Watt Center for History & the Arts

04/19/2026

The Watt Center Hosting Grade School Art Show

Volunteers at The Watt Center are delighted to again host the Barnesville Grade School Art Show. Students will come as class groups to see their art projects on display. Parents, grandparents, family and friends are invited to enjoy the show on Sunday, April 26 from 1pm to 3pm.

Displays at The Watt Center are also available to all visitors. These feature Barnesville's rich local history - industrial, retail, and agricultural. The Watt Center occupies the historic Watt Car and Wheel office building, a show piece in itself, and is located at 511 Watt Avenue, Barnesville, Ohio.

03/08/2026

It's a beautiful day to show off the newly painted trim at The Watt Center ☀️

02/15/2026

The Tacoma Post Office unit and sign were recently donated to the Watt Center for History and the Arts.

11/06/2025

Local historian Bruce Yarnall will share a PowerPoint presentation called “Through the Lens of History: Local Postcard History” at an upcoming program at the Watt Center for History and the Arts.

11/06/2025

Watt Program Features Local, Postal History Presentation

Local historian Bruce Yarnall will share a PowerPoint presentation called “Through the Lens of History: Local Post Cards” at an upcoming program at the Watt Center for History and the Arts.

The program will take place at 6 p.m., on Thursday, November 13.

For almost 100 years the postcard was the equivalent of today’s social media “instant messaging” and today’s social media photo posts. Come to the museum to learn about local history through Yarnall’s incredible postcard collection and his stories.

No admission is charged, but we appreciate a $5 donation to help pay for the organization’s expenses and upkeep of the historic Watt Car and Wheel Company office building.

Doors will open at 5 p.m. for attendees who want to view local business, organization and industrial historical displays maintained by the group.

Art displays and an annual used book sale also encourage appreciation and creativity.

One of the post cards in the upcoming program “Through the Lens of History: Local Post Cards” is this one that features the Barnesville Main Street Business District during the Roaring 20s.

(photo, Bruce Yarnall collection)

10/09/2025

TONIGHT ‼️‼️

📆 Mark your calendar for:

Eastern Ohio Quilts of the 1800s
An evening with Terry Tickhill Terrell

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 6pm

Doors at The Watt Center will open at 5pm

10/02/2025

📆 Mark your calendar for:

Eastern Ohio Quilts of the 1800s
An evening with Terry Tickhill Terrell

Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 6pm

Doors at The Watt Center will open at 5pm

09/21/2025

‼️The countdown is on ‼️

It's almost time for our annual used book sale. Come stock up on all of your winter reading 📚

Hours posted in the image below 👇

09/21/2025

The Watt Center prepares for another book sale: this time with around 15,000 books available.

09/04/2025