The Lorain County Historical Society is housed in The Hickories Museum, an 1895 mansion combining Richardsonian Romanesque and Shingle-style architecture. The interior features Tiffany-style windows, six fireplaces, carved faces and a private chapel. French and...

The museum is a collection for the preservation of Prehistoric and Historic Artifacts. The main goals of the museum are as follows (a.) to collect back into one museum, as many of the artifacts from Indian Ridge Museum and the Col. Vietzen collection as possible,...

One of only two buildings at the Sandstone Museum Center in its original location, the "Grange Hall" started out as a one-room schoolhouse for the Amherst community. Built in 1879, this building went from schoolhouse to church before it became home to the local...

Built in 1832 by Mr. Joseph Quigley, Quigley Museum is one of the earliest examples of hand hewn sandstone architecture in the Amherst area.

The Allen Memorial Art Museum is located in Oberlin, Ohio and is run by Oberlin College. Founded in 1917, its collection is one of the finest of any college or university museum in the United States, consistently ranking among those of Harvard and Yale. The Museum...

Built by former Lorain Mayor Leonard Moore and his family, the beautifully restored home now houses the Black River Historical Society's collections. Displays feature the Lorain Lighthouse, the 1924 Tornado, the city's shipbuilding and steel-making industries. Our...

The Oberlin Heritage Center is the historical society and historic preservation organization for the city of Oberlin, Ohio, as well as a complex of historic sites that is accredited by the American Association of Museums. The mission of the Oberlin Heritage Center is...

The Weltzeheimer/Johnson House is a Usonian style house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in Oberlin, Ohio. It is now owned by Oberlin College and is operated as part of the Allen Memorial Art Museum. The house was originally named the Charles Weltzheimer Residence.

The 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Civil War Museum is dedicated to perpetuating the heroic deeds and services of the men who served the Union during the Civil War from 1861-1865. The museum houses, preserves and displays historic relics, which have been inherited,...

Frostville Museum is a living history of 19th century Ohio in our own back yard. The museum consists of eight buildings: the Prechtel House (the only home original to this site), Jenkins’s Cabin, the Briggs’ House, the Carpenter House, the Gifford General Store,...