Below is a list of JULY 2025 Events from MVHC Partner Organizations
Check out all the programs about history, culture, nature, and more in the seven counties along the Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor!
Tuesdays, July 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2025, 10 am-4pm
Open: “Visitation” By Paulding County History Museum
At the PCHM on the Fairgrounds
600 Fairground Dr. Paulding, OH 45897
Cost: Free
#419-399-8218
www.pauldingcountylibrary.com
Starting Tuesday, July 1, as well as, July 2, 7, 8, 9, 10, & 22 of 2025 (Times vary.)
Program: “Education on the Road” with Mike McMaster (Traveling History Programs)
By Wood County Museum
(Locations vary.)
Cost: Free; contact museum for topic, time & location.
#419-352-0967
www.woodcountyhistory.org
In July: Weekdays 10am-Noon, then, 1-5pm; Saturday & Sunday by appointment
Open House: Snook’s Dream Cars
13290 County Home Rd. Bowling Green, OH 43402
Cost: $8; Senior,$6; Child, 12 & under $5,
#419-353-8338
www.snooksdreamcars.com
In July: Mondays to Fridays, & Saturdays till September (Labor Day) 2025, 10am-4pm
Exhibit: “We the People of Fulton County”
By Museum of Fulton County
8848 Hwy 108 Wauseon, OH 43567
Cost: $8 Adults, $7 Seniors, $3 kids(6-15), Members and children under 6, Free
#419-337-7922
www.museumoffultoncounty.org
In July: Monday to Friday, 10am-4pm, Saturdays, 12-4pm. CLOSED July 4th.
NEW Exhibit: “We’ll Meet Again: Remembering WWII”
At Wood County Museum
13660 County Home Road Bowling Green, OH 43402
Cost: Adults -$7; seniors, students, veterans, & active-duty – $6; Kids -$3; 5 & under Free. Group tours available.
#419-352-0967
www.woodcountyhistory.org
DID YOU KNOW? The Wood County Museum Grounds are a Wood County Park and open daily from 8am to 30 minutes past sunset.
#419-353-1897
www.wcparks.org
Wednesdays, July 2, 9, 16, 23, & 30 and last Saturday, July 26, 2025, 10am – 2pm
Research: “Wakeman Archives”
By Waterville Historical Society
At Wakeman Hall – 401 Farnsworth Rd. Waterville, OH 43566
Cost: None
#419-265-4871
www.watervillehistory.org
Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 3-5pm
Open House: “Hicks Land Office” (Museum)
By Hicksville Historical Society
108 West High Street Hicksville, OH 43526
Cost: Free (Public welcome; group tours available.)
#419-487-0532
www.hicksvillehitorical-society.com
Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 5-10pm
Event: “Founder’s Day Celebration” ending with Fireworks (Meet historian Joel Burg and Frank Butwin as General Anthony Wayne)
With Whitehouse Historical Society & Blue Creek Metropark Toledo
At Whitehouse Village Hall
6925 Providence Rd. Whitehouse, OH 43571
Cost: Free
#419-877-5283
www.whitehousehistoricalsociety.org
Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 6:30-8:30pm
Event: “Historical Sandpiper Cruise” with Tedd Long of Holy Toledo Tours
At Downtown Toledo,
Jefferson Ave. & Promenade Park, Toledo, OH 43604
Cost: $35
#419-537-1212
www.jmcruiselines.com
Thursdays, July 3, 10, 17, 24, & 30 of 2025, 10am-4pm
NEW Exhibit: “Defiance: College & Community for 175 Years”
By the Andrew L. Tuttle Memorial Museum
514 W. 3rd Street Defiance, OH 43512
Cost: Free
#419-782-0746
www.tuttlemuseum.org
Friday, July 4th, 2025, 10-10:30am
CELEBRATION: “Reading of the Declaration of Independence” By Heritage Sylvania
At the Lathrop House
5362 Main St. Sylvania, Ohio 43560
Cost: Free
#419-517-5533
www.heritagesylvania.org
Friday, July 4, 2025, 11am
SPECIAL Event: “Naturalization Ceremony”
By & At Sauder Village
22611 State Route 2 Archbold, OH 43502
Cost: $28, adults; $22, students; $26, seniors; 3 & under, free
#1-800-590-9755
www.saudervillage.org
Fridays (most) July 4, 11, 18, of 25, 2025, 10am-Noon
Gathering: ‘Work Meeting’
Swanton Public Library
305 Chestnut Street Swanton, OH 53558
Cost: none
#419-826-2760
www.swantonpubliclibrary.org/swanton-historical-society
Saturdays, July 5, 12, 19, & 26 of 2025, Noon-5pm
Open House: Perrysburg Area Historic Museum -Spafford House
By PAHM
26249 W River Rd. Perrysburg, OH 43551
Cost: Adults $5, Seniors & High School Students $4, Students Grades 1-8 $3 & Children 5 years & under, Free
#419-874-6828
www.perrysburgmuseum.com
Saturdays, July 5, 12, 19, & 26 (11am-2pm) & Sundays, July 6, 13, 20, & 27 (1-4pm) of 2025
Open House: Lathrop House (Safe House on the Underground Railroad)
By Heritage Sylvania
5362 Main St. Sylvania, Ohio 53560
Cost: Free
#419-518-5533
www.heritagesylvania.org
Starting Saturdays, July 5, 12, 19, & 26 of 2025 (11am-2pm)
& Sundays, July 6, 13, 20 & 27 of 2025 (1pm-4pm)
Open House: Cooke-Kulman & Historical Village
By Heritage Sylvania
5717 Main Street Sylvania, OH 43560
Cost: Free; group tours available.
