Ohio Open Doors starts today! The 2024 Ohio Open Doors session will celebrate our state's remarkable heritage from September 6 to September 15. This biennial event invites you to step inside historic buildings and landmarks for special tours and programs across the state for free. Since its inception in 2016, Ohio Open Doors has inspired pride in Ohio’s heritage and highlighted the importance of preserving our historic treasures. Visit ohiohistory.org/oodevent to discover all the free events and activities happening this year. Celebrate our history and the places that make Ohio unique. #OhioOpenDoors #OhioHistory #HistoricPreservation #LincolnTheatre #PreservationWorksForOhio
Ohio History Connection
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Columbus, OH 4,238 followers
Connecting you to Ohio history through 50+ historic sites and museums, teaching resources and historic preservation.
About us
With over 200 staff members, hundreds of volunteers and thousands of partners in historical societies, local history groups and local and state government, Ohio History Connection champions all Ohio history. Mission Spark discovery of Ohio's stories. Embrace the present, share the past and transform the future Our work includes: * A network of 50+ historic sites and museums; one of the largest statewide networks in the U.S. * Maintain the State Archives which serves as the institutional memory of the state, from founding documents to the vital records. * Administer the state’s historical museum in the Ohio History Center and Ohio Village, located in Columbus, OH. * Promote and assist local historical societies through the Local History Alliance. * Provide online textbook with teaching tools to Ohio's 4th graders. * Protect and promote Ohio's historic places through the Ohio Historic Preservation Office. * Manage the statewide History Fund, to be used for making grants to local history-related projects. * Oversee the more than 1,400 historical markers program throughout Ohio. Visit ohiohistory.org for a complete list of historic sites and services, including admission and hours. Visit ohiohistory.org/jobs for the latest job postings and ohiohistory.org/volunteer to volunteer. Specialties Collections of Ohio History, Genealogy, Civil War History, Museums, Natural History of OH, Earthworks and moundbuilding, Archaeology, Teaching Ohio history to youth, Presidents from OH, Historic preservation in OH, National Register of Historic Places
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- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Columbus, OH
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1885
- Specialties
- Collections of Ohio History, Genealogy, Civil War History, Museums, Natural History of OH, Earthworks and moundbuilding, Archaeology, Teaching Ohio history to youth, Presidents from OH, Historic preservation in OH, and National Register of Historic Places
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800 E 17th Ave
Columbus, OH 43211, US
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We are excited to announce that Ohio History Connection has won the 2023-2024 Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC) Pinnacle Award for our live virtual field trips! This award is bestowed annually to CILC content providers for accomplishments in creating live virtual field trips that have high educational value, actively involve learners at their level and are professionally delivered. Pinnacle Award winners are determined by evaluations received from educators who participated in the live virtual field trips. We are delighted to have won this award! Check out our award-winning virtual field trips at https://lnkd.in/g4uYcqT3 #teachers #awardwinners #edtech #k12online #distancelearning #OhioHistory
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We're hiring!
Our architecture staff works on projects on 50+ sites throughout the state. Interested? Check out this opportunity for a licensed architect at Ohio History Connection: https://lnkd.in/eS7d_8ah
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🏆 Honoring Jennifer Aultman, Chief Historic Sites Officer at Ohio History Connection, receiving the 2024 Professional Excellence Award! Jennifer’s groundbreaking contributions to Ohio and her exemplary performance in her field leaves an indelible legacy. Bravo! 🎉 https://lnkd.in/e4Ye6srE #LeadershipOhio #OhioImpactAwards
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The Ohio History Connection is here to support Ohio educators during Back-to-School season! Did you know we have four different opportunities to learn more about best practices in social studies instruction this Fall? With a variety of topics including increasing comprehension, project-based learning and strategies for developing savvy student researchers of digital and in-person resources, every educator can find something to improve their 2024-2025 school year! Visit our website https://lnkd.in/gpqVjGPr for more information and to register.
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Exciting news! The Teakwood Heights Historic District in Columbus, Franklin County will be considered by the Ohio Historic Site Preservation Advisory Board for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places on Friday, September 20, 2024. The district is associated with local African American history and housing opportunities in the mid-twentieth century. Owners of private property nominated to the National Register are invited to concur or object to the nomination in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act. The public meeting will be held at Shepard Branch Library, 850 N. Nelson Road on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, at 6p.m. A representative of the State Historic Preservation Office will be in attendance to discuss the National Register program and process, and to answer questions. #ohiohistory #franklincounty #nationalregister
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We are pleased to announce that Ohio History Connection has reached a settlement with Moundbuilders Country Club to buy out its lease on the Octagon Earthworks property in Newark. This means no trial will be necessary to determine the fair market value of the lease, and we will be able to open the Octagon Earthworks for full public access on January 1, 2025. Learn more about this announcement, including how to support our work at the Octagon and other sites involving monumental Native American landscape architecture, at https://lnkd.in/gp5mbyZU and hopewellearthworks.org. #OhioHistory #HopewellEarthworks #Octagon #Announcement
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We have an opening for a Development Assistant here at the Ohio History Connection. This is a part-time position and they manage our CRM system for the development division. Please share far and wide and reach out with any questions. #hiring #jobs #historyjobs #fundraising
Development Assistant - Columbus, OH
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The Ohio History Connection team had a great time attending the second annual Columbus Metropolitan Library Book Festival over the weekend! With more than 40,000 attendees, we had plenty of opportunities to share Ohio stories! #OhioHistory #ExploreOhio #BookFest #CommunityEvents #ColumbusLibrary
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Congratulations to our 2024 Program Grant Recipients! #OHGMEC has awarded $75,000 in grants to a variety of programs across the state. Administered in partnership with Ohio Humanities, these programs align with our vision of furthering Holocaust and genocide education throughout Ohio. Learn more about future grant programs at holocaust.ohio.gov
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