Museum and memorial center honoring A. B. Graham, native son and founder of 4-H. Contains displays relating to Ohio's farming legacy and the local rural lifestyle, and a military display highlighting WWII.

Home of the Elizabeth Township Historical Society, located in the Township Community Center. Elizabeth Township is one of five rural historic districts in the U.S. The museum is in the process of collecting items showing how the residents of the Township lived in the past. They are searching for pictures to copy, including family groups, farming and community life, school, churches, old cars, etc. Military pictures and information about time in the service are being collected for a military scrapbook. Genealogy and family trees are also needed.

The name was bestowed as a result of the behavior of "Mad Anthony" Wayne's troops after completing a breastwork of brush and logs in the area leading up to the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794. Home of the Covington-Newberry Historical Society. Contains Civil War displays and clothing and dioramas relating to life in the Covington and Newberry Township area. The museum is housed in an 1840 schoolhouse, which also served as facilities for the village council, a militia unit, and the village fire department.

The Garst Museum is named after the Garst family who donated the property to the Darke County Historical Society in 1946. The museum has extensive displays of items related to Greenville and Darke County and its history, including sections devoted to Annie Oakley and Lowell Thomas, natives of the area, in the original Garst house and an adjoining museum.

The entry and parlor of the Garst house have been restored to their original condition. The Treaty of Greene Ville and Native American artifact exhibits are on the ground floor of the house. The second floor of the house is occupied by a wide ranging military exhibit, including uniforms from the War of 1812 through the current war in Iraq.

Lowell Thomas, born in Woodington, Ohio, near Greenville, is best remembered as a radio news commentator on the CBS Radio Network; however, he was also an adventurer, explorer, world traveler, and author. The Lowell Thomas Exhibit was donated by Thomas in his later years.

The museum contains one of the largest known collection of memorabilia celebrating Annie Oakley, the marvel with a gun in the ending years of the western frontier. There are guns, clothing, posters, pictures and much more from Annie's life, shows, and Broadway performances.

There is an exhibit of rare original Currier & Ives lithograph prints in the Americana Room. Shop Through Time is a recreated series of period shops and stores lining three boulevards within the museum complex. Each shop displays artifacts portraying both the period and the theme.

Crossroads of Destiny is a new exhibit telling the history of the Treaty of Greene Ville. Greene Ville was the largest stockade fort ever built in North America and it was the scene of the most significant American Indian treaty ever negotiated. The Treaty of Greene Ville in 1795 opened the door to the settlement of the Midwest resulting in Ohio statehood eight years later. The Treaty also ended forty years of conflict over the upper Ohio Valley. There are artifacts from Forts St. Clair, Jefferson, Greene Ville and Recovery, along with Native American Indian artifacts.

The Museum is the former home of the Civic League of Troy, donated to the community in 1985 and developed by the Troy Museum Corporation to represent Troy history from 1850 to the present. The brick house, originally two stories in the front and one in the back, was built by John Kitchen, a tailor by trade, in 1847; additions were made to the back and second floor later in the 1800s, and the present kitchen was added after 1900. The parlor is furnished circa 1860, and the kitchen 1930. Another first-floor room contains exhibits which change periodically, representing various themes from Troy's history. A second room showcases Troy industries and businesses, past and present. The upper floor contains the Geisinger bedroom (circa 1800), the nursery (circa 1900), and a schoolroom (circa 1900).

The Overfield Tavern, a hand-hewed, steeple notched two story log structure, was built in 1808 by Benjamin Overfield. In its lifetime it has been a tavern, a courthouse, a jail, and a school. Restoration was begun on the building in 1996; during extensive archaeological and architectural research, the original hearth stones, bricks, and the exact location of the corner fireplaces and bake oven were discovered. Also found were fragments of baseboard, wood lath, and pieces of a cage bar. Scrapings of existing woodwork confirmed architectural details and colors. The fireplaces, as well as the interior walls, plaster work, staircases, and woodwork have all been restored. A sample of the original exterior siding was found wedged between two walls, having been encased during one of the building's previous renovations. The west, north, and east exteriors have been resided with the same style of boards and nails used on the original structure. The front of the building is unsided and was whitewashed for protection. It serves as an example of how many buildings appeared during this period.

The museum is predominately furnished in early nineteenth century Ohio antiques illustrating early Miami County pioneer life. The contents are gifts from the Troy Historical Society, local individuals and families, and purchases made possible by donations. There are frequent living history programs and craft demonstrations.

