Experience the exhibits of the Ohio History Center museum! Located at 800 E 17th Ave, Columbus, OH, 43211, at the intersection of Interstate 71 and 17th Ave.
The Ohio History Center museum is generally open Wednesday through Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.- please check our website for holiday hours or other operating hours changes.
Please note the Ohio History Center will be closed January 1-17, 2025 for annual cleaning and maintenance. We look forward to seeing you when we reopen Saturday, January 18, 2025.
$16/Adult ages 13-59
$10/Youth (4-12)
$14/Senior 60+
$14/College student with ID
Free/Children 3 & Under, ticket required
ID will be required to redeem student tickets
For information on group rates for groups of 10 or more, please call the Scheduling and Reservation Office at 800.686.1541.
Please note- regular museum admission is good for regular operating hours on any future date that the Ohio History Center museum is open. Advance tickets are available but not required. Walk-up admission is available anytime during open hours at the Ohio History Center front desk. This admission is not valid for special event admission with additional cost, or where pre-register advance tickets are required.
Members who wish to reserve tickets in advance can do so by calling 614-297-2300 during business hours.
Ticket with barcode must be presented to redeem admission. Tickets can be printed or presented on a smartphone.
Included in this total ticket price is a 5% arts and culture fee on the base ticket as required by the City of Columbus. This fee supports exemplary artists, arts and cultural organizations and programs that educate and engage audiences of all ages throughout greater Columbus.
Navigating Ohio History Day Workshop
Date: Fri., September 29, 2023
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST (8 Total Contact Hours)
Location: Ohio History Connection, 800 E. 17th Ave., Columbus, OH 43211
Registration Fee: $55, includes continental breakfast & lunch
Description: Celebrate 50 years of Ohio History Day! This in-person workshop will focus on helping your students navigate some of the common pitfalls seen in History Day projects and ways to help your students avoid them. We’ll explore the process of guiding students through the historical thinking process, ways to help students to find their authorial voice, how to navigate source material, and more! Join us for a full day of activities to get you ready for Ohio History Day!
Registration will close Fri., Sept. 22, 2023.
Purchase Order Payment Directions: Contact historyday@ohiohistory.org with a copy of your PO in order to receive a coupon code to complete your registration.
The 8th Annual Professional development institute
When: July 22, 2024, from 9 am to 3 pm (registration and breakfast starts at 8 am)
Where: Ohio History Center (800 E 17th Ave. Columbus, Ohio)
The School & Teacher Support team from the Ohio History Connection invites you to our Eighth Annual Professional Development Institute. The goal of this workshop is to bring social studies teachers and educators together and provide them with the opportunity to learn and discuss new ideas and resources that can be implemented in their classroom in the coming school year and beyond.
Throughout this day, educators will participate in various sessions focused on best practices for teaching social studies content. This year we are happy to have sessions tailored to social studies standards for elementary grade bands and middle/high school grade bands. To provide a unique and engaging program, we have collaborated with experts from the Myaamia Center, the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, and the Ohio Center for Law-Related Education.
Fee: $120, includes breakfast and lunch
Discounts & Additional Payment Instructions
Ohio as America Multi-year Subscribers Discounts: Register for free, contact ohioasamerica@ohiohistory.org for code.
Group Discount: Register 5+ participants, get each fee for $100.
College Students: Email education@ohiohistory.org with a copy of your student ID card to receive a coupon code for 50% off your registration.
Purchase Order Payment Directions: Contact education@ohiohistory.org with a copy of your PO in order to receive a coupon code to complete your registration.
For all other inquiries, contact us at education@ohiohistory.org
Get a backstage pass to Ohio history through this series of behind-the-scenes virtual programs.
- Ice Age Mammals of Ohio: Tues., Jan. 21, 2024 • 3–4 p.m.
- Get to Know the Harriet Beecher Stowe House: Tues., Feb. 25, 2025 • 3–4 p.m.
- Peeling Back the Layers: Florence Harding: Tues., Mar. 25, 2025 • 3–4 p.m.
- Delve into the Collections from Ohio’s Northeast Region: Tues., Apr. 22, 2025 • 3–4 p.m.
- Get to Know the National Register of Historic Places: Tues., May 20, 2025 • 3–4 p.m.
- Get to Know the Ohio Historical Marker Program: Tues., June 20, 2025 • 3–4 p.m.
Online via Zoom
Free/Member Participant
$10/Non-member Participant
Please note: Because this is a webinar format, a participant registration entitles you to one unique link that will allow one computer or mobile device to watch the webinar. You are welcome to have multiple viewers using that one participating device.
This event will be offered on Zoom. Please visit zoom.us/test to ensure that your system is compatible and prepared for the webinar. A link to the Zoom webinar will be sent to all registrants 2 hours prior to the event.
Members: Please sign in to see your member discount applied to your cart. Remember to ADD the registration to your cart to see your discount!
Technical difficulties? Email membership@ohiohistory.org for assistance.
Each DNA testing company offers different advantages for your family research. Join professional genealogist Kelli Bergheimer and learn how to maximize the information at all five DNA testing companies.
Sat., Jan. 18, 2025 • 10–11:30 a.m.
