Amazing Ashville and the Best Small-Town Museum Around

Travel writers have routinely singled out Ohio’s Small-Town Museum in Ashville as possibly being the best example of a small-town museum around. Kevin Elliott joins the cavalcade of voices praising our museum and the book that is at the core of the many wonderful displays exhibited there. Kevin is a travel writer for Columbus Alive. He said, “I’ve seen lots of these types of museums all over the country, but none are quite like this collection in Ashville.” He also said that our museum rivals all other small-town museums.

He explained when he was ready to view the museum John Swingle handed him the recently published Amazing Ashville by local historian Bob Hines. He noted, “Many of the exhibits correspond directly with pages from Hines’ book, and their placards urge you to discover those stories. No matter how mundane or seemingly insignificant the tales, they create a spectacular panoply of collective history. Together the museum is a timeline of these fascinating lives.”