Ohio Museums: 1500+ Learning Opportunities

Ohio Museums: 1500+ Learning Opportunities

Ohio Museums:
1,500+ Learning Opportunities
Jeanne Mauriocourt
Lakeside Chautauqua Senior Venture
August 29, 2012
Purpose
Selection Process
Disclaimers
Acknowledgements
American Association
of Museums
What is a Museum?
http://www.aam-us.org/
Ohio Museum Association
Who is served?
Northeast
Ohio
National Cleveland-Style
Polka Hall of Fame Museum
605 East 222nd Street
Euclid, OH 44123
866-66-POLKA
www.clevelandstyle.com
Museum of Divine Statues
12905 Madison Avenue
Lakewood, OH 44107
216-288-9950
museumofdivinestatues.com
Lake Erie Nature &
Science Center
28728 Wolf Road
Bay Village, OH 44140
440-871-2900
www.lensc.org
International Women’s Air
& Space Museum
Burke Lakefront Airport, Room 165
Cleveland, OH 44114
216-623-1111
iwasm.org/wp-blog
Croatian Heritage Museum
34900 Lakeshore Boulevard
Willoughby, OH 44095
440-946-2044
www.croatianmuseum.org
The Little Wiz Fire Museum &
Historic Medina Museum
326 East Smith Road
Medina, OH 44256
330-419-0200
www.thelittlewiz.com
Akron Fossils &
Science Center
2080 South Cleveland Massillon Road
Akron, OH 44321
330-665-3466
www.akronfossils.com
Akron Police
Department Museum
217 South High Street
Mezzanine Level
Akron, OH 44308
330-375-2390
Haines House
186 West Market Street
Alliance, OH 44601
330-829-4668
www.haineshouse.org
Allen Memorial Art Museum
Oberlin College
87 North Main Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
440-775-8665
www.oberlin.edu/amam
OH WOW!
Children’s Center for Science & Technology
11 W Federal Street
Youngstown, OH 44503
330-744-5914
www.valleykids.org
Central
Ohio
Mansfield Reformatory
Preservation Society
100 Reformatory Road
Mansfield, OH 44905
419-522-2644
www.mrps.org
The Topiary Park
480 East Town Street
Columbus, OH 43215
614-645-0197
www.topiarygarden.org
Anti-Saloon League Museum
126 South State Street
Westerville, OH 43081
614-882-7277
www.westervillelibrary.org/AntiSaloon
Archives of
Ohio United Methodism
Ohio Wesleyan University
43 Rowand Avenue
Delaware, OH 43015
740-368-3285
library.owu.edu/spuma.htm
Early Television
Foundation & Museum
5396 Franklin Street
Hilliard, OH 43026
614-771-0510
www.earlytelevision.org
The Wagnalls Memorial
150 East Columbus Street
Lithopolis, OH 43136
614-837-4765
www.wagnalls.org
Ted Lewis Museum
133 West Main Street
Circleville, OH 43113
740-477-3630
www.tedlewismuseum.org
Ed Jeffers Barber Museum
South High Street
Canal Winchester, OH 43110
614-837-8400
www.edjeffersbarbermuseum.com
The Greater Buckeye Lake
Historical Society
4729 Walnut Road (State Route #79)
Buckeye Lake, OH 43008
740-929-1998
www.buckeyelakehistory.org
Southeast
Ohio
Warther Museum
331 Carl Avenue
Dover, OH 44622
330-343-7513
www.warthers.com
Lou Holtz Upper Ohio Valley
Hall of Fame
120 East Fifth Street
East Liverpool, OH 43920
330-386-5443
louholtzhalloffame.com
Children’s Toy & Doll Museum
206 Gilman Avenue
Marietta, OH 45750
740.373.0799
www.toyanddollmuseum.com
Bicycle Museum of America
7 West Monroe Street
State Route 274
New Bremen, OH
419-629-9249
www.bicyclemuseum.com
Southwest
Ohio
Boonshoft Museum
of Discovery
2600 Deweese Parkway
Dayton, OH 45414
937-275-7431
www.boonshoftmuseum.org
Piatt Castles
937-465-2821
www.piattcastles.org
Mac-A-Cheek Castle:
10051 Township Road 47
West Liberty, OH 43357
Mac-O-Chee Castle:
2319 State Route 287
West Liberty, OH 43357
Bear's Mill
6450 Arcanum-Bear's Mill Road
Greenville, OH 45331
937-548-5112
www.bearsmill.com
McGuffey Museum
Miami University
410 E. Spring Street
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-8380
www.units.muohio.edu/mcguffeymuseum/
Northwest
Ohio
Wilson Football Museum
217 Liberty Street
Ada, OH 45810
419-634-9901
www.wilsonfootballmuseum.com
The Museum of Postal History
339 North Main Street
