Schedule a Talk through the Speakers Bureau
Oberlin Heritage Center staff can travel to your school, business, or organization to give an illustrated program on a variety of topics. Please note that there is a fee for these programs that is dependent on travel time and program length. Host organizations may be asked to provide a podium, an amplification system, projector screen, and access to electricity. For more information or to reserve a program, please contact Museum Education and Tour Coordinator Liz Schultz at 440-774-1700 or by email at tourinfo@oberlinheritage.org.
History Programs
Virtual Tour of the Oberlin Heritage Center
Freedom’s Friends: The Underground Railroad and Abolitionists in Oberlin, Ohio
The Civil War: Oberlin Perspectives on the Home Front and War Front
A History of Westwood Cemetery
Early Schooling in Ohio
Oberlin’s Downtown Historic District
Youth Programs
History Mysteries (observation and inference activities for kids using historic objects)
Freedom's Friends: Oberlin, Abolition, and the Underground Railroad (document analysis, stories, scenario questions, mini activities)
The Abolition Movement (primary quotes, scenario questions, timeline)
The Civil War (local stories about the causes, enlisting, camp, battle, home front, emancipation, and more; scenario questions; period games)
Activites related to: historic foodways, fashion, technology, maps, games, early schooling, architecture
Museum Workshops
Membership Counts (Tips for Increasing Membership)
Rethinking Your Website for Greater Outreach
How to Be a Good Ancestor (caring for artifacts and genealogy research)
