The Ohio Historical Society is just one of many Ohio entities participating in Museum Day Sept. 26. Presented by Smithsonian magazine, Museum Day offers site and museum entrance for free for one day only.
More than 1,000 museums and cultural institutions nationwide will be taking part in this year's event. Organizers expect to surpass last year's record attendance of 200,000 because visitors can gain free admission to more museums that normally charge a fee.
"We are pleased to again be part of this national event to promote Ohio's heritage and culture," says Connie Bodner, Ohio Historical Society director of education and interpretation services. "Hopefully, this will encourage folks who have never visited our many wonderful historic sites and museums to take the time to see what we have to offer."
For more information, visit www.smithsonianmag.com/museumday.
Ohio sites participating in Museum Day are listed as follows:
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum, Pickerington
Archives of the History of American Psychology, Akron
Canton Museum of Art, Canton
Carillon Historical Park, Dayton
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati
Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland
Clyde Historical Museum, Clyde
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus
Dennison Railroad Depot Museum, Dennison
Fire Museum of Greater Cincinnati, Cincinnati
Fort Meigs, Perrysburg
Garst Museum & The Annie Oakley Center, Greenville
Grant Boyhood Home, Georgetown
Greene County, Ohio Historical Society, Xenia
Harding Home, Marion
Heritage Hall; Marion County Historical Society Museum and Wyandot Popcorn Museum,
Marion
International Women's Air & Space Museum, Cleveland
John P. Parker House, Ripley
Kelton House Museum & Garden, Columbus
Massillon Museum, Massillon
Milan Historical Museum, Milan
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland
National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center, Wilberforce
Oberlin Heritage Center, Oberlin
Ohio Historical Center, Columbus
Rankin House, Ripley
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Cleveland
Salem Historical Society Museum, Salem
Serpent Mound, Peebles
The Betts House, Cincinnati
The Ohio Railway Museum, Worthington
The Ohio Tobacco Museum, Ripley
The Ripley Museum, Ripley
The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology, Newark
Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus
Wood County Historical Center & Museum, Bowling Green
Xavier University Art Gallery, Cincinnati
Youngstown Historical Center, Youngstown
Zoar Village, Zoar