Bring your phone or tablet when you visit Highland House and enjoy our recently updated Self-Guided Tour. Click on the button above to begin!

Children's Tea Party info click on LINKS

OPENING FOR THE SEASON ON 05 MAY!

For more information, click on "Location and Hours".

BUSYNESS AT THE MUSEUM!

What's going on at Highland House during our closed time? The Caspar Collins Room is going through a major upgrade! Plaster repair and painting are now taking place. Our 2nd Floor Northern Hall is also going though a major facelift, PLUS it is becoming a new display area for local folks who became celebrities, such as Uncle Orrie, Milton Caniff, etc. One of the Colony Theater Scenes of World History is being installed in that area. Which one? You'll have to wait until we open to find out! 
Work in the library has continued throughout the winter with recataloging of books, purchase of a robust scanner to begin digitizing our photo collection.
Outside, our Log Cabin is also getting a facelift with a NEW CEDAR SHAKE ROOF!

HONORING THOSE WHO SERVED
BANNER PROJECT APPLICATION - click HERE

Our Museum is now closed for the season. Watch this site for announcement of our opening date (still in deliberation!~)
​Much goes on during the OFF SEASON, however! We are busy cleaning, cataloging and marking items. If you would like to join a team doing one of these projects, please call Vicki at the Museum. 393-3392

Did you miss the Ohio Civil Rights Hall of Fame?           
​ Click HERE to watch it!

WE ARE NOW ON OUR
2nd PRINTING! Thank you for your interest in our
new book!

THE HILLSBORO STORY
is on the shelf now!
With the help of Elsie Ayres' step-grandson and permission of her daughter, we took her 1957 booklet and have increased its size and number of pages. Updated with 2017 information as well as many rarely-seen photographs, this is sure to become a favorite. Elsie's book was originally produced for the Sesqui-Centennial and can rarely be found these days. Stop at Highland House to purchase a copy or you can order online (postage applies). Click on "Online Ordering" on the sidebar above.
$19.50 plus tax
(HCHS Members save 10%)

An Army Wife Comes West - click on HISTORIES to access letters written by Catharine Wever Collins.

NOW AVAILABLE - many of the items in our MUSEUM SHOP are now available for purchase though this website! Click on "Online Ordering" at left.

Did you miss WKRC Newsmakers on Sunday? Click here to watch. (If you don't have time to watch the entire 30 minutes, click at the 13 min 30 sec mark to watch Lincoln School interview.

NOW AVAILABLE!
Add this great documentary to your DVD library! This is the positive and uplifting story of mothers who stood up for their children's education. This was the first northern test case following Brown v. Board of Education.

$20 donation
Museum Shop at Highland House or purchase online here

Our first major exhibit addition in many years! Don't miss the new exhibit, "LINCOLN SCHOOL STORY". 
NOW OPEN!
We have completed a total renovation of the former "Mother Thompson/WCTU" Room, located on the second floor of Highland House. Our HUMANITIES ROOM  now features the new Lincoln School Story exhibit, which includes many seldom seen photographs and documents, as well as a documentary video presentation featuring the work of filmmaker, Andrea Torrice. In addition, displays and ephemera about the WCTU have being refreshed. The history of the UNDERGROUND RAILROAD in Highland County will also be on display in this room. For more information, click here.

Looking for a way to "PAY IT FORWARD" to your community? Consider becoming a volunteer at Highland House! We use volunteers as GREETERS, CLERKS in our Museum Shop (special training required), behind the scenes work, such as reframing photographs and documents, marking objects (part of our ongoing cataloging project), assisting with mailings such as our newsletter, and general cleaning and straightening. You might like to become an costumed interpreter in our Log Cabin or love gardening and would like to share in the work of keeping our beautiful grounds lovely. You can call the office at Highland House - 393-3392, or fill out the form on this site (click on "Volunteers" in the side panel for more information or to find the form).

Our Military Room - renovated in 2016

Are we finished? No - there's more coming. Our lighting is still being tweaked. We will be adding some A/V programming to enhance the experience. But, alas, these things take time and we knew the public wanted to see what had been accomplished so far.In addition, we have probably 50% more items than we are able to display at one time, so the collection will begin to cycle once we have completed cataloging in our storage areas.

Have you registered your KROGER PLUS CARD listing HCHS as your charity of choice? This costs you nothing, nor does it take any of your fuel points! BUT, Kroger will share part of their charitable giving with us! We currently have 6 folks helping us and our last check from Kroger was over $50.00. Please help and register your Kroger Plus Card Charitable Organization as HCHS!  THANK-YOU!

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