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Enjoy a history walk. Mark your calendar. Have your say.
Read all about it! The Oberlin Heritage Center partnered with illustrator Bentley Boyd to create a new comic book about Oberlin history. The Oberlin Heritage Center is delighted to introduce this book as a new way to help preserve and share Oberlin’s unique heritage and showcase how one small Ohio college town has a big impact. This lively and entertaining book will appeal to all ages and provide an informative, broad introduction to Oberlin and its rich and diverse history The comic is available in our Museum Store, in our Online Store, and several local shops. Press Release. Sample Page. Download an order form.Visit the Oberlin Heritage Center to experience the authentic and celebrate the past. This award-winning museum complex includes three beautifully preserved historic sites, the Monroe House (1866), Jewett House (1884) and Schoolhouse (1836).
Explore this small Ohio college town with an extraordinary, nationally significant history. Discover Oberlin’s crucial role as part of the Underground Railroad and a hotbed of abolitionism, women’s activism, and scientific discovery.
Learn about ordinary people doing extraordinary things through lively tours and history walks, educational activities, workshops, special events, and the local history and genealogy resource center of the museum.
Connect with the past. Explore your heritage. Share what you learn with friends and family. Join fellow members, volunteers, and interns in our mission to preserve and share cultural resources for generations to come.
Ring the school bell. Celebrate the past. Climb the winding stair case. Stroll through time. Connect your kids to the past. Preserve your family treasures. Share your stories. Help people save places that matter. Lend a Hand. Preserve Oberlin's history for tomorrow.
- Accredited by the American Association of Museums
- First museum and historical society in Ohio and first non-profit in Lorain County to achieve the Ohio Association of Nonprofit Organizations' Standards for Excellence
- A National Trust for Historic Preservation Local Partner organization
- A Preserve America Steward (designated by the White House and the U.S. Advisory Council on Historic Preservation)
- Part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom (designated by the National Park Service)
- The recipient of numerous awards from the Ohio Association of Historical Societies and Museums, Heritage Ohio, the Cleveland Restoration Society, the American Chemical Society Division of the History of Chemistry, and others
- Oberlin is a Preserve America Community
- Oberlin is one of the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Dozen Distinctive Destinations
The Oberlin Heritage Center is a non-profit organization supported by members and friends like you and by:
- The Community Foundation of Lorain County
- The Institute of Museum and Library Services
- The Richard R. Hallock Foundation
- The National Endowment for the Humanities
- The Nord Family Foundation
- Nordson Corporation Foundation
- The Ohio Humanities Council
Our mission is to preserve and share Oberlin's unique heritage and to make our community a better place to live, learn, work and visit.
