Top Family-Friendly Destinations in Ohio!
Whether you’re looking for an Educational Field Trip or a Fun Day Out with the Kids…
Or if you are planning a Family Vacation for Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter Break…
Or maybe you’re a Full-Time Family touring the US in your van or RV….
Perhaps you are an International Traveler planning your next major excursion into the United States…
Whatever your reason for exploring the world with YOUR Family…
SPGFAN has THE BEST LISTS of Top Family-Friendly Destinations in Each of the 50 United States!
Load YOUR Itineraries with THE COOLEST Kid-Centered Adventures and Create Fabulous Memories to Last Their Entire Lives!
Learn, Play, Experience, Relax, and Enjoy Yourselves with These Great National Parks, State Parks, Theme Parks, Museums, Zoos, Aquariums, Nature Centers, Factory Tours, Historic Sites, Notable Homes, Cultural Attractions, Art Events, Live Performances, Sporting Events, Beaches, Mountains, Cities, Towns, Farms, and MORE!
Dig even deeper to find awesome suggestions for Fun Eats, Sweet Treats, and Delicious Drinks along your route! Explore Educational Resources, Souvenir Ideas, and Money-Saving Hacks! Be sure to check out some of our family’s adventures in our Mini-Blogs! You just never know when inspiration might hit!
Bookmark These Lists and Check Back Often as We Continually Make Updates!
Maximize YOUR Family’s Fun Efficiency with SPGFAN!
The Smiles Per Gallon Family Adventure Network!
Top Family-Friendly Destinations in Ohio!
CITY / ATTRACTION
| Akron Art Museum | Akron |
| Dr. Bob’s Home | Akron |
| Hower House | Akron |
| Myers School of Art Galleries | Akron |
| Perkins Stone Mansion | Akron |
| Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens | Akron |
| TV Dinner Club Museum | Akron |
| Alexandria Museum | Alexandria |
| New Indian Ridge Museum | Amherst |
| Quigley Museum | Amherst |
| Sandstone Museum Center | Amherst |
| Sauder Village | Archbold |
| Ashland County Historical Society Museum | Ashland |
| Ashtabula Maritime Museum | Ashtabula |
| Blakeslee Log Cabin | Ashtabula |
| Hubbard House Underground Railroad Museum | Ashtabula |
| Olin’s Museum of Covered Bridges | Ashtabula |
| Ohio’s Small Town Museum | Ashville |
| Old Town Jail Museum | Ashville |
| Dairy Barn Arts Center | Athens |
| Kennedy Museum of Art | Athens |
| Southeast Ohio History Center | Athens |
| Aurora Historical Society Museum | Aurora |
| Austintown Log House | Austintown |
| Strock Stone House | Austintown |
| Harris Dental Museum | Bainbridge |
| Highlands Nature Sanctuary | Bainbridge |
| Baltic Area Historical Society Museum | Baltic |
| Baltimore Community Museum | Baltimore |
| Belmont County Victorian Mansion Museum | Barnesville |
| Tri-State Warbird Museum | Batavia |
| Hale Farm & Village | Bath Township |
| Lake Erie Nature & Science Center | Bay Village |
| Rose Hill Museum | Bay Village |
| Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage | Beachwood |
| Bedford Historical Society | Bedford |
| Hezekiah Dunham House | Bedford |
| Town Hall Museum | Bedford |
| Wheeling & Lake Erie Depot | Bedford |
| National Imperial Glass Museum | Bellaire |
| Toy and Plastic Brick Museum | Bellaire |
| Logan County History Center | Bellefontaine |
| Historic Lyme Village | Bellevue |
| Mad River & NKP Railroad Museum | Bellevue |
| Farmers’ Castle Museum Education Center | Belpre |
| Fawick Art Gallery | Berea |
| Mahler Museum & History Center | Berea |
| National Center for Nature Photography | Berkey |
| Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center | Berlin |
| Oliver Tucker Museum | Beverly |
