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Group Size: We suggest that groups larger and 60 students divide their visit between Ohio River Museum and Campus Martius Museum with one half visiting one museum then switching to the other.

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Worksheet: Treasures in The Ohio River Museum
(885 k)
Students will find items from within the Ohio River Musuem.

Guided Tour: Ohio River Museum (September & October) (213 k)
After student view the video Fire and Water, they will tour the museum and learn about the history of steamboats. They will tour the W. P. Snyder, Jr., the last remaining towboat of its kind in America.

Program: Let's Talk Turkey! (September, October, March, and April) (102 k)
This workshop is an action-filled educationally with information and activities featuring wild turkeys. After an introductory video, students will learn about turkeys for the time of the American Indian until the present.

Program: Ohio River Mussels (September, October, March, and Apri) (105 k)
Along the bottoms of many rivers, lakes, and streams live a group of wildlife easily overlooked -Freshwater Mussels. What do they look like? How do they move? This workshop includes a short guided tour of the mussel exhibit.

Program: River Explorers (September, October, March, and April) (143 k)
Students become active river explorers in this program as they learn of the life of a pilot to a deckhand on a riverboat. They will learn duties and chores, listen to songs, then visit the W. P. Snyder, Jr. towboat. Explorers are presented with a W. P. Snyder, Jr. pilot badge.