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Located just off I-77 in downtown Marietta, along the Ohio River, this
site tells Ohio's migration story. The museum is on the site of the
first organized American settlement in the Northwest Territory.
Founded by the Ohio Company of Associates in 1788, Campus Martius was
a fort that served as a home for pioneers while they established
Marietta. The restored Rufus Putnam House, part of the original fort,
is now enclosed within a wing of the museum. Behind the museum is the
Ohio Company's Land Office, where some of the earliest maps of the
Northwest Territory were created. This settlement was only the beginning of migration to Ohio. In the 1800s, the growth of cities and factories continued to draw people to our state. Exciting new and innovative exhibits chronicle the migration away from Ohio farms to its cities, and the later migrations from the Appalachian Mountains to Ohio's cities. Campus Martius offers easy access to the building from the parking lot and guided tours of the museum. Bus drivers' and escorts' admissions are complimentary. Also, located in Marietta is another Ohio Historical Society site-the Ohio River Museum featuring exhibits you won't want to miss. Admission is very reasonable to these and all Ohio Historical Society sites. |
The Campus Martius Museum highlights migration in Ohio's history. The museum is on the site of the first organized American settlement in the Northwest Territory. Founded by the Ohio Company of Associates in 1788, Campus Martius
was a fort that served as home for some of the pioneers while they established Marietta. The restored Rufus Putnam house, part of the original fort, is now enclosed within a wing of the museum. Behind the museum is the Ohio Company's Land Office. Exhibits on the main floor of the museum pertain to this early settlement and contain many of the original pioneer artifacts. They explore the prehistoric Indian populations that occupied this area and relations with the historic Indians as the white settlers moved in. These exhibits also deal with the organization of the Ohio Company of Associates, surveying of the land, early government in the old Northwest Territory, and life in eighteenth century Marietta. A separate area exhibits a variety of material from the Marietta area down through the years, from items of household furnishings, to toys, to tools, to fire prevention equipment. The focus of the exhibit Paradise Found and Lost: Migration in the Ohio Valley, 1850-1970 goes beyond Ohio's early settlement. It explores two later waves of migration that shaped the state's history: the movement of many rural Ohioans to cities between 1850 and 1910, and the influx of Appalachians from Kentucky and West Virginia into Ohio's indutrial centers such as Dayton and Akron between 1910 and 1970. The exhibit includes 90 objects from OHS collections, ranging from an early mechanized seed drill to a jacket worn during performances by contemporary country music singer Dwight Yoakam, the son of Appalachian emmigrants. In addition to artifacts, exhibits contain audio accounts taken from diaries and journals kept by these people on the move, video views of factory and city life, and interactive computer programs showing migration patterns and Ohio's economic development. |
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colony in America was ever settled under such favorable auspices as that
which has just commenced at the Muskingum" --George Washington, 1788 |
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| SCHEDULE | HOURS | |
| JULY 1- OCTOBER 31 | CLOSED MONDAY - TUESDAY Wednesday 9:30 - 5 Thursday 9:30 - 5 Friday 9:30 - 5 Saturday 9:30 - 5 Sunday 12 - 5 HOLIDAYS 12-5 |
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| NOVEMBER 1 - MARCH 4 | CLOSED | |
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| MARCH 5 - JUNE 30 | CLOSED MONDAY - TUESDAY Wednesday 9:30 - 5 Thursday 9:30 - 5 Friday 9:30 - 5 Saturday 9:30 - 5 Sunday 12 - 5 HOLIDAYS 12-5 |
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| ADMISSION | OHS Members FREE ADULTS $7.00 CHILDREN 6 - 12 $3.00 per student, all ages CHILDREN 5 & under FREE SCHOOL GROUPS $3.00 per student |
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| LOCATION | Campus Martius Museum is at the corner of Washington (State Route 7) and Second streets in Marietta (Washington County). | |
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| GENERAL INFORMATION | Campus Martius Museum 601 Second Street Marietta, OH 45750 PHONE: 740/373-3750 1-800/860-0145 (toll free) FAX: 740/373-3680 |
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| SITE MANAGER: | Andy Verhoff averhoff@ohiohistory.org | |
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| HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY: | The museum is handicapped accessible. The 2nd floor of the Putnam House and the Ohio Company Land Office are not. One wheelchair is available free for use on site. |
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