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Marietta, Ohio is home to 2 amazing museums that feature exhibits and events for all ages, all year round! Make sure you check out all of the great history that our Marietta Museums have to offer!

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Upcoming Event

Discovering History:

Date(s): 08/07/2026
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location: Campus Martius Museum

"Frugal Frontier Living: Scarcity, Waste, and the First Recycling Revolution" This immersive museum program uses Marietta’s 1788 frontier history to demonstrate how early settlers lived with minimal waste, contrasted with modern landfill systems and long-term material impact. Ryan Holter...

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Featured Exhibition

Celebrating the Pioneers

WHERE: First Floor - CMM

The Ordinance of 1787 opened a vast wilderness west of the Ohio River for settlement. “Ohio fever” had begun with the Ohio Company leading the way. Its members made many significant contributions in bringing sophistication to this uncharted land as well as their ideals and principals that we enjoy today. This exhibit, based on the book The Pioneers by David McCullough, explores the lives and personal objects owned by some of the individuals mentioned in the book. It offers a chance to look inside the personalities and lives of some of these important groundbreakers.

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