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Lorain's Historic Timeline

Making the most at Moore

Lorain's International Legacy

Research with us

Collections

Research

Then & Now

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If you're wanting to find information about family history, or Lorain's history click here!

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Learn more about our International City and your heritage with our International legacy project!

How to Make a Donation

Donations to be considered for addition to the permanent collections must have a pertinent Lorain story to tell, or Lorain connections such that they will be used, if not for display in our exhibits, for research and/or teaching purposes.

If you are interested in learning what artifcats the Lorain Historical Society is looking for to help support our mission, please contact Curator Kaitlyn Donaldson: kdonaldson@lorainhistory.org 

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Latino Lorain Project

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Black
History
Project

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Teaching
Lorain
Initiative

  • LHS KIDS Spring Break Camp
    Mon, Apr 03
    Lorain Historical Society
    Apr 03, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
    Lorain Historical Society, 329 W 10th St, Lorain, OH 44052, USA
    Join us for a week of activities, games, lessons, and lots of fun as we explore the idea of Lorain in the Springtime.
  • Closed Today
    Sat, Apr 08
    Lorain Historical Society
    Apr 08, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM
    Lorain Historical Society, 329 W 10th St, Lorain, OH 44052, USA
    Our building is closed today for a Private Event.
  • Teaching Lorain Institute, Session 4
    Apr 13, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Lorain, 329 W 10th St, Lorain, OH 44052, USA
    The Teaching Lorain Institute is a professional development program for K-12 educators interested in connecting their students to Lorain’s history, public policy, economics, and youth engagement.

Historic
     Presentations

& Tours

At the Lorain Historical Society we offer a wide array of events, presentations, programs, and tours throughout the year.

If you are interested in signing up to take part in our variety of events, presentations, programs, and tours click to the right.

If you are interested in giving a historic presentation please contact us!

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Our Buildings are our Largest Artifacts

For over 40 years we have been upholding our mission to collect and preserve the history of the city of Lorain through 3-dimensional artifacts, archival documents, photographs, and more!

Our collections our housed in both our Carnegie Center Museum and Moore House Collections Facility.

If you are interested in seeing if you item is worth donating contact our Curator, Kaitlyn Donaldson at (440) 245 - 2563 or email her at kdonaldson@lorainhistory.org

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Want to Research or Donate? Get in touch!

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