The village of Burton was founded in 1798 and is Geauga County’s oldest settlement. Like many other early settlements in the Connecticut Western Reserve, Burton has a town square patterned after the village greens of New England. Historic homes and civic buildings surround the square. The village is home to Century Village Museum, an authentic representation of a Western Reserve Village from 1798 to the end of the 19th century.
Gather under the tent with neighbors and friends for an evening of live music, living history, and engagement.
Century Village Museum
14653 E Park St
Burton, OH 44021
Susan Marie Frontczak as Marie Curie
Music by One Dollar Hat
Dan Cutler as Chief Cornstalk
Music by Jesse Huge
Susan Marie Frontczak as Mary Shelley
Music by Paul Borger
Dianne Moran as Dian Fossey
Music by Hal Walker
Gene Worthington as Theodore Roosevelt
Music by IV Effect
The Natural World is the theme for a host of community-based programming throughout the week. Engage in real conversations about real issues at scholar-led programs, meditate in the outdoors in the library’s garden, and bring the whole family to Century Village Museum for a day of fun activities during the Ohio Chautauqua Family Day. Click on the events below for more information.
Dan Cutler: How the Skin Trade Changed Traditional Native Values
Kent State University-Geauga Campus
14111 Claridon-Troy Rd.
Burton, OH 44021
(440) 834-4187
Tour: How Does Your Lettuce Grow?
Great Lakes Growers
15145 Kinsman Rd.
Burton, Oh 44021
(440) 834-0032
Gene Worthington, Presidential Firsts
Middlefield Branch-Geauga County Public Library
16167 E. High St.
Middlefield, OH
(440) 632-1961
Susan Marie Frontczak: Marie Curie’s Legacy
Kent State University Geauga Campus
14111 Claridon-Troy Rd.
Burton, OH 44021
(440) 834-4187
Lydia Snyder: Guided Meditation in the Garden with the Japanese Shakuhachi Flute
Burton Public Library
14588 West Park St.
Burton, OH 42021
(440) 834-4466
Dianne Moran: Dian Fossey, Passionate Mountain Gorilla Researcher and Defender
West Woods Nature Center, Oakwood Room
9465 Kinsman Rd.
Russell, OH 44072
(440) 286-9516
Grappling with Frankentstein’s Monster
10:00 a.m. Susan Marie Frontczak: Does a Clone have a Soul?
11:30 a.m. Drs. Erin Lamb and Nicolas Hirsch: The Science & Ethics of Cloning
Burton Public Library
14588 West Park St.
Burton, OH 44021
(440) 834-4466
Family Day: The Natural World
Century Village Museum
14653 East Park St.
Burton, OH 44021
(440) 834-1492