James E. Grosjean Room

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Atlas ObscuraSep 22

Allen County Historical Society and Museum in Lima, Ohio

If the entirety of this museum wasn’t so peculiar already, the James E. Grosjean Room at the Allen County Historical Museum would be a place of magic surrealism; a tactile portal to the past in the midst of the proverbial Rust Belt town built quickly on oil. Lima once had a bustling trolley system, the prominent Faurot Opera House, industry, culture and promise. But now it’s easy to see the dec…

Room with a mechanical display of Noah's Ark.

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  • Allen County Historical Society and MuseumMuseumMuseum with quilts, trains, natural history, and native artifacts.
  • James E. Grosjean RoomSightRoom with a mechanical display of Noah's Ark.
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