The Milan Museum — Attraction in Milan Township

You will need to go to the gift shop/office building to get a guide to let you into the various buildings that make up the Milan Museum. The Sayles House is mostly historical items from the local area in a number of rooms on 2 floors. One of the rooms is devoted to Thomas Edison who was born in Milan, OH. The Calhoun Doll Collection is 1 room (but many dolls). The Gilpin Gallery is mostly devoted to glass pieces but does also have some folk art on the second floor. They do have some Tiffany and Fenton glass as well as quite a few others. I've forgotten the name of the fourth building we went into but it housed a collection of items collected by one couple. There are two floors here as well but we weren't able to go upstairs because of some railing problems. We had two different guides. We spent more time with the male guide (3 buildings) and he was quite knowledgable. The female guide stayed in the first building with others on the tour who wanted to stay...

Buy tickets at the gift shop. They will give you a docent there. There are a number of buildings with various things. We saw The Sayles Galleries (History of the area), The Gilpin Galleries (Glass and Folk Art), The Newman Gallery (Items collected by the Newman Family) and The Calhoun Doll Collection. It wasn't quite as interesting as the Edison Birthplace but certainly worth a look if...

Awesome place to spend the day. They have an awesome collection - ranging from a house filled with art glass, curiosities from around the world, antiques, artifacts from local history - including Edison and the Milan Canal, and many more. They cater to families and have an awesome gift shop as well. Usually get the bulk of my Christmas...