10051, Township Road 47
Enjoy an Easter experience that has all the fun of a community Easter Egg Hunt and so much more. Our hunt invites participants to both hide and search for eggs. There is no need to bring a basket, as you will return home with a bag of Easter treats. Join us for this first free event at Piatt Castle Mac-A-Cheek on Saturday, April 19 at 4:00 pm. This intergenerational experience of Historical Easter Customs has a sequence of activities that end at 6:00 pm.
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Outside, all can enjoy an Easter egg roll like the one first played at the White House lawn when Ohioian, Rutherford B. Hayes was President. Other activities include popular German and Irish Easter egg games described in the 1880s American Girls and Boys Handy Books.
Inside the historic house museum, children will be invited to make an Easter card pictured in the 19th century Handy Books and to color another from the Piatt family collection. An exhibit of 19th and 20th century Easter cards will be on view. Families can share their own spring holiday customs and learn about spring-time stories in Piatt family celebrations.
Mac-A-Cheek Castle is located at 10051, Township Road 47, 1 mile east of West Liberty, Ohio. In case of rain, outdoor activities will be adapted for play under tents.
This program is sponsored by the Mac-A-Cheek Foundation for the Humanities (MFH) with support from the Mary Eleanor Morris Fund of the Columbus Foundation.
Piatt Castle Mac-A-Cheek is open for public tours weekends from 10-4. Beginning on May 24, the site will be open daily from 10-5. The weekend schedule returns after Labor Day. Visit www.piattcastle.org for our seasonal event schedule and information on how to book group tours April – October. Admissions from tours support the Mac-A-Cheek Foundation for the Humanities, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization that produces educational experiences at the historic house museum.
