Cleveland History Center in East Cleveland

We were there for the night at the brewseum and it was a great event! It was so fun walking around and seeing all the cars! We really enjoyed the stainless steel car collection and all the old cars. Such a great collection.

Had never been after living here for 58 years. We were here for an event which was cool.

This is a nice museum with self guided displays of local Cleveland history. The carousel rides are unlimited with admission ticket. No food available. The gift shop was underwhelming. Has a small play place for smaller children. The play place is generic and not a learning/hands on type of play place. There was no wait to get in or to see any displays. There was very little traffic throughout the museum. We did the museum in little over an hour looking at and reading most of the displays.

Definitely visit this place if you love automobiles and planes. There are many exhibits of motorcycles and cars from different eras. Theres also a carousel which runs every 20 minutes and is included in the ticket. Entrance is free for CWRU students.

Fascinating museum. Loved the Euclid Park carousel 🎠

Small Museum in a wonderful area for tourists, close to other museums and attractions with available parking.

Really interesting museum with great exhibits

Definitely an awesome place to visit. Lots of cool things to see and read about. A good bang for your buck.

Interesting and diverse collection of items from Clevelands past...

Great place to visit! Glad they had elevators for this old Vet.

This was a really nice find in the downtown area. I was very impressed by the solders museum and highly recommend it. Its free!

A beautiful museum with friendly staff. Parking was a bit problematic.

Very nice exhibited. Very nice staff.

Great place and lots of exhibits

If you like motorcycles this second display is worth seeing. The "Z" is quite impressive especially so because it was hand built in Cleveland.

Admission was not expensive at all. They had worthwhile exhibits, and the staff was very friendly

The bottom floor with all the classic cars is closed for several months - of course there is nothing on the web site that mentions this and of course they charged us full price to see only half of the museum (which is currently just motorcycles). Stay away for several months (probably September or latertill bottom floor is back open. Waste of a visit.

This place was disappointing, to be honest. The car and womens rights exhibits were fine, and the mansion housing some other exhibits was beautiful, but we learned very little about the city and its people. They couldve presented a more comprehensive and cohesive collection that tells the story of the city and highlights its industrial and cultural significance. Instead, what we saw was disjointed and uninspired. Some serious curatorial work is in order.In addition, it was difficult to move about when most of the space has been taken over by an events company that was dressing up one of the halls. They made us feel like we were getting in their way and just wanted to get rid of us.So yeah, this place was a real letdown and its hard to recommend this to anyone interested in local history and culture.

This location is beautiful for a wedding venue however, the staff could do a better job accommodating such events. Communication between staff members was poor. One staff member would agree to something while another staff member would say it could not be done. Over the course of my wedding planning, the museum had 3 different staff members put in charge of our event. Each time a switch was made, very little communication happened and things which had already been arranged needed to be discussed again. I feel that the venue needs to work on communication in order to become a top venue for events. Staff also needs to improve interpersonal communication to avoid mishaps. I was very disappointed by the numerous communication mishaps and the fact that many times, I felt as though my wedding was a burden to the staff. They were very unwilling to help with anything and most of the included chairs and tables were very dirty. To the point that the catering staff (not associated with the museumtook note and cleaned off the dirt. But as I said before, this venue is very unique and cool. The gardens could have a bit more attention paid to them as far as weeds are concerned but the architecture makes up for that.

One of the more underrated museums Ive been in. Was there about 3 years ago. I thought Id only be there an hour but it wound up being close to three. The car display in the basement made the ticket worthwhile on its own but other cool stuff relating to the city was there as well. My only little ding was having to pay at a nearby parking deck.

Great place to get a quick glimpse into the history of Cleveland. Surrounded by some other great museums as well. Good way to spend a few hours.

Great way to spend an afternoon! The shop is really cute as well with lots of Cleveland themed things. You do not have to purchase admission to visit the shop if you just want to look around.

I wish I could give more than five stars. The floor housing a significant part of the automotive exhibit is undergoing major renovations and I didn’t see this on their website. Staff response to my concerns was beyond my expectations. The displays that are available are outstanding and unique. Cleveland definitely has a treasure in both the exhibits and the staff!

Had a good experience, place was nice and clean with friendly curators. Definitely something to do & see the new exhibits.

Please go here. Nobody knows about this location and is honestly a hidden gem. Located in University Circle, this place usually gets outshined by other more notable places such as the History Museum and the Art Museum.

We did not want a run of mill wedding venue. Especially since we had so many coming from out of town, we wouldnt something with lots of interest. If thats you, this is the place!! The CHC was the perfect venue. Very easy to work with, though sometimes they can require to persistence to get a hold of. They did everything to help make our day amazing, despite cruddy weather the day of. Gorgeous and such an interesting space. Our guests are still talking about the venue, the carousel, and just everything. 10/10 would recommend. Also, the consumption bar they require, instead of open bar saved us so much money compared to other places we looked at.

i never knew this place existed, went to the anime concert they were having and i definately want to come back during open hours to explore! i love seeing the history we are surrounded by every day!

