Museum Name: The Darke County Historical Society (Garst Museum & The Annie Oakley Center) and The Darke County Genealogy Library
Schedule: Mar-Nov: Tues - Sat, 11 am to 5 pm; Sun, 1 to 5 pm; Closed Mondays and major holidays; call for Dec and Feb hours
Established: 1949
Address: 205 North Broadway, Greenville, OH 45331-2222
Phone Number: 937-548-5250
Fax Number: 937-548-7645
Director: Penny Perry
Email: garstmuseum@earthlink.net or garstadmin@earthlink.net
Website: www.garstmuseum.org
Focus: Showcases people and events in the history of Darke County; three collections of national importance
Ages: all ages
Cost: $5 for adults, $3 for seniors (60+), $2 for youth (6-18), under 6 free

Major Exhibits
Anthony Wayne and the Treaty of Greenville; Annie Oakley (largest public display of personal artifacts of Annie and her husband, Frank Butler); Lowell Thomas-world explorer and radio journalist/broadcaster; Zachary Lansdowne-aviation pioneer (airships); prehistoric tools and artifacts; Genealogy Library contains 5000+ surname folders, family histories, court and census records, birth, marriage and death records for Darke and adjacent counties, records for states where our early settlers migrated from

Exhibits of 2007
The Annie Oakley Center opened in 2005, Lowell Thomas exhibit redesigned in 2006, Treaty of Greenville and Prehistoric display currently undergoing redesign-projected grand opening Spring, 2008

Class Trip Programs
programs adaptable to 1 st through 6 th grades featuring docent led tours of exhibit areas, history scavenger hunt and presentation by costumed interpreter

Class Trip Pricing
school groups-$2 per student with adult chaperones free; non-school youth groups-$2 per person in group