The Grand Tour will be focus of summer program for children at Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum

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COSHOCTON − The Grand Tour with the Johnson Brothers is the theme for children's programming from 10 to 11 a.m. Fridays from June 7 to July 19 at the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, 300 N. Whitewoman St. There will be no class July 5.

Young adventurers, for children ages 3 to 5 and 6 to 12, will traverse the globe as the Johnson Brothers, the founders of the museum, once did in the 1800s. The Grand Tour was once an educational rite of passage for young men through through the 17th to 19th centuries.

Jennifer Bush, executive director of the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, checks in with youth making a turtle rattle with paper plates, string and markers as part of a youth activity during a past summer program. The museum and other local organizations are offering a series of summer programming again this year.
Jennifer Bush, executive director of the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, checks in with youth making a turtle rattle with paper plates, string and markers as part of a youth activity during a past summer program. The museum and other local organizations are offering a series of summer programming again this year.

Traveling around the world, they would experience and learn from cultures that were different from their own, returning with this knowledge to share with their home. JHM’s own David and John Johnson were two of the many individuals who participated in the Grand Tour. Because of their experience, the museum can share their adventures and knowledge of cultures worldwide more than 150 years later.

Through interactive activities, games and crafts, children will ignite their curiosity and broaden their horizons while learning about science, art and music across Europe, Africa and Asia.

Admission is $1 per child and families can explore the museum after each session.

For more information and registration, call the museum at 740-622-8710 or go to jhmuseum.org/summer.

This article originally appeared on Coshocton Tribune: The Grand Tour will be focus of summer program at JH Museum