History Museums

America's Ice Cream & Dairy Museum housed at historic Elm Farm

Tue-Sun Noon-5pm, closed Mon, Easter, Thanksgiving, Dec-Mar. Museum housed in original dairy building. A unique experience for the family; visitors are shown the history of ice cream in America through antiques, toys, dippers and collectibles. The dairy museum explains the history of the cow and milk process in America with cream separators, butter churns, dairy equipment, trucks, toys and milk bottles from northeast Ohio. A unique experience. Gift shop. Modest admission. Tours welcome.

Elm Farm's "Once Upon a Sundae" Ice Cream Parlor - Features premium homemade ice cream in a turn-of-the-century parlor adorned with antiques. A fun experience for the whole family; housed in a historic building.

Brunswick Area Historical Society at Heritage Farm Museum

Open first Sun of each month 2pm-4pm or by appointment. Bluegrass in the barn first Sun of the month 2pm-4pm May-Aug. Restored 1860s small Ohio family farm includes house, privy, garage, corn crib, granary, equipment shed, barn, milk house and chicken house. Gardens feature vegetable and herb varieties grown prior to 1900. Admission is free, donations gratefully accepted. Visit our web site for more information on special events.

Chatham Historical Society

The Society operates the Chatham Historical Museum at 6332 Avon Lake Rd and the Chatham School Museum at 6306 1/2 Avon Lake Rd, Chatham, OH, 330.667.2672. Open 2nd Sun Jun-Oct plus special events. Meets on the 4th Mon of Jan, Apr, Jul, Sep and Oct at the Chatham Community Church North. Dedicated to studying, preserving and displaying the history and artifacts of Chatham Township.

Granger Library and Historical Society

Apr-Oct open first Sat of the month 1pm-3pm or by appointment. The Society maintains the Underwood Library and The Thompson Work Museum. The library contains historical reference materials, township information, Indian artifacts and genealogical records. The home contains period furniture and a doll collection.

Hinckley Historical Society Research Library and Office

Worden Heritage Homestead, 895 Ledge Rd, Hinckley MetroParks. Curator will give tours of the 1860s homestead and famous carvings.

John Smart Home Museum & Research Center (Medina County Historical Society)

Open every Tue & Thu from 9:30am-5:30pm, also on first Sun of each month 1pm-4pm except Jan and Feb. Visitors are taken back to the Victorian era through beautiful furnishings and vintage clothing exhibits. Enjoy Civil War, pioneer artifacts and Indian tools and arrowheads displays. See life-sized photos, boots and helmet of real giants Martin and Anna Bates. Also Genealogical Research site.

Litchfield Historical Society

The Litchfield Historical Society "on the circle" in Litchfield encourages group tours of our 1846 restored and furnished Greek revival house. Call 330.722.7154 or 330.667.2534 for an appointment. Meets 3rd Mon of each month at 7:30pm. The house is open on the 3rd Sun of each month 2pm-4pm, closed Nov thru Mar.

Liverpool Township Historical Society

Various open houses, visits by appointment. The Liverpool Historical Society serves the community by caring for and exhibiting historical artifacts donated. The Society maintains the Museum which is housed in the restored Depot.

Lodi Historical Society

Quarterly meetings 4th Thu in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct at 7pm at the Lodi Library. Call 330.948.1200 for appointment. Non-profit organization to provide historical information and items about Lodi and Harrisville Townships.

Medina Toy and Train Museum

Call ahead for appointment and/or hours open (Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun Noon-5pm). Train, Doll Museum; 4 multi-track operating 3-D model train layouts, some interactive; 500 train engines; 400 car models; 100 airplane models; 100 dolls; 1,000 transportation books; expanded "Outreach Department"; 2 new 5 ft. long doll houses and much more.

Seville Historical Society

Open by appointment and the 1st Sun of the month Noon-5pm except Jan and Feb. Featuring displays of The Giants of Seville, Captain and Anna Bates and local history.

Silchuk Farm Museum

330.336.8796 or 330.336.7317. Open by appointment or chance. Preserving a little of the past for the future is what the Silchuk Farm Museum has done with over 50 years of collecting. Come visit us.

Spencer Historical Society

Open the 3rd Sun of the month Apr thru Oct from 2pm-5pm or by appointment. Membership open to anyone interested in helping preserve the local history of Spencer. Meet second Mon of each month at Spencer Town Hall at 7:30pm.

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Hours generally Mon-Fri 9am-5pm or by appointment. One of the oldest churches in Medina County, listed in the National Register of Historic Buildings sited next to Old Village Cemetery, St. Paul's has unique and extensive collection of stained glass windows. Hosts a Girl Scout Troop, a Gardening Club and a variety of 12-Step programs as well as a Food Pantry the last two Sat each month. There is a book discussion group, a young people's fellowship and men's weekly breakfast group. All welcome!

The Little Wiz Fire Museum

Home of the only surviving 1916 Hallock Chemical Fire Truck known to exist. Our collection includes fire vehicles and equipment, extinguishers, historic photos and an extensive Gamewell alarm collection. Open Saturdays. Call ahead to confirm open hours or by appointment. Free admission. Educational fun for the whole family. We look forward to meeting you, and come back often as the collection is forever evolving.

York Historical Society

Open 1st Sun of each month from 2pm-4pm or call 330.722.0535 or 330.723.1005 for appointment. Tour our original working one-room schoolhouse #10 located on Spellman St in Mallet Creek. View historical items from York Township and see antique implements in our granary. Meets 2nd Mon of each month at 7pm in the schoolhouse.