4729 Walnut Road, Buckeye Lake, Ohio 43008.
The Greater Buckeye Lake Historical Society
April 4, 2025
Members, History Lovers and the Buckeye Lake Community:
It is with great happiness that I can announce that the Buckeye Lake Historical Society and Museum are not going to close.
The Board has been able to come up with a solution after many meetings, discussion and deliberation. We have listened to many of you, community stakeholders, and our members and have appreciated your input very much.
The Historical Society and Museum are going to downsize. We have sold our building to Seaton Properties, and they have offered to us to remain in the building, so we are not moving. We will continue to focus on our local history. The Board and Directors will be regrouping over the next few months to focus on how the museum can live on for years to come including modernizing the museum, bringing on additional Board members, and exploring alternative funding sources. We will also be assisting other area historical societies and museums in our region with some of their displays and artifacts spreading the history throughout so it will be available to many others.
This change will require help from volunteers both in the coming days and coming years. The museum began in 1994 run completely on volunteers. This path will continue in 2025. The effort to down size has already begun and we need your help to do so. If you would like to volunteer either in the immediate need or are interested in volunteering as a Board Member or ongoing volunteer please contact J-me. You can contact her at the museum at 740-929-1998 or email to j-me@buckeyelakehistory.org. to volunteer.
The Buckeye Lake Museum Board and your Director J-me
contact:
J-me@buckeyelakehistory.org
Your Donations Make the Buckeye Lake Historical Society Possible.
Click on the link below for all the info regarding the sale of The Queen.
The Queen is For Sale
for information go to:boattrader.com
Take a Look Back
In 2018 the Museum followed the idea of a Night Picnic at the Buckeye Lake Historical Museum. Themes followed the methods used in the picnics of the 50’s and 60’s. The menu was a Fish Fry and pretended to be at another time and place, the Buckeye Lake Amusement Park.
As of January 2019 there have been 55,212 visitors to the museum, since our opening day in 1998. Come visit the Rocket Ship, play Skee Ball or look over thousands of items from the early to mid 1900's. Tuesday-Sunday 1 to 4, Closed Mondays.
Our Society was founded at Buckeye Lake, Ohio in 1995 and the museum opened in 1998. Please stop in and view our huge collection of Buckeye Lake Park memorabilia. Our group covers Perry, Licking and Fairfield counties including the communities of Hebron, Millersport and Thornville, along with Buckeye Lake.