| Ohio Governor’s Mansion | Bexley |
| Schumacher Gallery | Bexley |
| Bob Evans Homestead Museum | Bidwell |
| Elizabeth’s Dollhouse Museum | Bolivar |
| Fort Laurens | Bolivar |
| Bowling Green State University Fine Art Galleries | Bowling Green |
| Little Red Schoolhouse | Bowling Green |
| National Construction Equipment Museum | Bowling Green |
| Snook’s Dream Cars | Bowling Green |
| Wood County Museum | Bowling Green |
| Bradford Ohio Railroad Museum | Bradford |
| Squire Rich Museum | Brecksville |
| Kelso House Museum | Brimfield |
| Brooklyn Historical Society Museum | Brooklyn |
| Brookville Railroad Depot | Brookville |
| Samuel Spitler House Community Museum | Brookville |
| Heritage Farm Museum | Brunswick |
| Greater Buckeye Lake Historical Society Museum | Buckeye Lake |
| Carl’s Gas Station & 50’s Memories | Bucyrus |
| Crawford Museum of Agriculture | Bucyrus |
| Century Village Museum | Burton |
| Byesville Scenic Railway | Byesville |
| Clark Gable Birthplace and Museum | Cadiz |
| Harrison Coal and Reclamation Historical Park | Cadiz |
| Harrison County History of Coal Museum | Cadiz |
| Baker Family Museum | Caldwell |
| Dickens Victorian Village | Cambridge |
| Guernsey County Historical Museum | Cambridge |
| Kennedy Stone House | Cambridge |
| National Museum of Cambridge Glass | Cambridge |
| Mid-Ohio Historical Museum | Canal Winchester |
| Loghurst | Canfield |
| War Vet Museum | Canfield |
| Canton Classic Car Museum | Canton |
| Canton Museum of Art | Canton |
| First Ladies National Historic Site | Canton |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame | Canton |
| William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum | Canton |
| Algonquin Mill Complex | Carrollton |
| Ashton House Museum | Carrollton |
| Carroll County Arts Center | Carrollton |
| Daniel McCook House | Carrollton |
| Susie’s Museum of Childhood | Carrollton |
| Langsdon Mineral Collection | Celina |
| Mercer County Historical Museum | Celina |
| Asahel Wright House Museum | Centerville |
| Walton House Museum | Centerville |
| Adena Mansion | Chillicothe |
| David Nickens Heritage Center | Chillicothe |
| Hopewell Culture National Historical Park | Chillicothe |
| Lucy Hayes Heritage Center | Chillicothe |
| Ross County Heritage Center | Chillicothe |
| Chilo Lock 34 Park | Chilo |
| Northern Ohio Railway Museum | Chippewa Lake |
| American Sign Museum | Cincinnati |
| Ted Lewis Museum | Circleville |
| Ohio Valley River Museum | Clarington |
| Dittrick Medical History Center | Cleveland |
| Dunham Tavern Museum | Cleveland |
| Clifton Mill | Clifton |
| Conneaut Historical Railroad Museum | Conneaut |
| A.B. Graham Memorial Center | Conover |
| Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum | Coshocton |
| Roscoe Village | Coshocton |
| Fort Rowdy Museum | Covington |
| Crestline Historical Museum | Crestline |
| Shunk Museum | Crestline |
| America’s Packard Museum | Dayton |
| Boonshoft Museum of Discovery | Dayton |
| British Transportation Museum | Dayton |
| Carillon Historical Park | Dayton |
| Carriage Hill MetroPark Historical Farm | Dayton |
| Dayton Art Institute | Dayton |
| Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park | Dayton |
| Dayton International Peace Museum | Dayton |
| Dayton Visual Arts Center | Dayton |
| Miami Valley Military History Museum | Dayton |
| Patterson Homestead | Dayton |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar House | Dayton |
| SunWatch Indian Village | Dayton |
| Ving Tsun Museum | Dayton |
| Ourant’s School | Deersville |
| Meeker Homestead Museum | Delaware |
| Nash House Museum | Delaware |
