FEATURED UPCOMING EVENTS

 

Experience Living History Demonstrations and Hands-on Fun!

Saturday, September 12, 2026 @ 12pm, Bissell-Tucek House Museum

Bainbridge Twp. Historical Society is partnering with the Ohio History Connection and will take part in Ohio Open Doors on Saturday, September 12, 2026  from Noon-4:00pm. Join us at the Bissell-Tucek Museum, 17870 Chillicothe Road in Heritage Park, for a Living History Day!

Experience Living History demonstrations and hands-on fun!

Join our costumed interpreters as they bring history to life through demonstrations and discussions. Built in 1835, our Bissell-Tucek House Museum will be open for tours. Guides will give you a glimpse of what life was like for our pioneers who worked the land and built towns with schools, churches, blacksmith shops and more. Learn what life was like for a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse. Try your hand at some of the domestic chores required of the pioneer women. See how farm work took strength and stamina to use the tools and equipment of the times.
The two-story house is handicapped accessible. This event is appropriate for children and adults. Free admission.

The Ohio History Connection is a statewide history organization with the mission to spark discovery of Ohio’s stories. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit chartered in 1885, the Ohio History Connection carries out history services for Ohio and its residents. This includes housing the State Historic Preservation Office and the official state archives and managing more than 50 sites and museums across Ohio. For more information, go to ohiohistory.org.

The Ohio History Connection created Ohio Open Doors in 2016 to promote and inspire pride in Ohio’s heritage and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act.

Visitors can discover Ohio’s amazing heritage from Thursday, Sept. 10, through Sunday, Sept. 20, as historic buildings and fascinating places across the state open their doors for special tours and events as part of the Ohio History Connection’s biennial event. A list of the statewide events and activities is available at ohiohistory.org/opendoors. Ohio Open Doors partner organizations include America 250-Ohio, Heritage Ohio, Ohio Local History Alliance, Ohio Museums Association, Ohio Travel Association, and TourismOhio.

Bainbridge Township Historical Society: Museum Open House

Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ 1-4pm, Bissell-Tucek House Museum

The Bainbridge Township Historical Society will open its Bissell-Tucek Museum on Saturday, September 19 from 1-4pm.  The museum is located at 17870 Chillicothe Road, just south of the fire station, in Heritage Park.  The brick-lined pathways in front of the museum and around the flag circle of the park contain the names of many Bainbridge residents, past and present.  A granite bench honors the life and legacy of Carleton Lowe who introduced the tuberous begonia to Bainbridge Township and it became the official flower.  Inside, the museum contains a display of an airplane wing recovered from the 1929 crash of a mail plane on the Haskins farm property which is now part of Tanglewood.  Current exhibits are of the old racetrack that was near Geauga Lake, and the invention of the Gradall excavator by two Bainbridge residents.  The museum also contains many local artifacts.  Admission is free.

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A little about the Bainbridge Township Historical Society…

In 1817 our Township was named after Commodore William Bainbridge, a hero of the War of 1812.

The Bainbridge Historical Society was organized in 1990 to preserve the history of the township and remind residents of “Old Bainbridge”. In order to do so, the society collects artifacts and memorabilia from local residents to display in the Bissell-Tucek House Museum.

The south portion was constructed in 1835 by Justus Bissell, the township’s first postmaster. The north section was added in the 1870’s by John and Lovina Edick . The house served as a residence for 9 different families between 1835 and 2000, with Frank Tucek being the last owner for nearly 60 years. It is now a history museum for the township. Rooms contain furniture, household accessories, tools, photographs, books and other collectibles.

The Bainbridge Historical Society meets monthly.  Please check our Events-Meetings page for dates, times and locations.