Ask a Curator offered

Historic Zoar Village will host Ask a Curator on Saturday, Aug. 5 from 1-3 p.m. in the Bimeler Museum. Attendees can bring family heirlooms and antique shop finds, like grandmother’s wedding dress or a historic quilt, to learn more about their origins.

Becky Preiss Odom and Marlise Schoeny, curators with the Ohio History Connection, will answer questions about these items and also discuss artifacts in Zoar’s current “History in Pieces” quilt exhibit, which is open through October.

“Becky and Marlise have traveled the state helping people learn more about their favorite historical pieces, and we are excited to bring them to Tuscarawas County and the surrounding area,” said Tammi Shrum, site director. “Quilts and clothes play a bigger role in history than people think and were cherished for their functionality, art form and storytelling.”

Odom has been a curator and coordinator at Ohio History Connection for eight years and earned a PhD in American studies from Saint Louis University in 2014.

Schoeny is a 2007 graduate of the Ohio State University and has a master’s degree in textile and clothing. Before joining Ohio History Connection as a history coordinator, she was a senior instructor at The Art Institute of Ohio and assistant curator at Ohio State.

Visit www.historiczoarvillage.com or call 330-874-3011.