11:00am - 1:00pm | Third Wednesday of each Month
(Unless otherwise specified)​

11:00am - Seating/Open Museum | 11:30am - Lunch Served | 12:00pm (noon) - Speaker

LOCATION: Armstrong Conference Center (121 S. Broadway, Lebanon, OH),
COST: $22 for WCHS members or $26 for non-members. (Includes lunch, lecture & museum admission)
Program without lunch $5 for members / $8 for non-members.

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Themed hot lunch served before a lecture on a historical topic. ​​
​Topics vary but are always presented by a speaker fluent on the subject. Lectures last approximately one hour.

• Ticket sales close at noon the Wednesday before the event. If you would like lunch, reservations MUST be made by this time. Tickets for the lecture ONLY option will be available up until the event or may be purchased at the door.​​​

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Upcoming Lectures

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A British Coronation | June 21

SPEAKER: Suzanne Anderson Taylor

​COST: $22 for WCHS members or $26 for non-members.
​(Includes lunch, lecture & museum admission)

(Lunch sales close the Wednesday before the event.)

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Orson Murray: 19th Century Free-Thinker and Abolitionist | July 19
SPEAKER: Tom Calarco

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Previous Lecture Topics

Visit the Lunch & Learn Video Archive Here.

• WCHS Executive Director, Michael Coyan discussed new acquisitions to the museum.
  
• Former director of Fort Ancient, Jack Blosser, talked about the differences between History and Pre-History.
• Shaker experts Christian Goodwillie and Carol Medlicott.
• ​WCHS Historian, John Zimkus, explored Lincoln's connection to where we live.
• Joyce Lovins Browning portrayed Lotti Moon, Confederate spy
• Collector, ​Linda Martin, took us through a dime store Christmas
• Fred Compton spoke on Thanksgiving, a fabricated holiday.
• WCHS Assistant Director and textile expert, Jeanne Doan, weaves an interesting history of fabrics.
• A story of teenage pen-pals as WWII approaches.
• Passenger Pigeons were once many... now they are none.
• "Lincoln's Northern Nemisis," Clement Vallandigham
• Fan favorite, ​Joyce Browning, returned as Martha Washington
• Art History Mysteries with Executive Director, Michael Coyan
• The Mason Bomber Crash of 1955
• Mary Ryan Allen told the story of Blennerhassett Island
• The first African-American principal of Lebanon and the African Union School.
• Author, Carol Tonnesen, shared her writing process
• Long-time Golden Lamb manager, Fred Compton, discussed his holiday memories
• ​Joyce Lovins Browning portrayed Mary Draper Ingles, escaped Shawnee captive​
• Halloween collector, ​Linda Martin, took a nostalgic look at the holiday's evolution in America
• ​Gail W. Rose revisited the lectures of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• We entered the spirit world with author, Randy Overbeck
• Judith Dann portrayed suffragette Victoria Woodhull
• John Zimkus weighed the evidence on Lebanon's “Greatest All-Around Athlete”
• ​Jeff Wilson discussed his books, Ohio Legends
• Joyce Browning portrayed the rootinest, tootenist resident in Ohio history, Annie Oakley
• The History of Beedle Station  from John Zimkus
• Jim Crabtree and Teena Baldrige portrayed President Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln
• The Bones of Cincinnatus performed holiday season classics.
• Character actor, Joyce Lovins Browning portrayed Mary Cunningham: 1870s Cincinnati Body Snatcher
• The Little Miami’s "Scenic River" Status​
• 100 Years of Bridal Fashion in "Brides of Yesteryear"
• ​The Secrets of the Infirmary Time Capsule
• Guadalcanal: A Turn Point in WWII
• Historian John Zimkus spoke on Lebanon’s William E. Harmon

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