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Wood County Museum Award-winning local history museum located within the former Wood County Infirmary building.

Former County Poor Farm now a museum open for self-guided tours daily. Featured exhibit: For Comfort & Convenience: Public Charity By Way of the Poor Farm.

Last Thursday was So Fetch! Thank you to everyone who came out to our Mean Girls Movie Night. This movie night was part ...
10/07/2026

Last Thursday was So Fetch! Thank you to everyone who came out to our Mean Girls Movie Night. This movie night was part of the Ohio Goes to the Movies America 250-Ohio programing. Mean Girls connection to Wood County is actor Jonathan Bennett, who is from Rossford, Ohio.

This is Education Programs Coordinator, Michael McMaster, sharing a bit of information about the Blanchard River and Woo...
10/06/2026

This is Education Programs Coordinator, Michael McMaster, sharing a bit of information about the Blanchard River and Wood County Mail, 1832

In 1832, the mail route between Perrysburg and Lima was full of dangers. The Blanchard River, in the winter and early springtime, often was flooded or flowed with ice. In February 1832, mail carrier Noah Reed was, “compelled to break the ice” for himself and his horse, “and had great difficulty in crossing the Blanchard.” On another time, Reed states that, “I was utterly unable to cross that stream on the account of the extraordinary high water, and could not make the trip.” L.W. Reed, “met with a mishap in which he nearly drowned both himself and horse, and lost the mail bag.” The bag was, “recovered a few days later full of water.”

💗 IT’S OCTOBER 3RD. 💗 You know what that means. Obviously we're watching Mean Girls. Join us at the Wood County Museum f...
10/03/2026

💗 IT’S OCTOBER 3RD. 💗 You know what that means. Obviously we're watching Mean Girls.

Join us at the Wood County Museum for a FREE Movie Night featuring:
đź’— Mean Girls
🍿 Movie snacks
đź’• Plastics Punch mocktails
📸 Fetch photo ops
🎟️ 2000s nostalgia prize raffle
đź‘— A costume party

And YES, you should wear pink. Actually, you should probably wear something aggressively 2000s. Velour? Yes. Tiny sunglasses? Absolutely. Questionable denim? Obviously.

đź“… Saturday, October 3
đź•” Doors open at 5 PM
🎬 Movie starts at 6 PM
đź“Ť Wood County Museum
🎟️ FREE!

Cancel your plans. Tell your friends. Add it to the group chat.
And remember: October 3rd is not just a date. It’s a lifestyle.

💗 IT’S HAPPENING TOMORROW! 💗Get in, losers… we’re going to the Wood County Museum! Join us TOMORROW, Saturday, October 3...
10/02/2026

💗 IT’S HAPPENING TOMORROW! 💗

Get in, losers… we’re going to the Wood County Museum!

Join us TOMORROW, Saturday, October 3, for a totally fetch night featuring the movie Mean Girls and all the early 2000s nostalgia you can handle.

đź‘— Dress as your favorite character or wear your best 2000s look!
🍿 Enjoy movie snacks
đź’• Sip on Plastics Punch mocktails
📸 Take some fetch photos
🎟️ Enter our 2000s nostalgia prize raffle
🎬 Watch Mean Girls!

🎟️ FREE EVENT!

đź•” Doors open at 5:00 PM
🎬 Movie starts at 6:00 PM
đź“Ť Wood County Museum

Round up your Plastics… or your fellow misfits… and we'll see you tomorrow! 💗

Join us TODAY (10/2/26) for Free First Friday! Enjoy free museum admission, and our kid-friendly craft: Foam Caramel App...
10/02/2026

Join us TODAY (10/2/26) for Free First Friday! Enjoy free museum admission, and our kid-friendly craft: Foam Caramel Apples!

Free First Fridays are presented by: Visit BG Ohio, Perrysburg Area Chamber of Commerce, & Visit Rossford Ohio.

There's no better place for a picnic than the Wood County Museum! Reminder that the Wood County Museum grounds are open ...
10/01/2026

There's no better place for a picnic than the Wood County Museum!

