Goal: $10,000.00
Specific Need
SPECIAL NEEDS: This is for a two-fold project. The first is to complete a project that will complete our project to digitize all our archives to they will be accessible to the public free of charge. The program will allow people to actually see what the artifact looks like -- versus just a note that we have the artifact. For example, a clipping about Conneaut Lake Park from 1958 would show the item in its entirety versus just saying with have that clipping. It will be a great resource for researchers -- both students and teachers as well as those just doing it as a hobby. We have been preparing this for several years and are now ready to proceed.
The second part of the goal is to raise funds for our military banner program. The program is not a fund-raiser as those who purchase the banners pay a fee and receive the banner after two years.
However, the historical society pays the borough for the employee cost of putting up and taking down the banners. This is to ensure no taxpayer funds are used for the project.
Funds raised through this campaign will be used for that purpose as well.
We have ongoing projects. In 2026, we completed renovations to the museum, which included the garage where the Liberty the Second speedboat is housed as well updating the electrical and plumbing systems with a total cost exceeding $25,000.
Our major special project completed in 2026,was the erection of 60 military banners on poles in the borough.
We have received overwhelmingly praise for the banners and we will take applications for more banners probably in September.
It was an exciting project ending work which started nine years ago!
Mission
The historical society's mission is to research and preserve our history for the future and to share it with the community.
Profile
We are an all-volunteer group and all funds received go the operation of our museum and preserving and sharing our history. Our museum,located at 150 N. Third St.,Conneaut Lake, is open on Saturdays from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. from May through mid-October or by special appointment by calling Chuck Groger at 814-382-8722 or Julia Catalano at 814-724-941.
We have nearly 50,000 artifacts including Woolly Mammoth bones,the Liberty the Second speed boat, miliary, ice house industry, Erie Extension Canal, Conneaut Lake Park and much more.
Admission is free,but donations are accepted.
The historical society was founded in 1999 and operates a museum in downtown Conneaut Lake. We are an all-volunteer group with a board of 12 members and four officers. In addition to the museum, which has more than 57,000 artifacts and includes a research center. We also maintain a century-old cemetery on the edge of town by keeping it mowed and free of debris.
We serve the borough of Conneaut Lake as well as the adjoining townships and government entities such as Summit and Sadsbury townships, the village of Geneva, Shermansville as well both East and West Fallowfield townships.
However, we also provide the valuable resources to anyone in the public -- free of charge.
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Contact
PO Box 425Conneaut Lake, PA 16316
Phone: (814) 337-6377
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