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Jessica Goldman Srebnick, the museum’s curator and the daughter of its creator, Tony Goldman, discussed her role and her ...
The walls serve as an informal museum of local memorabilia, vintage signs, and the kind of authentic knickknacks that tell you this place has stories to share. License plates from across the country ...
Sample mugs and five wooden “nickels” for tastings will be available for $10 each at the festive event this weekend.
One store that prepares months in advance for this big day is Wooden Nickel Records, with three locations across the Fort Wayne area. Owner Chris Roets says the day isn’t just about selling ...
Ask, and you shall receive. My cup and my desk runneth over with wooden nickels! I knew when I asked about wooden nickels there was a good chance I'd get a few responses. Not only did I get people ...
Some of those cuts have already impacted organizations here at home. That includes the Wood County Museum. The museum has a World War II exhibit opening later this month. Museum leaders said a ...
BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Like many small and medium-sized museums across the country, the Wood County Museum relies on grants to help fund its exhibits. Museum curator Holly Kirkendall had hoped ...
The walls of the rooms on the second floor of the Wood County Museum have been freshly painted and prepped for its forthcoming exhibit. “We’ll Meet Again: Remember World War II” is set to open. The ...
The Wood County Museum needs our help! Recently the Museum Curator, Holly, announced “Thursday (4/3) at 5:03 pm I received an email from the Ohio Humanities Council letting me know, ‘all state ...
There’s an old saying about not taking any wooden nickels — but what if it was actually a dime, and what if that was worth millions of dollars? Of course, the proverbial wooden nickel isn’t ...
Remember when wooden nickels were the latest collector craze in Shippensburg? This subject is a Blast from the Past at it's best! Everyone wanted them, and to collect the entire set of 200 nickels was ...
If you’ve ever grabbed a drink at the Wooden Nickel in Marquette, there’s a good chance Tom Perreira was the one who handed it to you. By day, he’s a mechanical engineering student but by night he’s ...