Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor — Attraction in Youngstown

We are looking for the history of America industry and the building of America on our vacations. This was during our rustbelt to her where we found most everything was gone. This Museum gave one of the best overviews of the steel industry in this Valley you can hope to get. Although told a little bit too much from the labor side rather than the industry side it gives an outstanding story of the history of the beginning of the steel mills in this Valley and the steel industry up to about 1965. You learn about steel processing the building of the town's the strikes and then finally the closing of all the mills in the valley within a short period of time. Alas you do not read about the fact that the unions created such a hostile situation that the companies didn't attempt to modernize plants but that would have reduce the labor force by at least half and only resulted in union strikes and no modernization. It is a shame that's the lesson of unions destroying Industries does not seem to be learned even in hindsight. This is a must-see Museum if you're interested in the history of America's industry and what happened to all the huge structures and...

This is a great museum conveniently located in downtown Youngstown. I went here and was immensely satisfied with my experience. I parked in the museum’s parking lot and walked in, where I payed the admission price. After I payed the admission price, I went past the admission’s desk and into the main part of the museum. I walked around the various exhibits, which explained how steel is made and the history of the steel industry in Youngstown. After I walked through the main exhibits, I walked down to the lower level of the museum. Down there are more exhibits about the history of the steel industry in Youngstown and a model of a machine found in a steel mill. After I walked around the lower level of the museum, I went back up to the main level. I walked into another room which had a model of a steel mill. After looking at that model, I left the museum, satisfied with my experience. I gave this museum five stars because it has...

Amazing museum. Ample free parking. Admission is reasonable $7/adults. 3 floors are all wheelchair accessible. The museum combines storytelling and visual and even interactive displays of video, art and artifacts to give a sense of the rise and fall of industry in Western PA/Eastern OH, the economic reality for the common man. Brilliantly includes a section on modern industry. We spent a leisurely 90 minutes on a Sunday. We hadn't been to downtown Youngstown for a while and were impressed with the changes that have happened there. Nice restaurants a few blocks away. You could easily make an...