m e s t e p s Winter 2020 Letter from the Executive Director In addition to the generous donations of our members, we depend on funding from various local foundations. We seldom talk about this important aspect of funding for various projects at the Village, but in 2019, twenty grants were applied for and five were funded. Here is a list of the grants that were funded. The Charles M. Dater Foundation supported the Village with $20,000. The money was used for education staff Village Hours salaries including the summer camp counselors and education supplies. To October-April share the history of Southwest Ohio with school children who might not be able to afford to visit the Village, we offered several schools the opportunity to Self-guided tours and exhibits. visit for free. Wednesday - Friday 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. To continue the work of restoring the Myers School, applications for funding were sent to seven foundations May-September totaling $110,000. Two grants were approved for a total of Wednesday - Saturday $30,000. The Louise Taft Semple Foundation and The John 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Hauck Foundation gave $15,000 each. Once the weather Guided tours: turns nice, work will continue on the Myers School. 10:30 a.m., 12:45 p.m. & 3 p.m. Sophie Grant, former Camp Counselor and Assistant Education Director, Sunday wrote two grants for Universal Design for Learning. In the grants, Sophie 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. wrote that “Universal Design for Learning according to the Center for Guided Tours: Universal Design at North Carolina State University, is the design of products 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. and environments to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design.” Funding from The Oliver Family Foundation for $1,000 will assist in bringing this to reality as we Office Hours continue to strive to make the Village a welcoming place for everyone. Monday – Friday The last grant received in 2019 came from the W. E. Smith Family Charitable 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Trust Fund which awarded $1,000 to the Village. The Village has partnered (513) 563-9484 with the Cincinnati Observatory to celebrate John Quincy Adams’ 1843 visit to Cincinnati to lay the cornerstone of the observatory. The trust is supporting the Private tours, school programs and first-person program featuring John Quincy Adams on April 3 at the Village scout programs available and presentation at the Observatory on April 4. year round by appointment. We would like to apply for more grants in 2020. In order to submit more grants I need volunteers to help. This would include researching potential foundations that might support our projects, meeting with staff to determine the project, and writing the grant. I will train and assist you to help give you the best opportunity to succeed. If you are interested in helping with grant writing, please contact me. UPCOMING EVENTS Chocolate, Champagne, & Candlelight Escape the Village Feb. 8 7-10 p.m. Mar. 28, Apr. 25, May 23, Jun. 27, Our annual gala event will be held on Jul. 25, Aug. 24 & Sept. 28 Feb. 8 from 7 to 10 p.m. at Raffel's Noon, 1:30 p.m., and 3 p.m. Banquet Center (10160 Reading Rd.). Escape the Village is an escape This year’s event will have a roaring 20s room style challenge! The first theme! “Babe Ruth” will be the MC. Escape the Village challenge is Learn to dance the Charleston, then held in Fetter General Store and dance the night away to jazz music called “Morgan’s Raiders of the Matt Tolentino played by the Matt Tolentino Trio. Lost Art.” Follow the clues to of the Matt Listen to a talk on the Brewery Industry solve this art heist based on the historic confederate raid Tolentino Trio. in Cincinnati and Prohibition. Watch a in July 1863, when General John Hunt Morgan and his magician do card tricks. Indulge in the men rode through this area looting along the way. chocolate buffet and hors d’oeuvres. Three drink tickets A second escape room is currently being developed. It are included. Take your photo in front of a Model T or will be based on the first train robbery in America, which Model A car. Win some swell silent auction and raffle took place in North Bend, OH in 1865. This escape room prizes. Raffle items include: Hearth Cooked Dinner, will take place in our historic train station. Escape the Village (escape room experience), Best Seat in Tickets are $25 per person. Please call 513-563-9484 to the House (package for next year’s