Schedule of Events
2012 Events
March 31st-Uhrichsville Clay Museum Queen’s Tea at the Uhrichsville Clay Museum.
The Uhrichsville Clay Museums little girls Queens Tea. At 1pm, bring your Queen in her best dress for her coronation. Snacks will be served and you can rub elbows with local festival Queens.
March 31st-Lantern Light Dinner
Fourth annual Lantern Light Dinner to support Historic Schoenbrunn Village. Silent auction and music (Randy Gibbs Moravian Bell Choir) will light up your night Dinner reservations are required. 6:30 pm. Carlisle Inn, family style dinner.
April 21st-”A Step Along the Way…Dreamsville USA” at the Dover Armory.
Friends of the Museum Annual Spring Ball “A Step Along the Way…Dreamsville, USA” will bring you back to the 40′s. Swing to the beat of the big band. Dinner will be served at the Dover Armory. Reservations are required.
April 8th-Easter Sunrise Service at Historic Schoenbrunn Village.
May 19th-Spring Lantern Tour at Historic Schoenbrunn Village.
Spring Lantern Tour at Historic Schoenbrunn Village from 8-10pm. Walk through the Village with only the glow of your lantern light and stop by the cabins to see 18th century villagers. Regular admissions apply.
May 24th – Grant Writing Workshop
Comprehensive Grant Writing Workshop will cover grantwriting from A to Z. 8am to noon, $100 per person. Includes continental breakfast, all supplies and handouts. Register by May 1st and receive $25 off registration.
May 26th – Exhibit Open House for new exhibition “Drastic Times, Drastic Changes: A Look at Fashion and Clothing at Times of War.”
Enjoy refreshments and a tour by Special Guest Curator Sarah Finley of her new exhibit featuring clothing from the Collections of the Dennison Depot, McKinley Museum and the Massillon Museum. The Exhibit will be up until February 2013.
June 9th-Childrens Workshop at the Uhrichsville Clay Museum.
Childrens Workshop at the Uhrichsville Clay Museum. Do the scavenger hunt before your craft from 11-12pm. $5.00 per craft. Please make advanced reservations.
June 16th-Children’s Day at Historic Schoenbrunn Village.
Children’s Day at Historic Schoenbrunn Village.
There will be different activities and crafts throughout the Village for Children as well as some tasty treats! Regular admission fees do apply.
June 12th-17th-Dennison Railroad Festival week.
June 23rd-Clayworkers Picnic at the Uhrichsville Clay Museum.
Clayworkers Picnic at t Uhrichsville Clay Museum from 11-6pm. Games and food for everyone! Music and entertainment throughout the day as well as the annual Little Miss Clay Contest.
July 14th- Childrens Workshop at the Uhrichsville Clay Museum.
11am-12pm. Advance reservations required. $5.00 per craft.
August 11th-Childrens Workshop at the Uhrichsville Clay Museum.
11am-12pm. Advance reservations required. $5.00 per craft.
September 15th-Fall Lantern Tour at Historic Schoenbrunn Village.
Fall Lantern Tour throughout Historic Schoenbrunn Village. Enjoy the beautiful fall atmosphere as you guide yourself through this 18th century Village. Regular admission fees apply.
October 10th-Lucille Nussdorfer Tuscarawas County Woman of the Year Banquet.
Celebrate the women who have helped dramatically shape the foundation of our community through volunteerism at the Awards Banquet.
October 13th & 14th-American Soldiers Homecoming Festival at the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum.
Walk through the 1940′s and envision Dreamsville, USA. A town that truly helped the cause. Reenacters, USO dance, Ticker Tape Parade and more!
October 20th & 21st-Colonial Trade Fair at Historic Schoenbrunn Village.
Colonial vendors will fill the cabins and give a feel for what the Village really looked like in 1760! See the website for pricing. 10am-5pm Saturday and 10am-4pm Sunday.
October 20th-Colonial Tavern Dinner at Historic Schoenbrunn Village.
Colonial Tavern Dinner in Ohio’s first Christian Church at Historic Schoenbrunn Village. Meal includes pass into the Colonial Trade Fair. Reservations are required.
October 26th & 27th-Sleepy Hollow at Historic Schoenbrunn Village.
Sleepy Hollow outdoor drama in the Park of Historic Schoenbrunn Village. A dramatic reading of Washington Irving’s Sleepy Hollow reenacted by the glow of a bonfire.
December 9th-Moravian Lovefeast at Historic Schoenbrunn Village.
A Traditional Moravian Lovefeast at 2pm in Ohio’s first Christian Church.
December 7th-9th and 14th-16th-Polar Express Train Excursion at the Dennison Railroad Depot.
Take the magical journey to the North Pole and back while your Storyteller joyously reads the Polar Express book by Chris Van Alsburg. Festive elves will serve hot chocolate as thick as melted chocolate bars and chocolate chip cookies specially made just for you by Mrs. Claus. When you get to the North Pole be sure to look out the window and find Santa and all of the elf houses.
EVERYONE listens to the award winning story read by a Storyteller, plays games and sings songs with elves, visits with Santa and gets their very own bell just like the boy in the book.
First Class seating includes a separate waiting room, so you do not have to wait in the cold. The conductor will personally come and get you from your waiting room in the Museum’s Panhandle Passage Theater, where you will be watching famous Christmas movies, and let you be the first to board the train! All First Class seating now includes tables which is new this year. And each first class child will get a hobo satchel full of goodies and a wooden train whistle and an engineers hat.
“Note: The Polar Express® passenger train cars are vintage cars, are not ADA compliant and have limited wheelchair accessibility for wheelchairs and persons with walking difficulty, both in terms of number of wheelchair bound persons that can be lifted onto a Polar Express® passenger train car and the number of wheelchairs that can be accommodated within these vintage railroad cars. Prior to booking any tickets, kindly call (877) 278-8020 in order to confirm whether we can accommodate the needs of such person.”
Departure Times for the ride are:
Fridays at 6:00 & 8:00p.m.
Saturdays and Sundays at 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 and 8:00p.m.
To make reservations (which are required), call The Dennison Railroad Depot Museum toll free 1-877-278-8020 and purchase with a Mastercard or Visa or stop in to the front office. Call soon, tickets are first come first serve; and they go fast.
December 11th-Christmas Business After Hours.
Enjoy a leisurely walk through the Museum while stopping at your favorite restaurants along the way! Tickets are required and are $10.00 for Chamber Members and $15.00 for non-members.
2013 Events
February 9th – Winter Walk at Historic Schoenbrunn Village
Enjoy a brisk walk through the Village as we partner with Healthy Tusc to bring the importance of fitness to Tuscarawas County. 11 to 1pm. Free to the public.
For more information on any of these events please contact the Dennison Railroad Depot Museum at 1-877-278-8020 or email us at carriec@dennsiondepot.org.
