Campus Martius Museum offers a variety of rotating temporary exhibits. Currently featured is:
WHAT THEY CARRIED WITH THEM-FOR THE OHIO COUNTRY | Opens October 21, 2021
James Backus like many of the early settlers arriving in the Ohio Company of Associates settlement at Marietta could only bring what he could carry or find space for on a horse or wagon. Stepping into the unknown wilderness required special tools and bare bone essentials. The exhibit WHAT THEY CARRIED explores James Backus experiences in the new settlement, his role as a surveyor, his assistance in relocating the French 500, his role in the local community and his huge appetite. The exhibit will also offer a display of original objects similar to those described by Backus and in his own words a description of his everyday life on the Ohio frontier.
Also on Exhibit:
CELEBRATING THE PIONEERS
“The character ought to be known of these bold pioneers…. From whence did they spring? For what causes, under what circumstances, and for what objects were difficulties met and overcome?“ —- Ephraim Cutler
CELEBRATING THE PIONEERS
The Ordinance of 1787 opened a vast wilderness west of the Ohio River for settlement. “Ohio fever” had begun with the Ohio Company leading the way. Its members made many significant contributions in bringing sophistication to this uncharted land as well as their ideals and principals that we enjoy today.
This exhibit, based on the book The Pioneers by David McCullough, explores the lives and personal objects owned by some of the individuals mentioned in the book. It offers a chance to look inside the personalities and lives of some of these important ground breakers.
Funding provided by Ohio Humanities Council.
