Lynn - The Ohio Historical Society

So, despite excessive Halloween drinking the previous night, I was determined to continue our new staycation tradition of excitement and adventure. This time, as Tim requested, we headed to the Hysterica... I mean Historical Society.

It was quite easy to get to, its only a few miles from our house. I remembered only small bits of what it was like, because it was a location that my mom hauled me and my brothers off to a lot when we were little. I had an image of tiny native Americans with tiny straw houses, and whaddaya know, they were still there! Other than that, nothing looked familiar, so we just sorta blindly started off through the rooms.

First we looked at natural history stuff, lots and lots of rocks and stuffed creatures. I wish I didn't like creepy taxidermy-ed animals as much as I do. The collection was nothing compared to the one at the Chicago Field Museum, but still cool.

There were people around, but they all seemed to work there. It was kinda weird, cuz it always seemed like they were surprised to see us, like what?! people are actually here to see exhibits? I think there were maybe 5 other people we saw who actually seemed to be looking at the stuff, but they were all pretty old, and mostly interested in the Norman Rockwell part of the place. It is the featured exhibit that just opened. Anyway, we checked that out and it was kinda cool I guess, it was just rooms recreated to look like his paintings, and there were little actors installed in it that were actually just kinda awkward. Or maybe Tim and I are just awkward.

So I discovered about myself that I am very interested in the morbid. The things that intrigued me the most overall were displays like an old KKK outfit, or the jacket a guy was wearing when he was shot at Kent State. Looking at those made my heart sink. There were old scary looking guns and mining tools, and I only wondered how many people they had killed. I guess to me that's what makes stuff interesting. But aren't most people kinda like that?

This picture is of a bunch of old toys. I thought it was hilarious to compare them with modern toys, namely the actual mini saw on the top there. Here kid! Saw a finger off! I wonder if getting rid of toys like that have actually made kids safer or just dumber. I mean, maybe you'd lose a limb but hey! that kid will learn a lesson!

So yeah, I was not feeling too good the whole time, and unfortunately they didn't have any good rings in the gift shop to add to my lil collection. We had spent enough money already anyway, admission for the two of us was 26 bucks. It was an alright time, but some parts were just boring. It wont be long though before Timmy and I are experts on Ohio history, heh.



STAYCATION RATING:
Funness: *** - kinda fun, at points.
Educationalness: ***** - very educational, but you have to consciously read captions to learn much.
Cheapness: ** - more than I would have thought, but, I guess they need to fund a lot of stuff to keep new exhibits coming in.
Journeyness: **** - VERY short for us, but not a scenic drive, unless you really like frat houses.
Busyness **** - not busy, but kinda weird with all the people who just worked there or hung out there

Overall *** - not terribly thrilling, and not very cheap, but I do have a sort of satisfaction about making the trip because I pass it driving all the time and am curious of its contents.