Reminder that the Wood County Museum grounds are open and free to all who would like to enjoy the splendor. Hope to see you soon!

The Wood County Museum grounds are a partnership with the Wood County Park District.

📸: Seth Burzynski

This week’s is a thermic jug from the Royal Manufacturing Co.The Royal Manufacturing Company was brought to Bowling Gr...
09/30/2026

This week’s is a thermic jug from the Royal Manufacturing Co.

The Royal Manufacturing Company was brought to Bowling Green by Dewey W. Bolton in 1923. The company started out at a vacated manufacturing building on 422 Lehman Avenue. Royal Manufacturing specialized in thermic bottles. The company claimed that these bottles could hold the temperature of the liquid inside for 8 to 12 hrs. The product itself was an "earthen jug” which was placed in a steel jacket. The space between the jug and jacket was packed with treated brown cork. The bottom of the steel jacket was removable so that the cork could be replaced. These jugs were 1 gallon in capacity and would retail for $6 (around $116 today). Along with these jugs, they produced coolers, coaster wagons, garden tools, golf bags, and poultry equipment.

In March of 1953, a fire leveled nearly half of the Royal Manufacturing building. Local companies such as DeVilbiss Engineers, Fostoria Press Steel Co., Kitson Poultry Equipment Co (Morley MI), Maumee Machine and Tool Co, and even B. F. Goodrich (Akron, OH), pitched in to build a temporary structure so that Royal could continue operations as they searched for a new building. The move to the new building, located at 324 North Maple St., was completed in the fall of that same year and it is where the company remained until they filed for bankruptcy in 1965. Today, this site is occupied by the Bowling Green Water Distribution & Wastewater Collection Division.

💗 ON WEDNESDAYS WE WEAR PINK… but on October 3, we’re wearing pink to the MOVIES! 💗Get your pink outfits ready for Mean ...
09/30/2026

💗 ON WEDNESDAYS WE WEAR PINK… but on October 3, we’re wearing pink to the MOVIES! 💗

Get your pink outfits ready for Mean Girls Movie Night at the Wood County Museum!

Come dressed as Regina, Cady, Gretchen, Karen, Damian, or your favorite Mean Girls character... OR embrace your favorite early 2000s fashion trends!

There will be:
🎬 Mean Girls on the big screen
🍿 Movie snacks
đź’• Plastics Punch mocktails
📸 Fetch photo ops
🎟️ A 2000s nostalgia prize raffle

And did we mention it's FREE?!

• Saturday, October 3
• Doors open at 5 PM
• Movie starts at 6 PM
• Wood County Museum

So… what are you wearing? 💗

Celebrating 130 Years of the Wood County Courthouse! Today marks the 130th anniversary of the current Wood County Courth...
09/29/2026

Celebrating 130 Years of the Wood County Courthouse!

Today marks the 130th anniversary of the current Wood County Courthouse, but did you know that pieces of Wood County’s courthouse history can also be found right here at the Wood County Museum?

Cement blocks from the demolition of the 1868 Wood County Courthouse & Jail were sold to the Wood County Infirmary for $100. Superintendent Edwin Farmer and several male inmates (residents) hauled the recycled blocks to the infirmary grounds to the build an ice house (today you can find this building directly behind the west wing of the main museum building). Construction of the ice house began in 1903 and was completed in 1905.

This tile display from the Wood County Courthouse was saved from one of its earlier construction phases and is now part of the Wood County Museum’s collection. On display in the east wing of the main museum building.

The large wooden clock hands on display at the museum once graced the clock face of the Wood County Courthouse! View them in our Wood County Timeline room.

And perhaps one of the most intriguing connections…

FUN FACT: the 1868 Wood County Courthouse was the site of Carl Bach’s ex*****on for the murder of his wife, Mary. The museum’s Mary & Carl Bach Story explores this tragic case through trial transcripts, the preservation of controversial objects, and a look at how we understand domestic violence today.

Address

13660 County Home Road
Bowling Green, OH
43402

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 1pm - 4pm

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+14193520967

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