Columbus, Ohio, is home to many museums, each of which has a unique focus and mandate. There are museums that show you what life was like on Earth a million or more years ago; then there are museums that focus on the contemporary arts. Some museums have interactive exhibits while others have workshops so you can learn how to make things with the artist. It can be difficult to figure out which museum you should visit to experience what’s inside the walls. Here are four museums that offer something interesting to see and do.
Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum
Cartoons are an artwork in their own right and the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum does a great job of highlighting this fact. The museum is located at Sullivant Hall on the Ohio State University’s campus and is open to the public Tuesday through Sunday. Exhibits are rotated in and out on a regular basis. If there’s something you’d like to see, make plans to go while the exhibit is active. And if you’re looking for information about comic books, the museum is also a research library.
Jack Nicklaus Museum
Tiger Woods might be a great golfer, but he still hasn’t had a museum created that bears his name. Yet. Meanwhile, there’s the Jack Nicklaus museum which pays homage to The Golden Bear. Nicklaus is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time, having won almost half of the championships he participated in over his lifetime. The museum is full of Jack Nicklaus memorabilia including his golf clubs, golf bags, trophies, and interactive exhibits that show highlights of his career.
Ohio Craft Museum
Don’t let the name of the museum fool you; you’re not walking into a museum with exhibits worthy of the average craft store. The museum focuses on highlighting the current work of craftsmen and women who show mastery in their chosen medium. The museum seeks to educate viewers about the artists, their medium, and the techniques they use to create their final pieces. Stop through the gift shop to pick up a piece of work by an artist or find out about the latest workshops that are led by one of the craftspeople exhibiting at the museum.
Center of Science and Industry
The Center of Science and Industry, also known as COSI, brings together the natural history museum with science and industry with the result being a highly engaging and entertaining atmosphere for kids of all ages. COSI features exhibits that include live demonstrations, exhibits about the human body and what makes it work, a dinosaur gallery that plays host to dinosaur skeletons of all types from different periods of the earth’s history, and a planetarium to watch movies about the sky, the universe, and space.
These four museums represent only a fraction of the museums located in Columbus. They all have a unique focus and present their exhibits in a way that holds your interest. All you need to do is decide which museum you want to visit.
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