OI Events: History Programs

Visit Oglebay Institute’s Mansion Museum 6-8pm Friday, December 13 for a festive evening of Christmas Caroling.

Gather on the front porch of Mansion Museum and sing a lively mix of holiday classics as well as modern day favorites. Enjoy hot chocolate and cookies served throughout the evening and stay warm around a fire burning inside an ice chimney on the front lawn.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 304-242-7272.

More Holiday Events at the Museums of Oglebay Institute:

November 9-January 5: Holidays at the Mansion
December 1, 8 & 15 The Nutcracker Tea

Begin a perfect evening together with a unique museum tour of the Oglebay  Mansion 6-7:30pm Friday, February 14 or Saturday, February 15.

Learn about the lives and loves of three generations of the Oglebay Family. We’ll explore secret engagements, tragedy, young love and second chances. Also, experience the rare opportunity to go into the Mansion’s period rooms. Each couple receives sparkling wine, chocolates, a single rose and a glass “kiss” made in The Studio at the Glass Museum.

Click here to register online for the February 14 tour. Click here to register online for the February 15 tour. You can also register by phone at 304-242-7272.

Begin a perfect evening together with a unique museum tour of the Oglebay  Mansion 6-7:30pm Friday, February 14 or Saturday, February 15.

Learn about the lives and loves of three generations of the Oglebay Family. We’ll explore secret engagements, tragedy, young love and second chances. Also, experience the rare opportunity to go into the Mansion’s period rooms. Each couple receives sparkling wine, chocolates, a single rose and a glass “kiss” made in The Studio at the Glass Museum.

Click here to register online for the February 14 tour. Click here to register online for the February 15 tour. You can also register by phone at 304-242-7272.

Oglebay Institute’s annual Antiques Show & Sale kicks-off with the Dessert with Antiques Preview Party 7-10pm Friday, April 3 at Oglebay Park’s Wilson Lodge.

This popular event includes an enticing array of sweets and coffees along with a special sneak peek of the show. A cash bar is also available.

Tickets are $30 per person and includes repeat admission to the show Saturday and Sunday. Call 304-242-7272 or purchase tickets at the door.

More about Oglebay Institute’s Antiques Show:

Oglebay Institute’s annual Antiques Show & Sale is the largest and longest-running in West Virginia, and among the oldest in the country. Quality merchandise and diverse inventory will appeal to both experienced collectors and novice buyers. More than 50 dealers from 10 states are featured.

General show hours are 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday, April 4 and 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday, April 5.

Oglebay Institute’s annual Antiques Show & Sale at Wilson Lodge in Oglebay takes place April 4 & 5.  (Special preview events take place Friday, April 3)

Among the oldest in the country, the show is also the largest and longest-running in West Virginia. Not only a shopping experience, dealers are eager to share their knowledge with patrons. Quality merchandise and diverse inventory will appeal to both experienced collectors and novice buyers.

More than 50 dealers from 10 states are featured.

Antiques for sale include:

American, English, Primitive and Period Furniture, American Art, Folk Art, Western Art, pottery, quilts, jewelry, rugs, baskets, pewter, silver, glass, china, books and endless decorative items.

Special events:

Dessert with Antiques Preview Party: 7-10pm Friday, April 3 at Wilson Lodge.

Antiques Show hours:

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Saturday
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sunday