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Area attractions open for the holiday

From staff reports

While many businesses will be closed Monday for Memorial Day, a number of area attractions are open through this weekend and will be open to visitors Monday on the first official weekend of the summer tourism season.

¯ While usually closed on Mondays, Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park will be open on Memorial Day with tours and sternwheeler rides to the island. Monday’s hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The sternwheeler Island Belle will pick up visitors at Point Park in Parkersburg for rides to and from the island.

The Blennerhassett Museum, located at Second and Juliana streets in Parkersburg, will be also be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for Memorial Day. For more information call 304-420-4800.

¯ The Oil and Gas Museum on Third Street in downtown Parkersburg will be open on Memorial Day. The museum also operates Henderson Hall on River Road in Boaz which will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday.

¯ The Veterans Museum of the Mid-Ohio Valley will have a Memorial Day open house from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday at the museum at 1829 Seventh St. in Parkersburg. The museum will also be holding a “Thank Our Veterans Cookout” from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at City Park for any veterans and their families at the park.

¯ The Campus Martius Museum and the Ohio River Museum, both in Marietta, are open for the holiday weekend. The museums will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday for the holiday.

The Campus Martius and Ohio River museums, located one block apart on Second Street and Front Street, are operated by the Ohio History Connection, a private, nonprofit organization that serves as the state’s partner in preserving and interpreting Ohio’s history, archeology and natural history.

The Campus Martius Museum focuses primarily on the pioneer history of the Northwest Territory and Marietta as its first settlement, along with other aspects of the area’s history from 1780 to 1970. The Ohio River Museum focuses on the rivers, riverboats and sternwheelers which played vital roles in Marietta’s history.

A new exhibit at the Campus Martius Museum will open during Memorial Day Weekend. Entitled “To End All War” the exhibit recognizes the men and women who served from World War I to the Vietnam War.

¯ The Castle on Fourth Street in Marietta will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday for the Memorial Day holiday.

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