Ohio’s Frontier History, Brought to Life
The Ohio Frontier History Center believes that history is best learned when you can hold it in your hands, hear it told by someone who lived it, and stand in the landscape where it happened.
We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and interpreting Ohio’s frontier period from 1750 to 1850 — a century that shaped this state and everyone in it. Our work covers the full story of that era: the Indigenous nations who called Ohio home long before statehood, the settlers who followed, and the conflicts, treaties, and communities that defined the transition between those two worlds.
Traveling Educational Programs
Right now, we bring that history to you.
The Ohio Frontier History Center offers traveling living history programs for schools, community groups, libraries, and organizations across central Ohio. Our costumed interpreters come to your location with authentic artifacts and period reproductions, leading programs that are hands-on, curriculum-connected, and genuinely engaging.
Programs are available for all ages, from elementary school through adult audiences, indoors or outdoors, and can be tailored to your group’s needs and interests. Whether you are looking for a classroom presentation built around real frontier-era objects or an outdoor living history experience that puts participants inside the story, we can build a program that works for you.
We serve schools and organizations within approximately one hour of Columbus. If you are in central Ohio and want to bring frontier history to your students, members, or community, we want to hear from you.
Visit our contact page to start a conversation.