The Annex across the street houses the new gallery, which serves as the learning center, library, and museum office. The gallery serves as a space for artists, exhibits, social functions, and learning activities relating to early Ohio history, preservation, and regional interests.

The Piqua Historical Area State Memorial celebrates two thousand years of Ohio's history, from its habitation by prehistoric Indians, to its settlement by early American settlers, through the early years of the canal era. It contains ancient Indian earthworks, a restored section of the Miami and Erie canal, and the homestead of John Johnston--settler, farmer, and public official.

Johnston served as the United States Indian Agent for western Ohio from 1812 to 1829, and is credited with keeping the Indians neutral in the War of 1812. In his role as a state canal Commissioner, he was instrumental in getting the Miami and Erie canal routed through Miami County.

The Piqua Historical Area State Memorial was established as Ohio's 47th state historic site in 1965. Following acquisition of the area, the two-story mixed Dutch Colonial/Georgian style farmhouse where Johnston and his family lived from 1811 through 1842 was restored and furnished as it would have appeared 1829, along with its unique two-story spring house and a cider house. A mammoth double-penned log barn, constructed in 1808, is reputed to be the oldest and largest of its type in Ohio, and is still in use on the grounds. Costumed interpreters and craft demonstrators provide farm tours and display activities in the summer kitchen and fruit kiln areas.

A mile-long section of the canal has been restored, on which Visitors can ride a replica of a 70-foot-long mixed cargo canal boat of the 1840-1850 era used for freight and passenger transport. It is pulled by two resident mules and piloted by costumed interpreters. Canal boat rides are 12:30, 2:30, and 4:00 p.m.

Adjacent to the boat landing is a modern museum, that houses the Ohio's Woodland Indians exhibit. It presents an overview of Indian cultures of the Woodlands area (Ohio, Great Lakes, and the Northeast) beginning in the 1600s, a description of archaeological work on the site of Pickawillany village, and a discussion of both historic and contemporary American Indian stereotypes. The experiences of the American Indians who have resided in Ohio from about 1740 through the early 1800s and up to today are also interpreted. The museum also includes an exhibit explaining the construction, operation, and eventual decline of the canal system in Ohio. The site is administered by the Ohio Historical Society.

The Shelby County Historical Society Museum is located in the Ross Historical Center in downtown Sidney. One section of the museum contains a rotating exhibit, and there are three rooms containing collections of, among others, pocket watches, miniature tea sets, and Elvis and NASCAR memorabilia. A room is set aside for permanent display of historical items of interest from Shelby County, and there is a collection of historical and history publications.

The museum tells the story of the 383 freed slaves of John Randolph of the Roanoke Plantation in Charlotte County, Virginia, and their journey to the North and settlement in Piqua. The museum is housed in the 1869 home of former slave York Ryal. Miami County and American black history is documented from the 1700s to the 1900s. Exhibits showcase the Piqua-born Mills Brothers, contain African artifacts, and document the underground railroad in the area. Up the street from the museum is the Jackson Afro-American cemetery, where many of the Rossville settlers were buried. The cemetery has been preserved but there are few gravestones remaining.

The museum, located in an adition to the West Milton Friends church, Contains displays and artifacts relating to township and village history, and archives and research collection of local Quaker history.

The Friends meeting was organized in 1876, and the meeting house was built in 1881. It became a worldwide curiosity, having a steeple containing a bell, unheard of for a Quaker meeting house. The concern was so great that two Friends from London, England, visited West Milton to view this deviation from Quaker teachings about simplicity.

The WACO Aircraft Company of Troy, Ohio was the leading aircraft manufacturer of civilian aircraft in the U. S. from 1928 - 1935. Beginning in 1921 as the Weaver Aircraft Company in Lorain, Ohio, they moved to Troy in 1924 and became the Advance Aircraft Company but kept the WACO logo. In 1929, the name was changed to simply the WACO Aircraft Company. WACO produced over 80 models during the years 1919 - 1946, including the large troop-carrying gliders used in all the major invasions during WWII;the best selling Model 10, with over 1100 being produced from 1927 - 1930; over 600 Model UPF-7's for the CAA and the Civilian Pilot Training program during 1939 - 1942. WACOs were also popular around the world and sold airplanes to 37 different countries.