Carillon Historical Park is a 65-acre urban green space that is home to several historic structures and interpretive displays on the history of the city of Dayton and its earliest residents.

The park contains a series of educational centers, including the Kettering Family Education Center, the Wright Brother’ Aviation Center, a center of Settlement exhibits, which includes the oldest building in Dayton, a heritage school house, an 19th century stone cottage. If you are wondering what to do in Dayton, Ohio with kids, this is a great place to visit.

Additionally, a center for invention and industry is on site, and it features locally developed inventions, including the first Frigidaire refrigerator, a 1930’s print shop, an automobile electric system, and the liberty aircraft engine.

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