Who Visits The Warren County History Center?

The Warren County History Center in Harmon Hall

It's summer and that means people will travel, and Governor Kasich and the Ohio Tourism Board want people to travel to Ohio.  Destination marketing is a hot topic.  Governor Kasich wants to make Ohio a destination state like Texas or Florida so that folks will come to Ohio from all over the country in great numbers and spend lots of money. More outside dollars coming to Ohio helps us all.

We at the Warren County History Center are doing our part. From Memorial Day weekend through today (June 13) individuals and families from California, Washington state, Tennessee, Michigan, Brazil (the country) and Mexico (the country) have visited our History Center.   We've also welcomed visitors from Maineville, Cincinnati, Morrow, Springboro, Beavercreek, Kettering, Dayton, Oakwood, Centerville, Englewood, Highland and Hillsboro.

1920's dress with rhinestone decorations.

It is not at all unusual for Warren County History Center to have visitors from out of state. The Golden Lamb Inn is a famous destination and many people want to do something other than eat and shop when they visit Lebanon, so they very often find their way here. In fact we book many groups who are visiting the History Center in the morning, having lunch at the Golden Lamb, then going to Glendower mansion in the afternoon.

 The editor of Travel & Leisure magazine encourages families to pick vacation destinations that have a lot of museums and cultural attractions. Families who visit museums build longer lasting memories from those visits than to other attractions. Also, people who visit museums tend to be better educated, spend more money at a destination and stay a day or so longer in any given community.