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This is a list of museums in Columbus, Ohio and non-profit and university art galleries. The city's first museum was the Walcutt Museum, opened July 1851. At its opening, the museum had about six wax figures and a few paintings. It grew to have about 20 wax figures, several hundred animal specimens, and about 100 quality oil paintings. [1]
This list of museums in Ohio is a list of museums, defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
The Kelton House Museum and Garden is a Greek Revival and Italianate mansion in the Discovery District of Downtown Columbus, Ohio.The museum was established by the Junior League of Columbus to promote an understanding of daily life, customs, and decorative arts in 19th-century Columbus and to educate visitors about the Underground Railroad.
Ohio Village is a living history museum in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It is operated by the non-profit Ohio History Connection . The village, intended to provide a firsthand view of life in Ohio during the American Civil War , opened July 27, 1974, on 15 acres (61,000 m 2 ) adjacent to the Ohio History Center in north Columbus.
March Through Time is included with admission to the museum, which is $16 for general, $14 for college students and ages 60 and older and $10 for ages 4-12. Admission for Ohio History Connection ...
The Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (its name until 1978), [3] it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio. The museum collects and exhibits American and European modern and contemporary art, folk art, glass art, and ...
Motts Military Museum, Inc. 5075 S. Hamilton Road, Groveport. https://mottsmilitarymuseuminc.com, 614-836-1500. This bastion of military history started in the basement of Warren E. Motts' home ...
The building also houses Ohio's state archives, also managed by the Ohio History Connection. The museum is located at the Ohio State Fairgrounds, site of the Ohio State Fair, and a short distance north of downtown. The history center opened in 1970 as the Ohio Historical Center, moving the museum from its former site by the Ohio State University.