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Whether you're craving a summer stroll at the nationally recognized historic Serpent Mound, looking to catch a Muffins versus Diamonds base ball game in Ohio Village, or get a taste of freedom at the most active Underground Railroad “station,” the John Rankin House, our wildly diverse family of historic sites and museums across the state can connect you to stories and storytellers of generations past.

Accessibility

The Ohio History Connection welcomes all to be a part of history in the making. We strive to create a safe, accessible and friendly environment to explore our sites and collections. Our core value of inclusivity challenges us to constantly: seek out and remove barriers to participation, empower underserved audiences and improve how we deliver our services. Click here for more information about accessibility at Ohio History Center and Ohio Village.

About Our Historic Sites and Museums System

Our system of historic sites is uncommon; only a few states in the nation share our approach of linking landmark destinations and we are the largest in the nation. Thanks to the unique partnerships between the Ohio History Connection and the local groups that manage the sites on our behalf, we are making history by preserving history. Like us, these nonprofit groups, local parks and recreation departments, and Travel and Visitors Bureaus are committed to preserving our stories. The Ohio History Connection is proud to work with these local groups to help bring Ohio's varied and fascinating history to life.

Over 50+ Historic Sites and Museums Located in 40 Counties

January 3, 2022

Zoar Village

Explore a one-of-a-kind village, home from 1819 to 1898 of a communal society of German religious dissenters

January 3, 2022

Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor

Learn about the steel industry that dominated Youngstown in the 20th century

January 3, 2022

William Henry Harrison Tomb

Visit the tomb of the ninth president of the United States and learn about his life and accomplishments

January 3, 2022

Warren G. Harding Presidential Sites

Explore the Harding Home, Presidential Library & Museum and Harding Memorial in Marion, Ohio

January 3, 2022

Wahkeena Nature Preserve

Find a nature center, hiking trails, stone outcroppings, abundant plants, native orchids and more than 100 species of birds

January 3, 2022

U.S. Grant Boyhood Home & Schoolhouse

See where the future Civil War general and president of the United States lived from 1823–1839, then visit the school he attended

January 3, 2022

U.S. Grant Birthplace

Tour the birthplace of Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War general and two-term president of the United States

January 3, 2022

Tallmadge Church

Visit an 1825 church that's an architectural landmark and a reminder of northeast Ohio's New England heritage

January 3, 2022

Story Mound

See an ancient burial mound built by American Indians between 800 B.C and A.D. 100

January 3, 2022

Shrum Mound

Visit one of the last remaining ancient conical burial mounds in Columbus

December 30, 2021

Shaker Historical Museum

Discover the 19th-century North Union Shakers and the 20th-century planned suburban community of Shaker Heights

December 30, 2021

Logan Elm

Visit a site established in 1912 to preserve the memory of Chief Logan and the place where he delivered his eloquent 1774 speech

December 30, 2021

Lockington Locks

Discover a vestige of Ohio's Miami and Erie Canal, an important example of 19th-century civil engineering

December 30, 2021

Leo Petroglyphs & Nature Preserve

Explore a scenic gorge and discover centuries-old rock art created by the ancient peoples of Ohio

December 30, 2021

Johnston Farm & Indian Agency

From ancient mounds to Ohio's 19th-century canals, explore 2,000 years of history at this peaceful 250-acre site

December 30, 2021

Serpent Mound

Come to Serpent Mound to see the world's most spectacular effigy mound.

December 30, 2021

Schoenbrunn Village

Explore Schoenbrunn, a village founded in 1772 as a Moravian mission among the Delaware Indians

December 30, 2021

Quaker Yearly Meeting House

Visit the first Quaker yearly meeting house west of the Alleghenies, a National Historic Landmark associated with the antislavery movement

December 30, 2021

Paul Laurence Dunbar House

Tour the restored home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906), acclaimed writer and voice for equality for African Americans

December 30, 2021

John Rankin House

Visit one of Ohio's best-documented and most active Underground Railroad "stations"

December 30, 2021

Our House Tavern

Tour Our House Tavern, a restored 1819 tavern that hosted Gen. Lafayette when he visited French-settled Gallipolis, Ohio, in 1825

December 30, 2021

Ohio Village

Ohio Village is closed and undergoing significant infrastructure upgrades.

December 30, 2021

Ohio River Museum

Explore the story of the Ohio River and step aboard the W.P. Snyder Jr., the nation’s last intact steam-powered, stern-wheeled towboat

December 30, 2021

Ohio History Center

Explore our state's history museum

December 30, 2021

Newark Earthworks

Visit an architectural wonder of ancient America, the largest set of geometric earthen enclosures in the world

December 30, 2021

National Road & Zane Grey Museum

At National Road & Zane Grey, explore the story of early America’s busiest route West, and learn about locally-born author of Western novels Zane Grey.

December 30, 2021

National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center

Enjoy our exhibits and programs to learn about Ohio's and our nation's African American history, art, culture, and social movements.

December 29, 2021

Museum of Ceramics

At the Museum of Ceramics, learn about East Liverpool's heyday as a center of the ceramics industry from 1840 to 1930 and see a great collection of locally made wares.

