Ohio History Center

So it is nice and clean and appears to be well kept. So many of the things and the people in Ohio's history that I expected to see here, weren't here. It's become more modern with one whole gallery dedicated to athletes,.car racing, etc...The lady staff that was working the front desk was nice. The man was not personable but wasn't rude either. We passed a couple staff members throughout the museum and they didn't speak at all. We didn't ask them anything, but we did find it unusual that they did not greet us. We went upstairs for nothing. There was a very small area with a couple items in it, and then the rest of it was just little tiny cafe and empty space. It would be nice to see them fill up some of that space with additional exhibits.

I will say that we noticed a few things throughout the museum that were not stated correctly. We actually thought maybe there was gonna be a quiz at the end to see if anybody paid attention as they went along...lol. For example: When you first walk in there is a giant mastadon skeleton. There is a notation on the sign about it that no fossils or bones of dinosaurs have ever been found in Ohio. Once you get farther back in the museum, there is a section that has different items in it, for instance:a violin, an old Hoover vacuum, and a giant mastodon bone. When you flip through the book to learn about the bone.... It states it was found in Champagne County Ohio. Yet, we just read a sign when we came in that said there were no bones of dinosaurs ever found in Ohio. There were two other instances of this as well that were "backwards". It is a nice museum for a reasonable rate. Just not nearly enough exhibits for a true history museum.