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Museums
Franklin Museum
Springboro Museum
Waynesville Museum
Lebanon Museum
Franklin Museum
Harding Museum
302 Park Ave., Franklin, OH 45005
937-746-8295
 The
Franklin Harding Museum contains exhibits and furnishings
tracing the growth of the Franklin area over the last centuries.
It also houses a library of local and military history. Notably,
each downstairs room of the house is furnished in a different
wood: oak, cherry, mahogany, and birch.
Springboro Museums
SPRINGBORO HISTORICAL MUSEUM
110 S. Main St., Springboro, OH 45066
937-748-0916
 An
integral stop on the Underground Railroad, Springboro now
recounts its history in a fascinating museum. It reveals information
on the elaborate tunnel system that once underlay the town
and identifies 27 safe houses, many of which still stand.
Wright Brothers Airport
Springboro, OH 45066
 Tour
the museum where you'll see a replica of the 1911 Wright "B"
Flyer, the first mass produced airplane in the world. Let
your mind soar as you imagine what early flight was like,
or, weather permitting, take an actual flight!
Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 9 am - 2:30 pm.
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Waynesville Museums
Caesar's Creek Pioneer Village
3999 Pioneer Village Rd., Waynesville, OH 45068
www.caesarscreekvillage.org
- 513-897-1120
The Quakers who settled in the Ohio Valley in the late 1700’s
and early 1800’s constructed many of the buildings in
Caesar’s Creek Pioneer Village. Walk amidst pioneer
history, gaining a new understanding of their quest for freedom,
strength of character, and self-reliance, which forged our
nation.
Museum at the Friend's Home
115 Fourth Street, Waynesville, OH 45068
513-897-0424
Built in 1905, the The Museum at the Friends Home (Waynesville
Area Heritage and Cultural Center) displays special exhibits,
cultural events, living history and demonstrations of life
in the area at the dawn of the last century.
Lebanon
Glendower State Memorial
105 Cincinnati Ave., Lebanon, OH 45036
www.ohiohistory.org/places/glendowe/
- 513-932-1817
One of the finest examples of residential Greek revival
architecture found in Ohio, the stately interior of Glendower
provides the ideal setting for many elegant Empire and Victorian
furnishings from Warren County’s past.
Warren County Historical Society
Museum
105 S. Broadway, Lebanon, OH 45036
www.wchsmuseum.com
- 513-932-1817
 The
Warren County Historical Society Museum is acclaimed as one
of the nation’s most outstanding county museums. Inside
are a host of exhibits, including the extensive paleontology
and archaeology collections, and the display of Shaker artifacts,
which is the largest in the country. In its Village Green
exhibit, antiques are displayed in re-created store fronts.
For area visitors interested in their family trees, the museum
is home to a large genealogy department.
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