Dayton History Reviews

Loved this place! Really cool buildings to walk through. Lots of historical stuff to see - I definitely recommend!

Great for home schoolers. Go during days where they are doing live events. So much to do and learn about. My kids love it

A beautiful park with fascinating local history, a lovely Christmas display, and occasional glimpses of a pair of bald eagles!

This is a great historical park and museum...lots to do

Lovely historical park, with great wright brothers info.

Awesome at Christmastime! Will make this an annual trip! Can't wait to see it in summer!

This museum is a definite must for anyone in the Dayton area. It is full of information on the history of the city and surrounding area, as well as the industries which grew here. There are old cars and wonderful antique cash registers to behold. Many old buildings such as a schoolhouse from the early 1800s have been mived to the grounds.

Great place to go back into the history of Dayton, Ohio. Numerous buildings and homes to walk around. The main building explores the history of NCR and other businesses that she'd the area. They even have a merry-go-round on site.

So much to look at my six year old and 16 year old really enjoyed it!

The kids had so much fun riding the carousel and the train

This place is always fun, but the best time of the year is Christmas when they have extended hours and period era people baking gingerbread cookies, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, and carollers all over!

Like a little Greenfield Village. About 35 historical buildings and museum documenting the terrible flood if Dayton in the 30's

Beautifully decorated for the holidays. Come and see the Lights making the amazing Tree attached to Carillon Bells (see pics). Bring the family...amazing! Need to experience in person; bells ring holiday music hourly.

Cost of admission is way to high for families, it needs reduced so more people can enjoy more often.

A beautiful site to see the tree lighting and hear the bells play Christmas songs. I will go back another evening (when it is a little warmer) to see the lights on the buildings inside the museum area.

A true gem of the Dayton area. If you are a visitor and unsure about the importance of Dayton in the course of history...come here.

Excellent place for Dayton history. Fun for school age children.

The christmas lights. I stepped over the cable got right in the middle and looked up and down several times and it looked like the lights were spinning. I swear i wasnt high. Try it next year. I loved it all christmassy and stuff.

Went there is the Bald Eagles and I saw one flying around. Awesome sight. Couldn't get a good picture of one. Next time maybe.

Excellent staff, wonderful experience. Make sure to take a camera so you can get pictures of the Bald Eagles!

Always a warm and welcoming environment. One of the best Christmas events in the area.

interesting brewery! smells like wood burning fire when you walk in. big spot.

I can't give it 4 stars only because we went on a Saturday and their train wasn't running. What a disappointment for my 3 year old. If the train isn't running it's really not for kids I say.

I like Carillon Historical Park, because it was awesome.

Awesome living history experience in Dayton. We were impressed with the tavern dinner, history lessons, and facilities.

Very nice grounds and informative experience of history

A worthwhile place to visit. Very interesting and entertaining.

Neat place to go for historic beer. They did a nice job restoring the place.

Dayton History is doing a great job at featuring fun learning and interactive history. The animetronics theater is very good and they are always adding more displays. If you haven't been in the last five years, you will be pleasantly surprised at all that's been added. And plans for the next 10 years sees more coming. We have a membership, we enjoy it so much.

Much to see and do. Old cars galore.
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Awesome place. We went for a wedding. I still definitely return to see more of the place.

love it! stopped by brewery afterwards..great places

Beautiful and interesting. Also the only place in the world with the original wright brothers airplane that just happened to be the world's first practical airplane.

I love the bell that goes off they now and then, i run there and back home for my exercise

I go there to sit and enjoy my lunch, I love hearing that bells, and walking around the park. I find slot of interesting things that I like to do and interesting things to see

Excellent overview of life in and contributions of Dayton in history to present day. Lots to see and read.

Really cool place with tons of interesting exhibits. Great for both kids and adults.

