{{short description|Living history museum in Columbus, Ohio}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Ohio Village | nrhp_type = | image = Ohio village fall 2006.jpg | alt = | caption = | mapframe = | mapframe-caption = | coordinates = {{coord|40.007411|-82.987659|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:US-OH}} | location = 800 E. 17th Avenue, Columbus, Ohio | built = | architect = | architecture = | added = May 5, 2023 (with the Ohio History Center) | designated_nrhp_type = | refnum = 100008897 | website = {{official website}} }}
'''Ohio Village''' is a living history museum in Columbus, Ohio, United States. It is operated by the non-profit Ohio History Connection.
The village, intended to provide a firsthand view of life in Ohio during the American Civil War, opened July 27, 1974, on {{convert|15|acre|m2}} adjacent to the Ohio History Center in north Columbus. The Ohio Village is open to visitors Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.{{cn|date=February 2026}}
The annual All Hallow's Eve is an 1860s-style celebration of Halloween that has taken place in late October every year since 1985. The festivities include fortunetelling, costumed interpretation of beliefs and superstitions related to the season, and a parade for the dead through the town center meant to appease roaming spirits. The night culminates in a production of Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow.<ref>[http://www.ohiohistory.org/programs--events/ohio-village/all-hallows-eve Ohio Village: All Hallows' Eve - Ohio Historical Society]</ref>
Ohio Village is also home to two historic baseball teams, the Ohio Village Muffins and Lady Diamonds. Both teams play by the 19th-century rules of the game, very similar to those followed by the New York Knickerbockers, an early baseball club, in 1845. The Ohio Cup Vintage Base Ball Festival, held at the village every year over Labor Day weekend, draws teams from across the country to compete in a festival played by the old rules.<ref>[http://www.ohiohistory.org/programs--events/ohio-village/muffins/the-ohio-village-muffins The Ohio Village Muffins - Ohio Historical Society]</ref>
The museum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with the Ohio History Center in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ohio History Center, Ohio Village now listed on National Register of Historic Places|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2023/05/09/ohio-history-center-named-to-national-register-of-historic-places-ohio-village-history-connection/70196683007/|access-date=2023-05-10|website=The Columbus Dispatch|language=en-US}}</ref> It closed after the 2024 Ohio State Fair<ref>{{Cite web|title=Campus 2.OH!|url=https://www.ohiohistory.org/campus2-oh|website=Ohio History Connection|language=en-US}}</ref> and is scheduled to reopen in 2026.<ref>https://www.ohiohistory.org/visit/browse-historical-sites/ohio-village/</ref>
==See also== {{portal|NRHP|Ohio}} * List of museums in Columbus, Ohio * National Register of Historic Places listings in Columbus, Ohio
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==External links== {{commons category}} * {{official website|https://www.ohiohistory.org/visit/browse-historical-sites/ohio-village/}} * [http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/ohvillag/muffins.html Information regarding the Ohio Village Muffins] * [http://www.ohiovillagemuffins.org/ Official website of the Ohio Village Muffins] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081103115638/http://www.ohiovillagemuffins.org/ |date=November 3, 2008 }}
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