| Richard Ross Museum of Art | Delaware |
| Delhi Historical Society Farmhouse Museum | Delhi Township |
| Delphos Canal Commission Museum | Delphos |
| Delphos Museum of Postal History | Delphos |
| Dennison Railroad Depot Museum | Dennison |
| Auman Museum of Radio & Television | Dover |
| Famous Endings Museum | Dover |
| J. E. Reeves Victorian Home & Carriage House Museum | Dover |
| John’s Sweeper Service | Dover |
| Warther Museum | Dover |
| W. C. Moorhead Museum | Dover |
| Beaver Creek State Park Pioneer Village | East Liverpool |
| Museum of Ceramics | East Liverpool |
| East Palestine Historical Society Log House | East Palestine |
| Sayler-Swartsel House | Eaton |
| Hickories Museum | Elyria |
| Lorain County History Center | Elyria |
| Euclid Historical Society & Museum | Euclid |
| Greater Cleveland Slow Pitch Softball Hall of Fame and Museum | Euclid |
| Polka Hall of Fame | Euclid |
| Gorman Heritage Farm | Evendale |
| Huffman Prairie Flying Field | Fairborn |
| Mercer-Smith Log House | Fairborn |
| Stein Galleries | Fairborn |
| Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse | Fairport Harbor |
| Finnish Heritage Museum | Fairport Harbor |
| Hancock Historical Museum | Findlay |
| Mazza Museum of International Art from Picture Books | Findlay |
| Underground Railroad Museum | Flushing |
| Wilderness Trail Museum | Fort Loramie |
| Fort Recovery | Fort Recovery |
| Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics | Fort Recovery |
| Fostoria Glass Heritage Gallery | Fostoria |
| Butts Museum | Fowler |
| Fowler Town Hall Museum | Fowler |
| Harding Museum | Franklin |
| Museum of Spiritual Art | Franklin |
| Fredericktown Historical Museum | Fredericktown |
| Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center | Fremont |
| Sandusky County Historical Society Museum | Fremont |
| Spiegel Grove | Fremont |
| Gahanna Historical Society Museums | Gahanna |
| Brownella Cottage | Galion |
| Our House Tavern | Gallipolis |
| Shandy Hall | Geneva |
| Jennie Munger Gregory Memorial Museum | Geneva on the Lake |
| Grant Boyhood Home | Georgetown |
| Grant Schoolhouse | Georgetown |
| Historical Society of Germantown Museum | Germantown |
| Veterans Memorial Museum | Germantown |
| Henry Barnhisel House | Girard |
| Gnadenhutten Historical Park and Museum | Gnadenhutten |
| Goshen Historical Society Museum | Goshen |
| Toledo, Lake Erie and Western Railway Museum | Grand Rapids |
| Denison Museum | Granville |
| Granville Historical Society Museum | Granville |
| Robbins Hunter Museum | Granville |
| MAPS Air Museum | Green |
| Bear’s Mill | Greenville |
| Garst Museum | Greenville |
| Motts Military Museum | Groveport |
| Benninghofen House | Hamilton |
| Fitton Center for Creative Arts | Hamilton |
| Heritage Hall Museum | Hamilton |
| Lane-Hooven House | Hamilton |
| Monument Cabin | Hamilton |
| Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum | Hamilton |
| Early Television Museum | Hilliard |
| Hilliard Ohio Historical Society Museum | Hilliard |
| Highland House Museum | Hillsboro |
| Flint Ridge State Memorial | Hopewell Township |
| Lillian E. Jones Museum | Jackson |
| Jefferson Depot Village | Jefferson |
| Joshua Reed Giddings Law Office | Jefferson |
| Lenox Rural Museum | Jefferson |
| Victorian Perambulator Museum | Jefferson |
| Zane Shawnee Caverns | Jefferson Township |
| Putnam County Historical Society Museum | Kalida |
| Kent State School of Art Galleries | Kent |
| Kent State University Museum | Kent |
| Hardin County Historical Museums | Kenton |
| Killbuck Valley Museum | Killbuck |
| Historic Kirtland Village | Kirtland |
