Attractions

Our region is filled with all kinds of attractions to educate and delight individuals, families and groups of all kinds. With so much history, innovation, art and culture, you’re sure to find much to interest you. Here is just a sample:

• Experience the beauty of nature at the Aullwood Audubon Center and Farm.
• Take a self-guided tour of Dayton’s historic Aviation Trail and peer into Dayton’s rich aviation past.
• Have a fun interactive learning experience with the kids at Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.
• Let your imagination take flight at Carillon Historical Park.
• Experience “Ohio’s largest collection of early stone buildings” through the Centerville-Washington Township Historical Society.
• Stroll through the Dayton Art Institute.
• Commemorate the lives and achievements of Dayton natives Orville and Wilbur Wright and Paul Laurence Dunbar at Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.
• Take in a Dayton Dragons Minor League Baseball Game.
• Take a look into the life of the African American poet laureate, Paul Laurence Dunbar at the Dunbar House.
• Discover the true birthplace of aviation at Huffman Prairie Flying Field and Interpretive Center.
• Immerse yourself in the history and culture of a by-gone era at the Iams Homestead.
• Come see the world’s first practical airplane – the 1905 Wright Flyer III at the John W. Berry Sr. Wright Brothers Aviation Center.
• Watch as the lives of Ohio’s first movers and shakers unfold before your eyes at Kettering-Moraine Museum and Historical Society.
• Walk in the footsteps of the first Ohioans at the Miamisburg Mound State Memorial.
• Honor the legacy of America’s greatest aviation pioneers at the National Aviation Hall of Fame.
• Walk through the historical Patterson Homestead Museum, a well-preserved Civil War era home belonging to Colonel Robert Patterson and his family.
• Visit SunWatch Indian Village/Archaeological Park, located on the south end of Dayton. SunWatch is the location of a 12th century American Indian village that has been partially reconstructed and includes a museum where visitors can learn about the Indian history of the Miami Valley.
• Witness the peak of perfection in American Automobiles at The Citizens Motor Car Company: America's Packard Museum.
• Enjoy a day (or several!) at The National Museum of the United States Air Force (at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base).
• Discover the possibility of peace through unity and understanding at The Peace Museum.
• Visit our nation’s heroes or volunteer at The VA Medical Center in Dayton.
• See how the world’s first airplane was made and further explore the lives of Dayton’s prominent sons at the Wright Cycle Company and the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center.
• Honor the memory of the Wright Brothers and other historical figures at Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum.
• Get a hands-on appreciation for the Wright Brothers’ ingenuity at the Wright B Flyer & Dayton Wright Brothers Airport.