List of museums in Columbus, Ohio

This is a list of museums in Columbus, Ohio and non-profit and university art galleries.

The city's first museum was the Walcutt Museum, opened July 1851. At its opening, the museum had about six wax figures and a few paintings. It grew to have about 20 wax figures, several hundred animal specimens, and about 100 quality oil paintings.^[1]

Museums in operation

Planned museums

Former museums

See also

• List of museums in Ohio for other museums in Franklin County and the rest of the state
• List of museums in Cincinnati
• List of museums in Cleveland

References

1. Taylor, William Alexander (1909). Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio. pp. 68–9. ISBN 9780832828300.
2. "Official site". Beeler Gallery. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
3. "Official site". Central Ohio Fire Museum. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
4. "Current Exhibitions — Columbus Historical Society". www.columbushistory.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-26.
5. "Past Exhibitions".
6. "Hale Black Cultural Center". Ohio State University. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
7. "Historic Costume & Textile Collections". Ohio State University. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
8. "Museum of Biological Diversity". Ohio State Iniversity. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
9. "Museum of Classical Archaeology". Ohio State Iniversity. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
10. "Official site". Jubilee Museum. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
11. "Official site". Ohio Craft Museum. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
12. "Ohio Judicial Center Visitor Education Center". Supreme Court of Ohio. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
13. "Orton Geological Museum". Ohio State Iniversity. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
14. "Official site". Pizzuti Collection. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
15. "Riffe Gallery". Ohio Arts Council. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
16. "The Columbus Dispatch".
17. "Heritage Museum". Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation. Retrieved 5 October 2017.

External links

• Ohio Museums Association