#419-517-5533
www.heritagesylvania.org
Sunday, July 6, 2025, Noon-4pm
Open House: Dr. John Bloomfield Home & Carriage House
By Henry County Historical Society 229 W Clinton St. Napoleon, OH 43545
Cost: Free
#419-592-8006
www.henrycountyhistory.org
Sunday, July 6, 2025, 9am-1pm
Event: “Car Show” At Millbury Classic Cars Museum
26929 Cummings Rd. Millbury, OH 53447
Cost: Free
#419-340-2355
No website
Sundays, July 6, 13, 20, & 27 of 2025, 2-4pm , through November
Open: “Visitation” County Museum Complex
By Van Wert County Historical Society
602 N. Washington St. Van Wert, Ohio 45891
Cost: Free
#419-238-5298
www.historicalvanwert.com
Monday-Sunday, July, 7, 3pm, to July 13, 5pm, 2025
Event: Lucas County Fair
Lucas County Fair Grounds
1406 Key St. Maumee, OH 43537
Cost: $7 – 9 and under, free
#419-893-2127
www.lucascountyfair.com
Tuesday, July 8, 2025, 6pm
Program: WW2 Lecture Series continues:
“From Dragon’s Teeth to Eagle’s Nest, A WWII Memoir of Stanley Kupi, 14th Armored Division, The Liberators” by Valerie Coleman
At Wood County Museum
13660 County Home Rd. Bowling Green, OH 43402
Cost: $7; members free (Ticket includes self-guided tour of museum.)
#419-352-0967
www.woodcountyhistory.org
Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 8:45-10pm
Program: “Full Buck Moon” (All ages.)
By Wood County Park District
At W.W.Knight Nature Preserve, Front Porch
29530 White Rd. Perrysburg, OH 43551
Cost: Free, register by July 7th.
#419-353-1897
www.woodcountyparkdistrict.org
Thursdays, July 10 (Toledo Jazz Orchestra), 17 ( Gene Parker Quintet) , 24 (Ramona Collins Group), & 31 (Jim & Jazz Interns) of 2025, 6:30pm
Programs: Music in Green Spaces “Jazz in the Garden” By Metroparks Toledo
At Toledo Botanical Gardens
5403 Elmer Dr. Toledo, OH 43615
Cost: $10, $5 members, 12 and under, free
#419/407-9700
www.metroparkstoledo.com
Friday, July 11, 2025, 6-9pm (And, 8/14, & 9/11)
Program: “Music at the Museum: Ginger & the Snaps, The PinUp Project, Amp Wagon”
At Wood County Museum
13660 County Home Rd. Bowling Green, OH 43402
Cost: Free; BYO chair.
#419-352-0967
www.woodcountyhistory.org
Friday, July 11, 2025, Noon-1pm (Also, 8/8-Tim Oehlers)
Program: “Opera Outdoors – Noon Tunes” with Jeff Tucker
By Metroparks Toledo
At Wildwood Preserve Metropark – Manor House, Gazebo
5100 W. Central Ave. Toledo, OH 43615
Cost: Free, BYO lawn chair
#419-407-9700
www.metroparkstoledo.com
Friday, July 11 (Not, July 4) 2025, 10am-4pm
Event: “Free 1st Fridays (Free admission) & Make ‘n Take Craft Day”
Presented by Visit BG Ohio, Perrysburg Chamber, & Visit Rossford.
At Wood County Museum
13660 County Home Rd. Bowling Green, OH 43402
Cost: Free
#419-352-0967
www.woodcountyhistory.org
Wednesday, July 12, 2025, 10am -Noon (Also, August 9 & September 3)
Bus Tour: “Glass City Garters, Gambling, Gangsters, & Gin”
By Toledo History Museum
Meet: Parking lot Michigan Street (between Shell station & old Greyhound terminal.
Cost: $35 – $30 for Members
To purchase tickets, go to: www.toledohistorymuseum.org
#419-215-2437
www.toledohistorymuseum.org
Sunday, July 12, 2025, 10am-4pm
Event: 21st “Annual Malinta Fest”
By Malinta Community Historical Society
At Monroe Twp. Fire Department Road K-2, Malinta, OH 43081
Cost: Free
#419-966-9909
No website
Sunday, July 12, 2025, 3:30-9:30pm
Event: 12th “Jazz Festival” by Wild Bill Davidson & Milt Bucker
By Defiance County Historical Society
At Kingsbury Park 102 Auglaize St. Defiance, OH
Cost: $5, Kids – Free
https://visitdefianceohio.com/defiance-jazz-festival/