December 29, 2021

Miamisburg Mound

Climb steps to the top of one of the two largest conical mounds in eastern North America

December 29, 2021

McCook House

Tour the McCook House, home of Daniel McCook, now a museum honoring the Ohio family known as the Civil War's “Fighting McCooks”.

December 29, 2021

John & Annie Glenn Museum

Tour John Glenn’s childhood home in New Concord, Ohio

December 29, 2021

Inscription Rock Petroglyphs

See American Indian symbols carved in rock on the south shore of Kelleys Island

December 29, 2021

Indian Mill

Visit a museum in an 1861 mill and learn about the history of milling from ancient times to the present

December 29, 2021

Hayes Presidential Library & Museums

Visit the home and presidential library of the 19th president of the United States, Rutherford B. Hayes

December 28, 2021

Harriet Beecher Stowe House

Visit the Cincinnati home where Harriet Beecher Stowe, later author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin lived from 1832–1836 and discover its history as the Edgemont Inn listed in the Green Book

December 28, 2021

Hanby House

Tour the family home of composer Benjamin Hanby (1833–1867), who wrote "Up on the Housetop" and "Darling Nelly Gray"

December 28, 2021

Fort Recovery Museum & Monument

Visit the site of two remarkable battles in American history

December 28, 2021

Fort Meigs

Explore a fort that helped secure the Great Lakes region during the War of 1812 and visit a museum about the war and the fort

December 28, 2021

Fort Laurens

Visit the place where Ohio’s only Revolutionary War fort once stood, and see the Tomb of the Unknown Patriot of the American Revolution

December 28, 2021

Fort Jefferson Memorial Park

See the place where Fort Jefferson, an advance outpost of Gen. Arthur St. Clair, stood in the 1790s

December 28, 2021

Fort Hill Earthworks & Nature Preserve

Enjoy natural beauty and hike to see one of the best-preserved ancient hilltop enclosures in North America

December 28, 2021

Fort Ancient Earthworks & Nature Preserve

Fort Ancient Earthworks is North America’s largest ancient hilltop enclosure earthwork.

December 28, 2021

Fort Amanda Memorial Park

Visit the place where Fort Amanda, a major supply depot for the American army during the War of 1812, once stood

December 28, 2021

Flint Ridge Ancient Quarries & Nature Preserve

Hike trails and see ancient pits left by America Indians who came here to quarry flint.

December 28, 2021

Fallen Timbers Battlefield Memorial Park

Visit a park at the site of the 1794 Battle of Fallen Timbers, one of the most important battles in our nation's development

December 28, 2021

Davis Memorial Nature Preserve

Explore an 88-acre nature preserve showcasing an impressive geologic fault

December 28, 2021

Custer Monument

Visit the place where George Armstrong Custer's birthplace once stood.

December 27, 2021

Cedar Bog Nature Preserve

See Ohio as it was over 10,000 years ago at this 450-acre nature preserve.

December 27, 2021

Campus Martius Museum

Explore the museum and learn about the first organized American settlement in the Northwest Territory.

December 27, 2021

Buffington Island Battlefield Memorial Park

The site of the only significant Civil War battle in Ohio.

December 27, 2021

Buckeye Furnace

A reconstructed charcoal-fired iron blast furnace with original stack.

December 27, 2021

Big Bottom Memorial Park

Named for the broad Muskingum River flood plain, this is the site of a 1791 attack on settlers by American Indians that marked the start of four years of warfare in Ohio.

December 27, 2021

Adena Mansion & Gardens

Visit the 1807 hilltop home of Thomas Worthington, sixth governor of Ohio and one of Ohio's first United States senators

December 27, 2021

Armstrong Air & Space Museum

Explore the greatest journey in human history, one that put men on the moon and set the course for our nation’s space program

December 22, 2021

Cooke-Dorn House

Formerly the home of Eleutheros Cooke, Sandusky's first lawyer and a politician serving in the Ohio Legislature and U.S. Congress

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GEOCACHING

Do you want to test your skills in a whole new way? Try geocaching! Geocaching combines a treasure hunt and a hike to locate hidden "caches" using GPS and a little sleuthing. A cache is a waterproof box that contains a logbook for all successful searchers to sign and few small trinkets like foreign currency, small rubber animals, stickers and toy action figures that geocachers exchange with each other.

Adena Mansion & Gardens

Worthington Woodland Wonder

Geocache

Fort Ancient

Moorehead's Monument

Geocache

Fort Meigs

The British Are Coming!

Geocache

Johnston Farm & Indian Agency

Treasure of the Upper Miami

Geocache

National Road & Zane Grey Museum

Drivers of the Purple Sage

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Passport to Your Ohio History

Find helpful information about each Ohio History Connection site, collect site stamps representing each location and answer challenging trivia questions with your passport!

Ohio History Connection members can receive a passport for free! To request yours, please visit our Contact Us and select "Membership." Not a member? Visit one of our staffed Ohio History Connection sites to pick up your passport or request your passport online. Please allow 4 weeks for processing.

Request your passport online here!