Congratulate our 2024 Outstanding Achievement Award Winners!

HISTORY OUTREACH AWARDS

History Outreach Awards, which recognize outstanding projects that have educational content, that have contributed to the promotion and understanding of local and state history, and that have had an impact on the community – in other words, projects that inspired, connected, and educated their audiences to local history. 

Exhibits and Displays

• Clinton County History Center: “Beyond The Scoreboard: An Exhibit Celebrating Clinton County Sports Throughout The Years”
• Fairfield County Heritage Association: Fairfield County History Exhibit
• Friends of Harriet Beecher Stowe House: “Cincinnati’s Lost Founders”
• Fulton County Historical Society: “All Aboard: Fulton County’s Railroad History”
• Lorain County Historical Society: “Lorain County 200 Years”
• Morrow County Historical Society: Military Room

Media & Publications

• Dover Historical Society/Reeves Museum: Jingle Jeeves 
• Wood County Museum: Ohio’s Infirmary Buildings

Public Programming

• Alliance Historical Society and Alliance Area Preservation Society: “East Main Street Historic District Walking Tour”
• The Auglaize County 175th Anniversary Committee: Auglaize County 175th Anniversary Celebration
• Lorain Historical Society: Centennial Commemoration of the Lorain Tornado
• Mahoning Valley Historical Society: Suitcase Programs
• Shelby County Historical Society: “Happy Birthday Big 4 Bridge!”

INDIVIDUAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Individual Achievement Awards recognize people who have made outstanding contributions to Ohio’s historical societies or history museums or to the understanding and appreciation of state or local history.

• Susan Logan
• David M. (Mitch) Taylor

Click here to learn more about the winners and their projects, and consider submitting your Outstanding Achievements for the awards in 2025!