List of museums in Columbus, Ohio
Appearance
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]
Museums in operation
[edit]Name | Neighborhood | Type | Summary | Image |
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Beeler Gallery | Downtown | Contemporary art | Main gallery of the Columbus College of Art and Design[2] | |
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum | Ohio State University campus | Art | Collects cartoons, comic strips and graphic novels, including the collections of the National Cartoon Museum | |
Central Ohio Fire Museum | Downtown | Firefighting | Located in the restored 1908 Engine House No. 16[3] | |
Columbus Historical Society | Franklinton | History and art | Displays historical artifacts and local art[4][5] Expected to move to Engine House No. 6 in the near future. | |
Columbus Museum of Art | Downtown | Art | Displays European and American art and photography | |
COSI | Franklinton | Science, children's | Displays about 300 interactive exhibits | |
Hale Black Cultural Center | Ohio State University campus | African American culture and art | Features a large collection of Black art[6] Indefinitely closed. | |
Historic Costume & Textile Collection | Ohio State University campus | Textile | Exhibits permanent and changing exhibits in the Snowden Galleries[7] | |
Jack Nicklaus Museum | Ohio State University campus | Biographical | Museum about the life of golfer Jack Nicklaus | |
Kelton House Museum and Garden | Downtown | Historic house | Showcases Victorian life and the history of the Underground Railroad | |
Museum of Biological Diversity | Ohio State University campus | Natural history | Teaching collection, including insects, crustacea, fishes, molluscs, animal and plant specimens[8] | |
Museum of Classical Archaeology | Ohio State University campus | Archaeology | Includes prehistoric pottery from Cyprus, pottery from all periods, iron tools and weapons, examples of ancient writing, religious objects[9] | |
Museum of Catholic Art and History | Downtown | Religious | Displays Roman Catholic art and religious artifacts. Formerly known as the Jubilee Museum.[10] | |
National Veterans Memorial and Museum | Franklinton | Veterans, military history | Replaced the Franklin County Veterans Memorial | |
Ohio Craft Museum | Fifth by Northwest | Crafts | Operated by Ohio Designer Craftsmen, showcases fine crafts[11] | |
Ohio History Center | Ohio State Fairgrounds | History | Exhibits the history of Ohio, operated by the Ohio History Connection | |
Ohio Judicial Center Visitor Education Center | Downtown | Legal | Exhibits the history, role and responsibility of the Ohio court system[12] | |
Ohio Statehouse | Downtown | History | Includes the Ohio Statehouse Museum Education Center, with exhibits about the Statehouse, Columbus history, and the state government process | |
Ohio Village | Ohio State Fairgrounds | Living history | Mid-19th century village, operated by the Ohio History Connection | |
Orton Geological Museum | Ohio State University campus | Geology | Located in Orton Hall. Includes rocks, minerals and fossils from Ohio and around the world[13] | |
Pizzuti Collection | The Short North | Contemporary art | Temporary exhibitions of contemporary art from the collection of Ron and Ann Pizzuti[14] | |
Riffe Gallery | Downtown | Art | Showcases Ohio's artists and the collections of the state's museums and galleries, located in the Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts[15] | |
Thompson Library Gallery | Ohio State University campus | Literary | Exhibits the Ohio State University Libraries' special collections | |
Thurber House | Downtown | Biographical, literary | Museum home of author James Thurber and literary center | |
Wexner Center for the Arts | Ohio State University campus | Art | Contemporary performing and visual arts center |
Planned museums
[edit]Name | Neighborhood | Type | Summary | Image |
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Eddie Rickenbacker and Driving Park museum | Driving Park | Biographical, historical | To be located in the Captain Edward V. Rickenbacker House[16] | |
Ohio Air & Space Hall of Fame and Museum | East Columbus | Aviation | Construction will begin in 2023 | |
Poindexter Village Museum and Cultural Center | King-Lincoln Bronzeville | African American history and culture |
Former museums
[edit]Name | Neighborhood | Type | Summary | Image |
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Heritage Museum | Downtown | History | History of Kappa Kappa Gamma, located in the Victorian Snowden-Gray House, now an event space[17] | |
Santa Maria Ship & Museum | Downtown | Museum ship | Replica of Christopher Columbus's Santa María, taken apart, indefinitely pending refurbishment |
See also
[edit]- List of museums in Ohio for other museums in Franklin County and the rest of the state
- List of museums in Cincinnati
- List of museums in Cleveland
References
[edit]- ^ Taylor, William Alexander (1909). Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio. pp. 68–9. ISBN 9780832828300.
- ^ "Official site". Beeler Gallery. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Official site". Central Ohio Fire Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Current Exhibitions — Columbus Historical Society". www.columbushistory.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-26.
- ^ "Past Exhibitions".
- ^ "Hale Black Cultural Center". Ohio State University. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
- ^ "Historic Costume & Textile Collections". Ohio State University. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Museum of Biological Diversity". Ohio State University. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Museum of Classical Archaeology". Ohio State University. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Official site". Jubilee Museum. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Official site". Ohio Craft Museum. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Ohio Judicial Center Visitor Education Center". Supreme Court of Ohio. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Orton Geological Museum". Ohio State University. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Official site". Pizzuti Collection. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Riffe Gallery". Ohio Arts Council. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
- ^ "The Columbus Dispatch".
- ^ "Heritage Museum". Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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