Skip to content
Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, OH

Photo: Ɱ, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Museums

Western Reserve Historical Society

Northeast Ohio history society running a city museum complex, a farm living-history site, a library, and an auto and aviation museum.

10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 · Cleveland, OH

About Western Reserve Historical Society

The Western Reserve Historical Society is a regional history organization. Its Cleveland History Center presents collections on family, community, entrepreneurship, and technology. The Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, housed with the center, displays antique cars, transportation artifacts, and aircraft. Hale Farm and Village is a living history site inside Cuyahoga Valley National Park, with historic structures, demonstrations, farm animals, and gardens. The society also runs a research library with books, newspapers, maps, and images.

  • #history
  • #museum
  • #living history
  • #genealogy
  • #auto museum

What's around here?

The closest stops to Western Reserve Historical Society, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Museums
    Family Favorite

    Cleveland History Center

    Under $25

    Ride the restored 1910 Euclid Beach carousel, browse the Crawford's classic cars and planes, and tour a Gilded Age mansion, all one ticket.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    Steps awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Date Night

    Cleveland Botanical Garden

    Under $25

    Ten acres of themed gardens plus a glasshouse with a Costa Rican rainforest and free-flying butterflies.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    Steps awaySwitch it up: Sports & Outdoors

  • Museums
    Family Favorite

    Cleveland Museum of Natural History

    Under $25

    Dinosaurs, gems, and 'Lucy' the famous early human ancestor, freshly transformed by a major renovation.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    Steps awayMore like this

  • Museums
    Iconic

    Cleveland Museum of Art

    No admission fee

    A world-class art collection, from Monet to medieval armor, and general admission is always free.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.3 mi awayMore like this

  • Theater & Events
    Iconic

    Severance Music Center

    $25–$50

    Hear the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra in its opulent 1931 Art Deco-meets-classical concert hall in University Circle.

    Transit: reachable by public transit

    0.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Theater & Events

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    James A. Garfield Memorial

    No admission fee

    Visit President Garfield's tomb in Lake View Cemetery and climb to a balcony that looks over Cleveland and Lake Erie.

    1.0 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

Near Western Reserve Historical Society

More of the same kind

Keep exploring