Carillon Historical Park is a 65-acre open-air history museum
that serves as the main campus for Dayton History.
We share the amazing stories of how Dayton changed the world!

Mon - Sat: 9:30am - 5:00pm
Sun: 12:00pm - 5:00pm
937-293-2841

1000 Carillon Boulevard
Dayton, Ohio 45409

The Collections Corner

Introducing our new series, The Collections Corner! Click on the photos to read more!

ArtiFACT Friday- October 23, 2015

Mystery at the Museum … Here’s a detail image of this week’s mystery artifact. Do you know what artifact is pictured here and which building you can find it in at Carillon Historical Park? Post your guess on our facebook page, or or e-mail your submission to info@daytonhistory.org with the subject listed as “ArtiFACT Friday,” for a chance

ArtiFACT Friday- October 16, 2015

Mystery at the Museum … Here’s a detail image of this week’s mystery artifact. Do you know what artifact is pictured here and which building you can find it in at Carillon Historical Park? Post your guess on our facebook page, or or e-mail your submission to info@daytonhistory.org with the subject listed as “ArtiFACT Friday,” for a chance

ArtiFACT Friday- October 9, 2015

Mystery at the Museum … Here’s a detail image of this week’s mystery artifact. Do you know what artifact is pictured here and which building you can find it in at Carillon Historical Park? Post your guess on our facebook page, or or e-mail your submission to info@daytonhistory.org with the subject listed as “ArtiFACT Friday,” for a chance

ArtiFACT Friday- September 25, 2015

September Mystery at the Museum Solved… The answers to September’s series of Museum Mysteries are (in weekly order): the ‘Burnside 1’ Cast Iron Stove, ‘The Fashion’ Wooden School Desk, and volumes of ‘McGuffey Eclectic Readers’.  All of this month’s mystery artifacts, and many others, are on display in the Locust Grove School No. 12 at Carillon