Brown Bag Lecture Series

Enlighten your lunch hour at our Brown Bag Lecture Series presented by Eastman & Smith!

Starting at 12 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month, Brown Bag Lectures feature a variety of topics relevant to Hancock County and Ohio. Lectures are free for Museum members and the cost of regular admission for nonmembers. Reservations are encouraged, but not required. Please call the Museum at (419)423-4433 for more information.

2025 Lecture Series

Feb. 6 - Reginald Routson, “The Failed History of Drug Enforcement”

March 6 - Joshua Dubbert, “Reading Victorian Architecture”

April 3 - Kristina Smith & Kevin Moore “Unnatural Ohio: A History of Buckeye Cryptids, Legends & Other Mysteries”

May 1 - Dwayne Beggs, “George Armstrong Custer and the Demise of the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn”

June 5 - Melvin Barnes, “Frenemies: A History of U.S.-China Relations from Nixon to Now”

July 3 - NO LECTURE (Ice Cream Social on July 4th)

Aug. 7 - Eric Wilkins, “USS Barb: The Submarine That Sank a Train”

Sept. 4 - Tom Davis, “History of the Findlay Police Department”

Oct. 2 - Lou Hebert, “When Oil Was King in Northwest Ohio”

Nov. 6 - Ron Ammons, “WWII Heroes of Hancock County”

Dec. 4 - Chuck Coletta, “It’s a Wonderful Life: Not Just a Christmas Classic”

You may also like the following events from Hancock Historical Museum:

• This Friday, 20th June, 07:00 pm, Classic Movie Night: State Fair in Findlay