Ohio History Center, Columbus, Ohio
Explore these resources to uncover more of Ohio’s Innovation history and story.
American Experience: The Wright Brothers (PBS documentary)
The Wright Brothers: How They Invented the Airplane by Russell Freedman (children’s book)
The Wright Brothers by David McCullough
Exploring the Historic National Road Scenic Byway (PBS documentary)
Ohio Air & Space Trail (America 250-Ohio, in partnership with the Ohio Travel Association)
Wheels of Fortune: The Story of Rubber in Akron by David Giffels and Steve Love
A Brief History of Rubber (Akron Global Polymer Institute at University of Akron) Wheels of Fortune: The Story of Rubber in Akron by David Giffels and Steve Love
Born of Fire – A History of Glass Manufacturing in Fairfield County, Ohio (Fairfield County Heritage Association)
How the Glass Art Movement Began in Toledo (WGTE Public Media)
Thomas Edison: Lighting Up the World (Lucas Film)
Meet the Innovators (COSI)
Thomas Edison’s Invention of the Phonograph (Music Makers Museum)
Let’s Talk Cincy – WLWT – National VOA Museum of Broadcasting (National VOA Museum of Broadcasting)
Ohio Creativity Trail (America 250-Ohio, in partnership with the Ohio Travel Association)
The Forgotten Black Scientist Who Invented the First Traffic Light: They Stole His Invention (Hidden Figures of Black History)
Saving the Day: Garrett Morgan’s Life-Changing Invention of the Traffic Signal (Ohio Memory)
Granville T. Woods: A Columbus Legacy, An American Story (Rickenbacker Woods, Inc)
Breaking the Code: Dayton’s Secret Role in WWII (Wright Memorial Public Library)
Col. William J. Cavanaugh: Advancing Research in Hearing Protection and Sound Safety at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton (Oral History, Niels Bohr Library & Archives)
Louis Bromfield: Malabar Farm (WOSU Public Media)
The Rhino Program – A Legacy of Conservation (The Wilds)
Big Muskie: The World’s Largest Earth-Moving Machine (Forgotten Ohio Beaten Path)
The Dawes Arboretum: History (Dawes Arboretum)
“From Small Town to Steel Town – part 1 (Middletown Historical Society)
Old Furnace and Iron Making – Discovering Buckeye Furnace & Museum – Jackson County Ohio (River and Dell Chronicles)
Scenic Stops: Historical Construction Equipment Association (WBGU-PBS)
