Thursday August 28, 2025: 7:00pm “The Safe Capital of the World” Join Smith History Library and Cummins Room Manager and BCHS board member Brad Spurlock for a discussion on the history of Hamilton's safe industry that made the city a global safe and vault behemoth for several decades. The history and fascinating stories of
In June 2025 WCPO visited the BCHS to learn more about The Mosler Safe Company and their tie to Hiroshima and the atomic bomb.
Encore Presentation Saturday July 26. 2025 1:00pm “Echoes of the Earth: Unraveling the Mysteries of Butler County’s Fortified Hill Earthworks” Eight Hopewell ceremonial earthwork sites throughout Ohio have gained UNESCO World Heritage recognition. Join Dr. Jeffrey Leipzig and Cincinnati Museum Center archeologist, Bob Genheimer, as they explore the roles Europeans played in documenting and
"Hot Fun in the Summertime: Butler County's Summer Delights of the 1950s and '60s" The Butler County Historical Society's latest exhibit entitled, "Hot Fun in the Summertime: Butler County's Summer Delights of the 1950s and '60s" is now open. The exhibit features Butler County drive-in movie theaters, drive-in restaurants, snack food manufacturers, soda bottling
Second Presentation Added! Saturday, June 28: 1:00PM Thursday, June 26: 7:00pm "Hot fun in the Summertime: Butler County's Delights of the 1950s & '60's" Summertime fun for the entire family in Butler County had an almost endless array of options. BCHS Executive Director Brian Smith takes a look back at summer hangouts including drive-in
Thursday, May 22: 7:00pm "The Miami Valley: Ohio's Original Jersey Shore" After the American Revolutionary War, many New Jersey veterans were awarded land in the Northwest Territory as a form of compensation. The southwestern part of Ohio, particularly around Cincinnati and the Miami Valley, attracted these New Jersey settlers. Some names are very familiar
Saturday, April 26: 1:00 pm(Sold out) & 3:30 pm “The Disappearance of Ron Tammen: A Deep Dive into Buried Clues, Silent Bystanders, and the Latest Evidence of What Really Happened” On April 19, 1953, Ronald Tammen disappeared from Miami University, and ever since that day, anyone who’s heard his story has been justifiably baffled.
SECOND DATE ADDED! Saturday April 5, 2025 1:00PM--SOLD OUT Due to the rapid sell out of our scheduled March 27th event, we have added a second date for the presentation. Thursday, March 27: 7:00pm--SOLD OUT "Run for the Hills: One Local Woman's Journey Through the 1913 Flood" The waters of the 1913 flood still
Saturday, February 22: 1:00pm "Myaamionki: The Place of the Miamis" We are pleased to have Andrew Sawyer, Anthropologist and Education Outreach Specialist at the Myaamia Center at Miami University discussing the history of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, their relationship with Miami University and their historic homelands, and sovereign Miami Tribe today. Join us
Opening night audience at the Jefferson Theatre, March 31, 1903. L.C. OVERPECKThe city’s Globe Opera House, built in 1866 as the Dixon Opera House, had artificial gas theatre lighting and a stage too small to meet the production needs of even modest sized traveling theatrical companies. The Music Hall, erected in 1882, also had a