Very nice historical village. Lots of information, lots of variety in the buildings.
They even have a carousel, which does cost a little extra, but is really nice. More than just horses, it has bunches of different things related to Dayton.
They do have a small train that will run on occasion, but was not running when I went. I took a picture of the schedule.
The map does say it has a "180ft slide" or something, they don't, they have a bunch of slides that might equal that long. I was hoping for one super long slide and was disappointed.

Best presentation on how the Wright Brothers achieved flight that I have seen. Includes the contributions of their Machinist.

A great place to spend a few hours looking at history.

Really had no clue how much cool stuff was invented in Dayton, Oh!

So much to see and do much to explore. Every time I go I see some new angle or learn some new piece of information.

Great museum and park in Dayton. It is definitely worth the entrance fee. It is amazing what Dayton folks have created, invented, produced and led in.

Our stop here this time was about the Deeds Carillon Bells on our Ohio TuesDayTrips tour on the Dayton History Trail. It focused on the first unofficial Christmas Eve concert in December 1941 right after Pearl Harbor. It has been a tradition ever since.

Very nice. Staff is very friendly and knowledgeable.

Nice historical park. Has a museum, interactive exhibits (Small train to ride), the only historically accurate active brewery on site, and a very interesting bell tower.

Such an amazing walk through history!! I left there so impressed with my visit. The staff in each building truly care about the stories they shared. And, the eagle couple is impressive as well!!

great time here! Christmas lights were fantastic. museum is awesome

First time coming to the park and it was during the Christmas lights in the park!! Parents and kids had a great time on the train ride, delicious hot chocolate and popcorn! It was fun to go through the historical houses. Will definitely go back for a third time!

Christmas light display is so worth going to check out. You can go inside original historic homes that were moved into the park from their original location. They have an antique print shop where you can get a Christmas card with your name on it made for free - made from am antique printing press. They have cabins that are historic that they actually use to make gingerbread cookies and serve hot cider over an open fire by folks wearing period specific clothing. They have a huuggee historic museum on site that gives so mich history about the City of Dayton. I never knew so much came from Dayton. Prices to get in are really well worth the cost - I think we paid $11.00 per person for the whole Christmas light/museum/outside cabin experiences. They have a train ride outside for the kiddos as well. They also have an onsite cafe where you can order "sit down" type food and another smaller snack shop on the opposite end of the park where you can get beers, wines, popcorn, etc. If your in the area around the holiday season you have to check it out - its a must!!!!

Very good beer. Limited menu helps service go quickly. Lots of choices house made drafts you cannot find anywhere else.

It was a wonderful experience! Beautiful historical museum. Clean, well done, informational, and memorable. The food was reasonable and tasty at the cafe, too.

We enjoyed our time here a lot. It was knee resting to learn how much history there is in the area. It was really quiet since it was a weekday, but we'll worth the time, and the modest price of admission.

It is a very nice park as it says, it is historic.

The 151 foot tall Carillon Tree of Light is wonderful in December. Be sure to walk under the lights and look up. The main park is closed due to the COVID-19, but surrounding areas are open. If you are lucky you will see one of the eagles that nest there. I did and was able to get a nice picture or two.

The best part of the museum is the Carillon Brewing Company restaurant. Eating there is a must! Yummy!!!

Who knew that Dayton had an interesting history beyond the Wright Brothers. The animatronic show was odd, but still informative. The room with all the cash registers was awesome. These registers were ornate and beautiful! I personally loved the print shop. They had a demonstration that day which was pretty cool to see the older machines at work. The Huffy bike section was informative as well. Being from NOLA we have streetcars, so it was exciting to see their cars. A great visit! PS Thanks for the smashed penny machines- so hard to find these days!

So fun! The rail festival was perfect. Not to many people and not to big! The kids loved it! The line for the train ride is always long so we skipped it. But everything else is awesome!!!

The best place to learn about Dayton history. This is a great place to come for a day trip!

Great place to learn about Dayton history and s beautiful setting.