Engage in Dayton’s rich heritage of creativity and invention.
Carillon Historical Park engages you to sample Dayton’s rich heritage of creativity and invention. Founded by Colonel Edward and Edith Deeds, the park is situated on a beautiful 65-acre campus between the Great Miami River and a glacial moraine.
Learn about two centuries of the Dayton region’s expansion, industrialism, and innovation while strolling through the park’s 25 historical buildings and interacting with hundreds of artifacts. In addition to housing the Wright Brothers National Museum, the park is also home to the Deeds Carillon, one of Dayton’s best-known landmarks, and the largest carillon in Ohio.
The John W. Berry, Sr. Wright Brothers National Museum has more Wright artifacts on display than any other place in the world, including the 1905 Wright Flyer III: the only airplane designated a National Historic Landmark, the first practical flying machine, and what the Wright brothers considered their most important aircraft.
Referred to as “the first pilot’s last project,” preserving the 1905 Wright Flyer III for Carillon Historical Park was Orville Wright’s last major project before he died on January 30, 1948. And while Orville died before Carillon Park was opened in 1950, he had a hand in designing Wright Hall—the building that houses the 1905 Wright Flyer III.
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