| Kirtland Temple | Kirtland |
| Lake Metroparks Farmpark | Kirtland |
| Museum of Divine Statues | Lakewood |
| Oldest Stone House Museum | Lakewood |
| AHA! A Hands-On Adventure | Lancaster |
| Decorative Arts Center of Ohio | Lancaster |
| Georgian Museum | Lancaster |
| Ohio Glass Museum | Lancaster |
| Sherman House Museum | Lancaster |
| Fort Ancient | Lebanon |
| Glendower Mansion | Lebanon |
| Warren County History Center | Lebanon |
| Richland County Museum | Lexington |
| Allen County Museum | Lima |
| ArtSpace Lima | Lima |
| Creek Bend Farm | Lindsey |
| Lisbon Historical Society Museum | Lisbon |
| Chester Courthouse | Long Bottom |
| Moore House Museum | Lorain |
| Cleo Redd Fisher Museum | Loudonville |
| Wolf Creek Grist Mill | Loudonville |
| Greater Loveland Historical Society Museum | Loveland |
| Loveland Castle & Museum | Loveland |
| Malabar Farm State Park | Lucas |
| Bible Walk | Mansfield |
| Kingwood Center | Mansfield |
| Mansfield Art Center | Mansfield |
| Mansfield Fire Museum | Mansfield |
| Mansfield Memorial Museum | Mansfield |
| Oak Hill Cottage Museum | Mansfield |
| Ohio State Reformatory | Mansfield |
| Fort Firelands | Marblehead |
| Johnson’s Island Museum | Marblehead |
| Keeper’s House | Marblehead |
| Marblehead Lighthouse Museum | Marblehead |
| Campus Martius Museum | Marietta |
| The Castle | Marietta |
| Henry Fearing House Museum | Marietta |
| Ohio River Museum | Marietta |
| Peoples Mortuary Museum | Marietta |
| Toy and Doll Museum of Marietta | Marietta |
| Buckeye Telephone Museum | Marion |
| Heritage Hall | Marion |
| Huber Machinery Museum | Marion |
| Marion Union Station | Marion |
| Stengel True Museum | Marion |
| Warren G. Harding House | Marion |
| Wyandot Popcorn Museum | Marion |
| Sedgwick House Museum | Martins Ferry |
| Alverta Green Museum | Mason |
| Massillon Museum | Massillon |
| Spring Hill | Massillon |
| Matamoras Area Historical Society Museum | Matamoras |
| Wolcott House Museum Complex | Maumee |
| Mayfield Township Historical Society Museum | Mayfield Township |
| Evelyn True Button House | McConnelsville |
| Morgan County Historical Society Museum | McConnelsville |
| Castle Noel | Medina |
| John Smart House | Medina |
| Indian Museum of Lake County, Ohio | Mentor |
| James A. Garfield National Historic Site | Mentor |
| Mentor Safety Village | Mentor |
| Daniel Gebhart Tavern Museum | Miamisburg |
| Wright B Flyer Hangar | Miamisburg |
| Middletown Canal Museum | Middletown |
| Pickwick Building Museum | Middletown |
| Edison Birthplace Museum | Milan |
| Milan Historical Museum | Milan |
| Promont House Museum | Milford |
| Millersburg Glass Museum | Millersburg |
| Victorian House Museum | Millersburg |
| Yoder’s Amish Home | Millersburg |
| Buckeye Furnace | Milton Township |
| Minster Museum | Minster |
| Monroe Historical Society Museum | Monroe |
| Quaker Yearly Meeting House | Mount Pleasant |
| Knox County Historical Society Museum | Mount Vernon |
| Robbins Crossing | Nelsonville |
| Franklin Museum | New Athens |
| Bicycle Museum of America | New Bremen |
| New Bremen Historical Museum | New Bremen |
| John & Annie Glenn Historic Site | New Concord |
| William Rainey Harper Log House | New Concord |
| New Knoxville Heritage Center | New Knoxville |
| Schoenbrunn Village | New Philadelphia |
| Ross-Gowdy House | New Richmond |
| Custer Monument & Museum | New Rumley |
| LeFevre Gallery | Newark |
| National Heisey Glass Museum | Newark |
| Sherwood-Davidson House Museum | Newark |
| Webb House Museum | Newark |
| The Works | Newark |
| Old Main Street Museum | Newcomerstown |
