State: | Ohio |
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Address: | 2301 W River Rd, Dayton, OH 45417 |
Zip code: | 45417 |
Phone: | (937) 268-8199 |
Website: | https://boonshoft.org/sunwatch-2/ |
Monday: | Closed |
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Tuesday: | Closed |
Wednesday: | Closed |
Thursday: | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
Friday: | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
Saturday: | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
Sunday: | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
Small museum with outdoor viewing of Indian homes, vegetable garden. Nice walking path in the village. They have a small gift shop with t shirts, books, stuffed animals and more. Plans to spend about an hour and a half here or longer. They also have picnic tables under a pavilion.
Excellent site to learn about early history of native inhabitants of Ohio. The museum has an excellent 11 minute movie on the history of the site. The representative village has outstanding signage. Small gift in the museum. Picnic tables available. Restrooms on site . Highly recommended .
A wonderful and beautiful historical site . That gives you an interactive experience with what was inhabitanted at one time along with whatbit might have looked like. Although not to big it's just a good amount to keep you engaged. Can't wait to go to a festival
Informative indian village with reconstructed buildings that show how the Fort Ancient native Americans lived. There is a small museum that describes life in the village as well a display describing how archeologists excavated the site. I took my elementary age children. They liked the dioramas and being in the reconstructed houses where they were shocked that a family of 10 lived, ate and slept in such a small room. There is a neat gift shop with a variety of books, toys and native American art. It was a good visit, although we got through the museum and the grounds in a little over an hour, admission was a little pricey for the amount of time we were there. (There is a second floor with a small exhibit of local art and some placards talking about other native Americans in the US). Overall it was a good adventure, although not sure we got our money's worth for the admission.
Cool little museum and research site. Clerk was knowledgeable and friendly. Gift shop is small with small treasures, bathrooms open to public. There is a video introduction that you can watch if you want to. The indoor museum is informative, but it’s the outside part that’s really cool. Following the path you can see reconstructions of ancient indigenous huts and other small features. Grounds are cleanly kept. Unique recycled tire path is bouncy and fun, but you couldn’t take a wheelchair out on it so that sucks. Besides that, the only other negative is the cost for entry, it’s a little high in my opinion ($7 for adults, $6 for seniors and free for children under 5 I think.) Just think things like this should be on a sliding scale because not everyone has disposable income, but everyone deserves to go to a museum/historic site and learn.
The phone number for Sunwatch Indian Village is (937) 268-8199.
Sunwatch Indian Village is located at 2301 W River Rd, Dayton, OH 45417
The website (URL) for Sunwatch Indian Village is: https://boonshoft.org/sunwatch-2/
Sunwatch Indian Village is open:
Monday:Closed
Tuesday:Closed
Wednesday:Closed
Thursday:10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Friday:10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Saturday:10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Sunday:10:00 AM – 4:00 PM