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NEW! Toledo is
the fourth largest city in Ohio, but lacks a comprehensive history museum. While there are small neighborhood museums representing
specific areas of historic development, our vision embraces the greater Toledo metropolitan area from the Black Swamp days
when Native Americans and settlers both struggled to either keep their land or begin a homestead with an eye to the future.
Our story first appeared in the Toledo Free Press. The Toledo History Museum (THM) was founded in late 2005, incorporated on July 1, 2006; and received Federal tax exempt status in September 2007. THM is developing a business plan designed to secure funding for our first physical location. The volunteer THM Board consists of four Officers and nine at-large Trustees who meet monthly, and are elected by vote of the general membership at the November business meeting (see Board Members). Quarterly general membership meetings are held in March, May; September and November, and include a program presented by speakers regarding Toledo's history. THM has the endorsement of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library, the Western Lake Erie Historical Society; with a letter of support from the Maumee Valley Historical Society. THM is a member of the Destination Toledo Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor; the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums; and the Ohio Association of Non-Profit Organizations. While we lack a physical location at this time, you are cordially invited to join in our vision by becoming a THM member. This is your opportunity to be involved with planning a museum that will tell the story of Toledo's history from the Black Swamp days to the present, and participate in its future. Joining THM will enable you who live and work in the Toledo metropolitan area to celebrate our common heritage. You can make a difference. We encourage you to fill out and mail the THM Website Membership Application. THM members will receive all publications and advance notice of activities and events. * *
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