Delphos, OH 45833
419-303-5482
postalhistorymuseum.org
Snook’s Dream Car Museum
13920 County Home Road
Bowling Green, OH 43402
419-353-8338
www.snooksdreamcars.com
Blair Museum of Lithophanes
5403 Elmer Drive
Toledo, OH 43615
419-245-1356
www.lithophanemuseum.org/collections.html
Special &
Online Museums
Scouting Museums in Ohio
usscouts.org/museums/ohio.asp
Camp Miakonda Scouting Museum
5600 Sylvania Avenue, Toledo, OH 734-242-3447
Frank L. Grubbs Boy Scout Museum
64 High Street, Glouster, OH 740-767-3138
Nathan L. Dauby Scout Museum
East 22nd Street at Woodlawn, Cleveland, OH 216-861-6060
W. C. Moorhead Museum
Camp Tuscazoar - 6066 Boy Scout Road NE, Dover, OH
330-859-2288
The Ohio
State University
www.osu.edu/visitors/museums.php
Museum of
Classical Archaeology
28 Dulles Hall
230 W. 17th Avenue
Columbus, OH
614-247-4470
moca.osu.edu
Museum of
Biological Diversity
1315 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212
mbd.osu.edu
Medical Heritage Center
Health Sciences Library
376 W. 10th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-4861
hsl.osu.edu/service-areas/mhc
The Historic Costume &
Textiles Collection
175 Campbell Hall
1787 Neil Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-3090
costume.osu.edu
Billy Ireland
Cartoon Library & Museum
27 West 17th Avenue Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
614-292-0538
cartoons.osu.edu
Additional OSU Museums
Orton Geological Museum
Rare Books and Manuscripts Collection
Multiple Galleries & Cultural Centers
Jack Nicklaus Museum
University Museum
Museum of the Open Road
WEBSITE: www.roadmuseum.org
E-MAIL: motor@roadmuseum.org
A.D. Farrow Co.
Harley-Davidson Museum
491 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
614-228-6353
www.adfarrow.com
American Classical Music
Hall Of Fame & Museum
513-621-3263
www.americanclassicalmusic.org
DISAPPOINTMENTS
TV Dinner Club Museum
Akron, OH
Degenhart Paperweight Museum
Cambridge, OH
Trapshooting Hall of Fame
Vandalia, OH
Where will you go in
the off-season???
Museums suggested by
audience members
Garrett Morgan (Inventor)
Historical marker on East 55th Street
just south of Harlem Avenue, Cleveland, OH
No specific museum found
Bainbridge Dental Museum & Historical Society
www.bainbridgedentalmuseum.org
209 West Main Street
Bainbridge, OH 45612
740-634-2228
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
www.maltzmuseum.org
2929 Richmond Road
Beachwood, OH 44122
216-593-0575
Campus Martius Museum of the Northwest Territory
campusmartiusmuseum.org/index.html
601 Second Street
Marietta, OH 45750
740-373-3750
Ohio River Museum
ohsweb.ohiohistory.org
601 Front Street
Marietta, OH 45750
740-373-3750
The Castle
www.mariettacastle.org
418 4th Street
Marietta, OH 45750
740-373-4180
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum
300 North Whitewoman Street
Coshocton, OH 43812
740-622-8710
The Rankin House
www.ripleyohio.net/htm/rankin.htm
6152 Rankin Road
Ripley, OH 45167
937-392-1627
National Road/Zane Gray Museum
www.ohiohistory.org/museums-and-historic-sites/museum--historic-sitesby-name/national-road
8850 East Pike
Norwich, OH 43767
740-872-3143
The Terminal Museum
(Cincinnati Museum Center)
www.cincymuseum.org
1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45203
513-287-7000
Firelands Museum
http://firelandsmuseum.org/
4 Case Ave
Norwalk, OH
419-668-6038
Annie Oakley Museum
(Annie Oakley Center at Garst Museum)
www.garstmuseum.org
205 North Broadway
Greenville, OH 45331
937-548-5250
Salvadore Dali Museum
http://thedali.org/home.php
(formerly located in Cleveland, OH – now located in St. Petersburg, FL)
Victorian Perambulator Museum
www.perambulatormuseum.com
26 East Cedar Street
Jefferson, OH 44047
440-576-9588
Plidco Pipeline Museum
870 Canterbury Road
Westlake, OH 44145
216-871-5700