Over the course of this semester, I have been interning at Sandusky in conjunction with a Westover Honors Course at Lynchburg College. ...

My name is Timothy Elliott and I am one of the Historical Interpreters at The Historic Sandusky Museum. My job includes many things, such as giving tours of the historic house and running the gift shop, but it also entails doing research on the Hutter family, a distinguished family that lived at Sandusky for over one hundred years. For the last few months, I have been combing over hundreds of Hutter family letters and documents to get a clearer picture of their history and wh

The best part of working for a historic house is the personality. Not just the house itself, but the relationships people form with the...

My name is Kelly Childress and I am a historical interpreter with a Master of Arts in History and a minor in museum studies from Lynchburg College. From August 2013 to May 2015 I held a position as a graduate assistant at Historic Sandusky where I was given a variety of projects to work on over the course of two years. Working at a small historic site, our jobs and responsibilities are eclectic and can range from managing the visitor center and giving house tours to researchi

Days 3 & 4 (July 16 & 17) The first two days of the institute were packed with resources and information for the educator. However, the last two days appealed to the history enthusiast or Civil War buff. The participants were given a number of trip options for the third day and were taken on a tour of Richmond in Lincoln’s footsteps on the last day. Out of the many trip options, I chose to go to the Petersburg Battlefield and Pamplin Park. The trip to Petersburg stood out t