| Temperance Tavern | Newcomerstown |
| McKinley Memorial Library, Museum & Birthplace Home | Niles |
| Ward-Thomas Museum | Niles |
| Hoover Historical Center | North Canton |
| North Canton Heritage Society Museum | North Canton |
| Frostville Museum | North Olmsted |
| Firelands Museum | Norwalk |
| National Road/Zane Grey Museum | Norwich |
| Drake Planetarium and Science Center | Norwood |
| Welsh-American Heritage Museum | Oak Hill |
| Hawthorn Hill | Oakwood |
| Allen Memorial Art Museum | Oberlin |
| Oberlin Heritage Center | Oberlin |
| Weltzheimer/Johnson House | Oberlin |
| Governor Bebb MetroPark & Pioneer Village | Okeana |
| Fort Hill Earthworks & Nature Preserve | Oregonia |
| Old Brick Museum | Orwell |
| Beta Theta Pi Fraternity Museum | Oxford |
| DeWitt Log Homestead | Oxford |
| Doty Homestead | Oxford |
| Hefner Museum of Natural History | Oxford |
| Hiestand Galleries | Oxford |
| Karl Limper Geology Museum | Oxford |
| Miami University Art Museum | Oxford |
| William H. McGuffey House | Oxford |
| Painesville Railroad Museum | Painesville |
| Lake County History Center | Painesville Township |
| Stearns Homestead | Parma |
| Serpent Mound | Peebles |
| Cuyahoga Valley Historical Museum | Peninsula |
| Perry Historical Museum | Perry |
| Fort Meigs | Perrysburg |
| Terhune Art Gallery | Perrysburg |
| Motorcycle Hall of Fame | Pickerington |
| Old Carnegie Library Museum | Pickerington |
| John Scott Garbry Museum | Piqua |
| Johnston Farm and Indian Agency | Piqua |
| Piqua Historical Museum | Piqua |
| Rossville Museum | Piqua |
| Early House | Plain |
| Plain City Historical Society Museum | Plain City |
| Grant Birthplace | Point Pleasant |
| Meigs County Museum | Pomeroy |
| Liberty Aviation Museum | Port Clinton |
| 1810 House | Portsmouth |
| Southern Ohio Museum | Portsmouth |
| Martin-Perry Homestead | Powell |
| Lake Erie Islands Historical Society Museum | Put-in-Bay |
| Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center | Put-in-Bay |
| Radnor Historic Museum | Radnor |
| Ragersville Historical Society | Ragersville |
| Lowrie-Beatty Museum | Ravenna |
| Reynoldsburg-Truro Historical Society Museum | Reynoldsburg |
| John P. Parker House | Ripley |
| John Rankin House | Ripley |
| Ohio Tobacco Museum | Ripley |
| Ripley Museum | Ripley |
| National Aviation Hall of Fame | Riverside |
| National Museum of the United States Air Force | Riverside |
| Shanes Crossing Historical Museum | Rockford |
| Cowan Pottery Museum | Rocky River |
| Burchfield Homestead | Salem |
| Salem Historical Museum | Salem |
| Cooke-Dorn House | Sandusky |
| Follett House Museum | Sandusky |
| Maritime Museum of Sandusky | Sandusky |
| Merry-Go-Round Museum | Sandusky |
| Scio Historical Museum | Scio |
| Nature Center at Shaker Lakes | Shaker Heights |
| Shaker Heights Historical Society Museum | Shaker Heights |
| Heritage Village Museum | Sharonville |
| 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Museum | Sheffield Lake |
| Ross Historical Center | Sidney |
| Perry County Historical Society | Somerset |
| Museum of American Porcelain Art | South Euclid |
| Springboro Museum Center | Springboro |
| Clark County Heritage Center | Springfield |
| Pennsylvania House Museum | Springfield |
| Springfield Museum of Art | Springfield |
| Westcott House | Springfield |
| Great Western Schoolhouse | St. Clairsville |
| Daniel Mooney Museum | St. Marys |
| Fort Steuben | Steubenville |
| Jefferson County Historical Association & Museum | Steubenville |
| Strongsville Historical Village | Strongsville |
| Alpine Hills Museum | Sugarcreek |
| Collectors Decanters & Steins Museum | Sugarcreek |