Dont miss this place. I wasnt sure I even wanted to go. Didnt seem that interesting from the outside but it was just wonderful. Its wonderful. We spent over an hour in there so much to see.Friendly helpful staff. We had a great time.

Went to a wedding there. Great venue!

I went to candlelight orchestra. I dont understand why i need to pay 5 dollars for the parking. They should waiver the fee to the visitors i think.

Worlds best car collection with excellent explanatory information. Ride the historic (100 year oldcarousel and ask the docent the back story.

The staff was so nice and kind.I like all the interesting things, nice cars, plains, first stop signLots of fact you can learn.Recommended for kids and adults.

I was lucky enough to catch the Candle Light Open Air from Bach to the Bealtes concert here. It was wonderful! Cannot wait to come back for another adventure.

Great place for the whole family!

We plan on becoming members. We attended a wonderful jazz concert and enjoyed the parts of the museum we had a chance to see very much!

We learned much about Cleveland at this museum and were able to walk through the bottom floor of a beautiful mansion. Probably because of the pandemic a lot of exhibits were missing at the time. I hear they are working on that

This one of my favorite places in Cleveland. Beautiful automobiles, airplanes, attire, and more await you here. Staff was friendly and helpful as needed.

Awesome displays inside which include:A restored carousel rescued from the old Euclid Beach Park140 antique cars10 aircraft2 historic mansions30,000 garments from the late 18th century to the present

The vast majority of this museum is really the Crawford Auto museum which is great. The rest of the museum leaves much to be desired. However it is a pretty cheap entrance rate so its a nice place to spend an hour or two.

LOVED IT. If you go to Cleveland make sure you stop there.

Me and my buddy went to Cleveland for a metal concert and went to the museum before the concert. The lady at the front desk was super nice and really liked to smile! The lady in one of the two old mansions that the museum just kinda has stitched onto it was very entertaining and told the history of the mansions in a fun way! The museum also has an old carousel (109 years oldand the two guys running it were incredibly informative and you could tell how passionate they were about the Carousel. It was really nice to see someone that interested in carousels talk about them! They saw us come back for our 2ed ride (you get 2 rides for entry into the museumand got really excited to tell us the interesting history of it, and show us what the engine room looked like! I loved it! The car exhibit that the museum is hosting has a ton of very rare cars in it. Not gonna lie, was a bit surprised to just walk up and see a real Chevy EV1, one of 17 Ferrari California Peniferinas (I cant spell that), and a Mercedes 300sl. All the really old cars were awesome as well. They had one from 1897!All in all, great museum! We only had about 3 hours, and I feel like there is a bunch of stuff that we missed. Will go again next time Im in Cleveland!

Its history about and Cleveland, antique cars and planes are superb.

This is a great place to explore the history of Cleveland & the Western Reserve. During our visit we rode the restored Euclid Beach carrousel, and toured two of the mansions from the area’s “gilded age”.

A great local gem! Such a fun and interesting place!

This museum has come a long way! My daughter and I thoroughly enjoyed wandering through all the exhibits. I learned a you knew facts about Cleveland, the carousel was a trip down memory lane and the rest of the exhibits were engaging. The staff was wonderful and so knowledgeable well worth the trip.

Pretty good collection of old cars, which I wasnt expecting. The historical exhibits were nicely designed. The air races collection was another interesting surprise. Biggest complaint was that it was $20 between admission and parking to get i .

Great place to check out if you like automobiles, airplanes and other Cleveland history. They also have the mansion you can tour through.

Wow! Its been a couple years since we have been here! They are under construction and making changes and the changes are good! The best new additions: Kidzibits and the Euclid Beach Carousel. Those things make it a museum for all ages. There is something for everyone. Well worth the admission price and the trip. Cant wait until its finished! I hope theyre adding a cafe.

TLDR: The museum completely ignores the minority story of Cleveland.A trip to the Cleveland History Center is a.. complicated experience. Perhaps a more apt name would be the Rich White Cleveland History Center. To be sure, the strength of the collection means that a significant portion of the museum is either cars from the auto collection or a very well preserved mansion, which limits what can be done in the exhibition space.Buuuuut in exploring we found many large, vastly empty spaces. One, a ballroom, is half-filled with a less-than-enthralling exhibit about Ohio politicians. Another, a NEO "hall of fame" of sorts, looks to be a time portal from the 70s.Heres the problem: Cleveland has a diverse, complicated, and often gritty history. None of the various ethnic groups (and the lush Cultural Gardens just down the street tell us there are manyare discussed, most critically Clevelands black population is essentially reduced to the mansions servants quarters. The museum needs to undergo a full retelling of the history of Cleveland, one that tells how different people came here, and one that at least scratches the surface on some of the challenges facing the community today and how we got there.But the carousel was fun.

This place is friendly and fun! There are a lot of neat exhibits that will fit anyones interests and the staff is very helpful. I got to entertain my husband with the cars, my friends with the costume collection and the carousel, and the gift shop was amazing!