- New Ohio Migration Museum The Campus Martius Museum in Marietta recently became Ohio's only museum devoted to the state's history of settlement and migration, marked by the dedication of a new 5,400-square-foot exhibit and other renovations. Nearly 1,000 people at an open house heard remarks by Lt. Gov. Nancy Putnam Hollister, as well as state Rep. Tom Johnson from the 96th district. "The study of migration and settlement is really important to all Ohioans to understand our roots - to understand the passages that our ancestors traveled across in order to create the state of Ohio," Hollister said of the museum. The 68-year-old Campus Martius Museum, which traditionally has focused on the settlement of Marietta and the Northwest Territory, unveiled more than $1 million worth of renovations including the new exhibit, titled "Paradise Found and Lost: Migration in the Ohio Valley, 1850-1970." The display takes the museum's focus beyond Ohio's early settlement to include two later waves of migration that shaped the state's history: the movement of many rural Ohioans to cities between 1850 and 1910, and the influx of Appalachians from Kentucky and West Virginia into Ohio's industrial centers such as Dayton and Akron between 1910 and 1970. The exhibit includes 90 objects from OHS collections, ranging from an early mechanized seed drill to a jacket worn during performances by contemporary country music singer Dwight Yoakam, the son of Appalachian migrants. In addition, six simulated "environments" in the exhibit replicate those which many migrants would have encountered, including a train car, train station platform, bus station and urban street scene. ------------------------------