By: Doug Whiteman, Associated Press
COLUMBUS (AP)- Ohio’s old electric chair will be on public view for the first time in 80 years as part of a small exhibit at the state’s history museum that will spotlight artifacts from the more provocative side of Ohio history. “History definitely isn’t always pretty,” exhibit curator Sharon Dean said Tuesday in announcing “Controversy: Pieces You Don’t Normally See,” opening April 1 at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus. “The more we can stare some of things that aren’t so pretty in the face, I think the more we can have honest, open discussions and start really working through some issues that, to date, have been fairly difficult,” Dean said. Other pieces in the display, scheduled to run through Nov. 20, are: a 1920s Ku Klux Klan robe and hood; a 150-year-old sheepskin condom found