Flower arrangements have breathed life into Dunham Tavern in it’s bicentennial year!

The 25th of November marks the 231st Birthday of Rufus Dunham.

With election day fast approaching, Dunham Tavern looks back to a time when a trip to the Tavern and a trip to the polls went hand in hand!

Tea or Coffee? The choice might seem simple today, but it was more complicated than just a matter of taste in the 19th century…

Fifty-nine years ago today, three early members of Dunham Tavern died in a tragic car wreck.

Several of the financial backers of the Cleveland & Newburgh RR. , subject of Part I, later played a prominent role in Cleveland history.

Cleveland's first railroad, built in 1834, was powered by a combination of horses and gravity... and ran past Rufus Dunham's front door!

A beautifully hand painted tilt-top table at Dunham Tavern has a hidden history, revealed here for the first time!

Don’t judge a book by it’s cover… or a saltbox by it’s date!

Enjoy historic destinations linked by the same road. Part II.

Take a road trip through history! Part I…

An artifact reminds us of the importance of American Independence to early Ohioans…

The tale of a ship portrait, age, and beauty.

Inside the special Bicentennial exhibit at Dunham Tavern.

The story of a Civil War sword and it’s connection to Dunham Tavern.

The antique clocks at Dunham Tavern Museum keep on ticking… challenging visitors to examine their relationship with time.

The story of the people behind the hats in our collection…

Curating an exhibit can lead to interesting new discoveries: like a unique sewing machine!

Recent research has finally made sense of the system that Dunham Tavern once used to supply water, and it has taken a combination of documentary, photographic, and archeological evidence to reconstruct it.