Holiday Histories

Name: Holiday Histories
Start: 2025-12-13T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-13T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Ohio History Connection

Schedule

Sat Dec 13 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Ohio History Connection | Columbus, OH

Visitors of all ages will learn about holiday traditions from around the world, both past and present and including Christmas, Kwanzaa and the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The event will highlight Ohio-made toys, including Etch A Sketch, the history of early Christmas trees and preparations for winter in early America and live caroling from the Y-NOT! Quartet, members of the Scioto Valley Chorus, as they stroll through the museum.
Activities include:
- Moon Festival Celebration, where guests can learn about Mid-Autumn Festival and make a Play-Doh mooncake;
- Twelfth Night & Winter Tidings, where guests can explore evergreens, early Christmas trees and learn about preparing for winter in early America;
- Home Away From the Homefront, where guests will learn how some American soldiers spent the holidays overseas during World War I and other conflicts through letters, photos and artifacts;
- 1950s Holidays, where guests can experience mid-century Christmas traditions in the Lustron Home inside the museum;
- Ice, Ice Baby! Ice Age Mammals, where guests can explore fossils and learn about the megafauna (large animals) that roamed across Ohio thousands of years ago;
- Ohio Toy History, where guests can experience and reminisce about well-known Ohio-made toys from companies including the Ohio Art Company, Kenner, Little Tikes and more;
- Little Holiday Vendor Market, where guests can complete their holiday shopping list with help from vendors including Igloo Letterpress, Robin Schuricht Art and El Mercadito.
Tickets are on sale and admission is: $18/adult ($13/member adult); $14/child ages 4-12 ($9/member child); and free/ages 3 and under.
Ohio History Connection Premium Members enjoy free admission.