The McGuffey House and Museum will close at 4 p.m. on Friday, August 25th in observance of William Shawver's and Anita Byrd's Retirements from the University.
The public is cordially invited to McGuffey House and Museum’s Annual State of the Museum Meeting Friday afternoon, September 15, from 4 – 6 p.m. This year’s event will be held at 401 E. Spring Street under a lawn tent.
The featured speaker is Curtis Ellison, who will discuss McGuffey Museum & the Sense of the Past in Miami’s ‘National University’ Era. At the conclusion of the program, ice cream, cookies and lemonade will be served.
The event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP to Sue Gambrell at gambresw@miamioh.edu or 529-1887.
A good time was had by all at the annual McGuffey Field Trip!
From Our Collection
From Our Collection
Octagonal Table
It is thought that McGuffey wrote the first four books in the series in this house, very possibly on this table.
1840s Pie Safe
Poplar with pierced tin panels, 1840–1850
Cupboards of this type were used for food storage. The pierced tin panels allowed air circulation without letting rodents and large insects foul the foodstuffs.
Bishop Sideboard
Mahogany, 1790–1815
This sideboard belonged to the first president of Miami University, Robert Hamilton Bishop. Brought to Oxford by the Bishops in 1824, it stood in the entry hall of the Bishop home until the 1930s. In 1991, Dr. Jonathan S. Bishop donated the sideboard to Miami University and the McGuffey Museum.
Peter Bruner's top hat and hat box
Overcoming years of slavery, voluntary service in the Union Army, and decades of manual labor, celebrated Oxford citizen Peter Bruner‟s life is a story worth telling and re-telling. The Museum collection includes his top hat and hat box.
A National Historic Landmark
We aim to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit materials relating to the life of William Holmes McGuffey, the McGuffey Eclectic Reader series, the history of Miami University, and 19th century domestic life and architecture of southwest Ohio.
On August 23, 1970, the current home of the Ohio History Connection was officially opened. The American …
