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The Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) was founded in 1867, making it the oldest cultural institution in Northeast Ohio. WRHS is located in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, USA
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ted in University Circle
University Circle

University Circle is the cultural, educational, and medical center of Greater Cleveland, and is located on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. University Circle occupies approximately 550 acres around the campus of Case Western Reserve University and the adjacent Wade Park Oval....
, the renowned arts and culture district of Cleveland, the Society’s headquarters on East Boulevard houses and curates an extraordinary group of distinguished collections. The mission of the Western Reserve Historical Society is to collect, preserve and present the history of all the people of the Western Reserve.






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The Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) was founded in 1867, making it the oldest cultural institution in Northeast Ohio. WRHS is located in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, the most populous county in the state. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately 60 miles west of the Pennsylvania border....
, USA
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
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Located in University Circle
University Circle

University Circle is the cultural, educational, and medical center of Greater Cleveland, and is located on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. University Circle occupies approximately 550 acres around the campus of Case Western Reserve University and the adjacent Wade Park Oval....
, the renowned arts and culture district of Cleveland, the Society’s headquarters on East Boulevard houses and curates an extraordinary group of distinguished collections. The mission of the Western Reserve Historical Society is to collect, preserve and present the history of all the people of the Western Reserve. WRHS is a private, membership-based society that also receives funding through its investments, grants, and gifts.

University Circle Museums

The Society’s headquarters at University Circle houses several facilities:
  • The Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
    Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum

    The Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, is part of the Western Reserve Historical Society, and was founded by industrialist Frederick Coolidge Crawford of TRW and opened in 1965....
     which houses nearly 200 vintage and antique automobiles and airplanes.
  • The History Museum, with changing exhibits of local history. The History Museum also includes:
    • The Hay-McKinney House, a 1911 home with luxurious turn-of-the-century parlors and living areas.
    • The Bingham-Hanna House, built between 1916 and 1919 on the land neighboring the Hay-McKinney property, Harry Payne Bingham built a 35 room house designed by Walker and Gillette, with a landscape by Olmsted Brothers and featuring ironwork by Samuel Yellin.
    • The Chisholm Halle Costume Wing, which houses over 30,000 garments from the late 1700s to the present.
  • The Library and Archives, which feature over 20 million archives and manuscripts for genealogical research or any aspect of Northeast Ohio history.


Admission to the headquarters includes entry to the History Museum, Library and Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum.

Other properties

The society also owns and operates the Hale Farm & Village
Hale Farm & Village

Hale Farm & Village is a historic property of the Western Reserve Historical Society in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, Summit County, Ohio, Ohio, United States....
 in Bath, Ohio and Shandy Hall
Shandy Hall (Ohio)

Shandy Hall is the name of a homestead museum located in Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, owned and maintained by the Western Reserve Historical Society....
 in Unionville, Ohio
Unionville, Ohio

Unionville is an unincorporated area on the line between northwestern Harpersfield Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio in Ashtabula County, Ohio and eastern Madison Township, Lake County, Ohio in Lake County, Ohio in the U.S....
. Built in 1815, Shandy Hall is recognized as one of the best examples of early life and architecture found in the Western Reserve. The society also operates Loghurst, built in 1805 in Canfield, Ohio
Canfield, Ohio

Canfield is a city located in Mahoning County, Ohio, Ohio, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Route 224 and Ohio State Route 46/U.S. Route 62, about ten miles southwest of Youngstown, Ohio....
 which is thought to be the oldest residence in the Western Reserve.

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