Clark County Archaeology Exhibit Opens in Springfield, Ohio

On August 12, 2010 the Clark County Historical Society unveiled a permanent exhibit entitled "The Archaeology of Clark County" in the Heritage Center of Clark County, located at 117 South Fountain Avenue, Springfield, Ohio. This exhibit contains numerous artifacts, which for many years had been on display in the museum in Memorial Hall, the former home of the Clark County Historical Society. About 1985, Memorial Hall was closed and the collections were packed up and moved into storage. In 2001, the historic City Building in downtown Springfield, built in 1890, became the new home of the Clark County Historical Society and is now known as the Heritage Center. It has been developed into a spectacular museum with a major focus on the history and growth of Springfield and Clark County, as well as housing thousands of historical items in its collections. Some of the prehistoric Native American artifacts in the collection have been displayed each year during September and October especially for the benefit of local school classes, but these displays were only temporary. The new exhibit is a permanent feature and contains many of the most significant artifacts from the collection, including items from some of the mound sites in Clark County excavated and/or studied by Arthur Altick in the 1930's and 1940's.