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Experience Dayton’s rich heritage of creativity and invention at Carillon Historical Park! Enjoy our beautiful 65-acre campus with 25 special exhibit buildings and structures ready for you to explore. See the actual 1905 Wright Flyer III, Dayton-made cash registers, vintage automobiles, train cars & bicycles, a 1930s print shop and the largest carillon in Ohio. 

 

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    Carillon Park

    Get engaged in Dayton’s rich heritage of creativity…

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    Hawthorn Hill

    See the Oakwood mansion that Orville Wright called home for nearly 35 years! The home of the man that invented flight and changed the world is available for educational tours…

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    Patterson Homestead

    Get a glimpse into the multi-generational lives of Dayton’s influential Patterson family...

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Upcoming events

Join us this summer as we welcome back the Carillon Park Rail & Steam Society....

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Don't miss the opportunity for your young one to experience the Miami Valley from an early settler’s......

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Dayton History is excited to announce the arrival of a temporary exhibit for 2008 to Carillon Historical Park...

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Hawthorn Hill Tours
07-22 to 11-30

Walk through Orville Wright's mansion...

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1905 Wright Flyer III

1905 Wright Flyer III named Best Historical Artifact. The first airplane in the United States to receive the designation of National Historic Landmark...

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“Thank you so much for going out of your way to make arrangements for our small group of visitors from Community colleges for International Development Summer Institute.”
Sinclair Community College