event), and much reserve your tickets. more! This exciting gala event is the largest annual fundraiser for Heritage Village Museum and Educational Buckeye Bowl Center. Proceeds from this event help to preserve the Apr. 4 Noon historic buildings in the Village and provide quality educational programs throughout the year. Tickets are The Cincinnati Buckeyes vintage base ball team will $40 per person. Register by Feb. 4 by calling 513-563- celebrate their 20th season by hosting a “tri-cornered” 9484 or visiting heritagevillagecincinnati.org/events. game between three Cincinnati Buckeye teams made up of past, present, and honorary Buckeyes. There will also Hearth Cooked Dinners be a giveaway of commemorative items, refreshments and Mar. 11, Jun. 17, Aug. 19, & Nov. 18 other reunion-style festivities. This is a free event. 6 - 9 p . m . Burr Conspiracy Join us for a Hearth Cooked Apr. 18 2 p.m. Dinner and sample some Did you love the musical “Hamilton?” This program 18th and 19th century picks up where “Hamilton” leaves off. After his duel with cuisine. You will enjoy a Hamilton, Aaron Burr was politically ruined, so he candle-lit dinner. Education concocted a plan to carve a new empire out of the West. Director, Steve Preston, will Burr’s trial for treason was the trial of the century. Join us prepare the meal and give as we discuss the plot, the players, and the trial from a guests background into the Cincinnati perspective. Ohio and Cincinnati played a Steve Preston and Tessa Grant history and preparation of larger role in Burr’s plans than many realize. preparing the meal. each dish. The cost is $35 Refreshments will be provided. Admission is $5. Museum per person. Reserve your members and children age 4 and under are free. seat by calling 513-563-9484. 2 UPCOMING EVENTS First Lady Tea with Julia Grant Quilted Treasures M a y 2 2 - 3 : 3 0 p . m . J u l . 2 1 – 25 First Lady Julia Grant will be the hostess for this special Quilts from our collection will be on display throughout tea. Enjoy a three course afternoon tea in Hayner House the Village. There will also be quilting and textile and learn about tea traditions! Tickets demonstrations. Admission is $10. Admission is free for are $20 for adults and $15 for children members and children ages 4 and under. under 12. Reserve your tickets by calling 513-563-9484. Women Who Dared Aug. 25 7 p.m. Marching Through Time Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment Jun. 6 & 7 10 a.m. – 4 p . m . going into effect by learning This timeline event will focus on military history going all about the women (and men) who the way back to the Roman Legion. Different periods in championed the cause of military history including Medieval Knights, Wayne’s woman’s suffrage in this country Legion, Civil War, WWI, and WWII will be brought to and overseas in the late 19th and life by reenactors. This family friendly event also includes early 20th century. You will learn of the protests, jailing, citizens in period clothing, demonstrations, hands-on victories and defeats culminating with the signature of activities, and music. Admission is $10. Admission is free President Woodrow Wilson that would forever give for members and children ages 4 and under. women the right to vote. Admission is $5. Mark Your Calendar Registration Date(s) Event required?* Feb. 7, Feb. 14, Feb. 21, Feb. 28, Mar. 6, Mar. 13, Mar. 20, & Mar. 27 First Person Program Series Yes Feb. 8 Chocolate, Champagne, and Candlelight Yes Mar. 11, Jun. 17, Aug. 19 & Nov. 18 Hearth Cooked Dinner Yes Mar. 28, Apr. 25, May 23, Jun. 27, Jul. 25, Aug. 24 & Sept. 28 Escape the Village Yes Apr. 3 John Quincy Adams Dinner and Program Yes Apr. 4 Buckeye Bowl No May 2 First Lady Tea Yes Apr. 18 Burr Conspiracy No Jun. 6 & 7 Marching Through Time No July 21-26 Quilted Treasures No Aug. 25 Women Who Dared No Sept. (Date TBD) Columbia Settlement 1788 No Oct. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23 & 24 Haunted Village No Dec. 12 & 13 Holly Days No Dec. 16, 17, 18, 23 & Jan. 2 Train Days No * Call 513-563-9484 to register for programs and events. Online registration will be available for some events. Check HeritageVillageMuseum.org/events for more details. 3 First Person Program Series Learn about notable people of the past from our Mar. 6 - Mary Cunningham presenters! Each program begins at 7:00 p.m. and Irish born Mary was a fun-loving woman includes dessert. Advance registration is required. Call who liked her whiskey and was rough 513-563-9484 to register. The cost for each program is around the edges.