| David Warther Carvings Museum | Sugarcreek |
| Erb’s Coleman Museum | Sugarcreek |
| Myers Inn Museum | Sunbury |
| American Civil War Museum of Ohio | Tiffin |
| Tiffin Glass Museum | Tiffin |
| Tippecanoe Historical Society Museum | Tipp City |
| Imagination Station | Toledo |
| Miakonda Museum | Toledo |
| National Museum of the Great Lakes | Toledo |
| Toledo Firefighters Museum | Toledo |
| Toledo Museum of Art | Toledo |
| Wildwood Manor House | Toledo |
| Chrisholm Historic Farmstead | Trenton |
| Prospect Place | Trinway |
| Iams Homestead Museum | Trotwood |
| Trotwood Depot Museum | Trotwood |
| Elizabeth Township Historical Museum | Troy |
| Miami Valley Veterans Museum | Troy |
| Museum of Troy History | Troy |
| Overfield Tavern Museum | Troy |
| Troy-Hayner Cultural Center | Troy |
| WACO Aircraft Museum | Troy |
| Twinsburg Historical Society Museum | Twinsburg |
| Uhrichsville Clay Museum | Uhrichsville |
| Uniopolis Historical Museum | Uniopolis |
| Champaign Aviation Museum | Urbana |
| Champaign County Historical Museum | Urbana |
| Johnny Appleseed Educational Center & Museum | Urbana |
| Central Insurance Companies Fire Museum | Van Wert |
| Van Wert County Historical Society | Van Wert |
| Versailles Area Museum | Versailles |
| Armstrong Air and Space Museum | Wapakoneta |
| Wapakoneta Museum | Wapakoneta |
| Ernie Hall Aviation Museum | Warren |
| John Stark Edwards House and Trumbull County Museum | Warren |
| National Packard Museum | Warren |
| Sutliff Museum | Warren |
| Upton House | Warren |
| Fulton County Museum | Wauseon |
| Pike Heritage Museum | Waverly |
| Caesar’s Creek Pioneer Village | Waynesville |
| Museum at the Friends Home | Waynesville |
| Spirit of 76 Museum | Wellington |
| River Museum | Wellsville |
| EnterTRAINment Junction | West Chester |
| National Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting | West Chester |
| Piatt Castles | West Liberty |
| Union Township Heritage Association | West Milton |
| Philip Moore Jr. Stone House | West Portsmouth |
| Anti-Saloon League Museum | Westerville |
| Frank Museum of Art | Westerville |
| Clague House Museum | Westlake |
| Whitehouse Historical Society Museum | Whitehouse |
| Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument | Wilberforce |
| National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center | Wilberforce |
| Harmony Hill Historical Museum | Williamsburg |
| Presidential Museum | Williamsfield |
| Quaker Heritage Center | Wilmington |
| Rombach Place Museum | Wilmington |
| National Barber Museum and Hall of Fame | Winchester |
| Windsor Historical Society Museum | Windsor |
| Parry Park Museum | Woodsfield |
| Doll Museum at the Old Rectory | Worthington |
| Ohio Railway Museum | Worthington |
| Orange Johnson House | Worthington |
| Greene County Ohio Historical Society Museum | Xenia |
| Xenia Station | Xenia |
| Arms Family Museum | Youngstown |
| Butler Institute of American Art | Youngstown |
| McDonough Museum of Art | Youngstown |
| Melnick Medical Museum | Youngstown |
| OH WOW! | Youngstown |
| Tyler History Center | Youngstown |
| Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor | Youngstown |
| Youngstown State University Mineral Museum | Youngstown |
| Dr. Increase Mathews House | Zanesville |
| Stone Academy | Zanesville |
| Zanesville Museum of Art | Zanesville |
| Zoar Village | Zoar |
This page contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission from your purchases at no extra cost to you. These commissions help keep SPGFAN rolling! THANK YOU!!
Be Sure to Check Out Our Other Adventures Below!