Online via Zoom
$25/Non-Member Participant
$20/Member Participant
This event will be offered on Zoom. Please visit zoom.us/test to ensure that your system is compatible and prepared for the webinar. A link to the Zoom webinar will be sent to all registrants 1 hour prior to the event.
Attention Members: You must first sign in using the SIGN IN button at the top of the page
First time using our online ticketing system? Click REGISTER at the top of the page to register your email with our online system.
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To receive your discounted tickets, click REGISTER FOR PROGRAM or ADD TO CART to enter your registration information. Once the tickets are in your shopping cart, your member discount will be automatically applied.
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Slavery, illegal in Ohio due to the Northwest Ordinance, is openly practiced throughout the South. The full story is more complex: There are the Ohio Black Codes, Joshua McCarter Simpson and a network of conductors and connectors, all rolled into one state. What do these different elements have to do with the history of the Underground Railroad here in Ohio, and how do they work together? There’s only one way to find out. Come and experience a story of heroes, agency, complicated humanity, and everything in between at The Ohio Underground Railroad.
Joins us Friday, March 28 for a day dedicated to our homeschool students and educators! You can register individually, or have a single educator from your coop, pod, or group manage the registration. Pre-registration is required.
Please note: Due to construction and infrastructure improvements in Ohio Village, The Ohio Underground Railroad will take place in the Ohio History Center museum in 2025. Our program maintains its strong focus on student interactions with authentic characters and stories, connections and critical thinking. The Ohio Underground Railroad meets Ohio Learning Standards for 4th grade.
The Ohio Underground Railroad is designed for students in the 4th grade. Our homeschool day will be ready for a broader age group, to help ensure your whole group is able to enjoy and participate.
Programs begin at 10:00 a.m. and 11:45. Each program has a 50 student capacity.
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Please be aware that if registration is low, the program may be canceled. For further questions, please contact the scheduling office at reservations@ohiohistory.org.
Note: A teacher is classified as the active educator in the student(s) daily schooling. Pricing includes cost of admission as well.
Join us for an arts and culture bus trip to the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center for the 2024 Art of Soul! Juried Art Show. Experience a curator-led tour of Art of Soul! Juried Art Show and view our other exhibits. Tickets includes: transportation, museum admission, and a box lunch at the museum. Limited space is available. Please arrive by 8:30 am. The bus leaves from the Ohio History Center, 800 E. 17 Ave., promptly at 9 a.m. The bus will leave the NAAMCC at 1:30 p.m. The bus will return to Columbus by 2:30 p.m. Registration deadline: Noon Thurs., Jan. 23.
Mon., Jan. 27, 2025 • 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m.
Leaves from the Ohio History Center
800 E. 17 Ave., Columbus at 9 a.m.
Leave Wilberforce at 1:30 p.m.
Return to Columbus by 2:30 p.m.
$45/Adult - Includes transportation, museum admission, and box lunch
For more information, call NAAMCC at 800.752.2603 ext. 0 or email InfoNAAMCC@ohiohistory.org
Registration deadline-Thurs., Jan. 23 at Noon
Box Lunch Sandwich Options:
- Lunch 1= Turkey
- Lunch 2= Ham
- Lunch 3= Roast Beef
- Lunch 4= Vegetarian
Side selection: Pasta Salad or Fruit Salad
Join us for a series of poetry performances themed on "Black Womanhood" meant to elevate and empower.
Doors open at 11 a.m. and program starts at 11:30 a.m.
Sat., Feb. 15, 2025 • 11 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Ohio History Center
Plaza Terrace
$25/Adult
$20/Adult Member
Attention Members: You must first sign in using the SIGN IN button at the top of the page
To receive your discounted tickets, click REGISTER FOR PROGRAM or ADD TO CART to enter your registration information. Once the tickets are in your shopping cart, your member discount will be automatically applied.
Technical difficulties? Email membership@ohiohistory.org for assistance.
Included in this total ticket price is a 5% arts and culture fee on the base ticket as required by the City of Columbus. This fee supports exemplary artists, arts and cultural organizations and programs that educate and engage audiences of all ages throughout greater Columbus.
Join us for the groundbreaking ceremony for the Ohio History Connection's new Collections Care Center!
Thur., Oct. 13, 2022 • 10–11 a.m.
Ohio History Center
Free/Members
Members-only Event Information
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Event description here
Saturday, June xx, 20xx • 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Ohio History Center & Ohio Village
$16/Adult
Free/Adult Member
$10/Youth (4-12)
Free/Youth Member (4-18)
$14/Senior 60+
$14/Student w/ID
Free/Children 3 & Under
Discount Ticket Information
First time using our online ticketing system? Click REGISTER at the top of the page to register your email with our online system.
Forgot your password? Click SIGN IN at the top of the page and then FORGOT PASSWORD.
To receive your discounted tickets, click REGISTER FOR PROGRAM or ADD TO CART to enter your registration information. Once the tickets are in your shopping cart, your member discount will be automatically applied.
Technical difficulties? Click here for a downloadable step-by-step guide to using our ticketing system, or email membership@ohiohistory.org for assistance.
Included in this total ticket price is a 5% arts and culture fee on the base ticket as required by the City of Columbus. This fee supports exemplary artists, arts and cultural organizations and programs that educate and engage audiences of all ages throughout greater Columbus.