Pottery Getaways...in Ohio!
by Richard Sicha and Marcia Moll
Do you have a favorite museum display, tile installation, or pottery historical site? Let us know. PotteryGetaways@yahoo.com
to access an interactive copy of the above map, along with listings of places to visit, click on this link:
Google Maps: Pottery Getaways: Ohio
Destinations
Note: Check ahead for hours of operation and any admission fees.
Arthur E. Baggs Memorial Library, The Ohio State University
(limited hours during academic year; other times by appointment)
www.library.osu.edu/sites/baggs/
Cambridge, Ohio
www.downtowncambridge.com
National Ceramic Museum and Heritage Center
www.ceramiccenter.info
National Road Scenic Byway
www.byways.org/explore/byways/15641
East Liverpool, Ohio
www.visitelo.com
National Road/Zane Grey Museum
http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/se07
Hall China Company and Homer Laughlin China Company
www.factorytoursusa.com
St. Clairsville, Ohio
www.stclairsville.com
Morristown, Ohio
www.morristownohio.org
Zanesville, Ohio
www.visitzanesville.com
Request a copy of A Guide to Pottery in Zanesville, Muskingum County and Southeastern Ohio 1-800-743-2303
Museum of Ceramics
www.themuseumofceramics.org
Zanesville Art Center
www.zanesvilleartcenter.org
Bed and Breakfasts
www.ohiobba.com
State of Ohio Tourism Website
www.discoverohio.com
Ceramic Exhibitions
Columbus, OH
Ohio Historical Center - Ohio’s Garden Path
About one dozen pieces of Weller, Roseville, and Rookwood with floral decoration
http://ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/c09/
Painting Exhibition
July 31 – October 12, 2008
The Flat Pot Tour…tile installations in Zanesville
East of the Muskingum River:
Muskingum County Courthouse
401 E. Main St. at 4th St.
AET Co. floors, plus tilework in courtrooms - Mid-1870’s
Elks Lodge
22 S. 4th St.
AET Co. floor to ceiling mantel - 1912
Zanesville Times-Recorder
34 S. 4th St.
Mosaic Tile Co. exterior mural depicting newspaper production - Circa 1950
Coca Cola Bottling Co.
154 S. 7th St. at Harvey St.
Mosaic Tile Co. exterior murals of company logo and bottles - 1937
St. Nicholas Catholic Church
925 E. Main St.
Exterior mural of the discovery of America
Bishop Rosencrans High School
1040 E. Main St.
Mosaic Tile Co. exterior mural depicting sports activities - 1960
St. John’s Lutheran Church
116 N. 7th St. at E. Market St.
Mosaic Tile Co. tilework - Circa 1950
Apartment building
662 Shinnick St.
Exterior tilework
John McIntire Library
220 N. 5th St. at Shinnick St.
DeBorah Goletz exterior tile ArtWall depicting the history of Zanesville - Circa 1991
Secrest Auditorium
334 Shinnick St.
Mosaic Tile Co. interior murals depicting pioneers coming to Zanesville, and the Y-Bridge - 1940
West of the Muskingum River:
Zanesville High School
1701 Blue Avenue
Mosaic Tile Co. exterior tiles - 1954
On the way....Coming from the West:
Columbus, Indiana
Over 60 public and private buildings purposely created to make the city a showcase of 20th century modern architecture
www.indiana.edu/~radiotv/wtiu/columbus/columbus.html
Springfield, Ohio
Springfield Museum of Art
Rookwood Pottery
www.springfieldart.museum
Cambridge City, Indiana
Museum of Overbeck Art Pottery
www.waynet.org/nonprofit/overbeck.htm
Springfield, Ohio
Westcott House
Newly restored 1908 Frank Lloyd Wright designed Prairie house
www.westcotthouse.org
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Art Museum
Extensive art pottery holdings
and Building Books: The Art of David Macaulay
June 14 – September 7, 2008
www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org
Newark, Ohio
Newark Earthworks: Great Circle Earthworks
Built about 2000 years ago as part of the largest system of connected geometric earthworks in the world
ohsweb.ohiohistory.org/places/c08/greatcircle.shtml
On the way....Coming from the East:
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Fallingwater
Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1930’s masterpiece
www.paconserve.org/index-fw1.asp
Acme, Pennsylvania
Spend the night in the 1957 Duncan House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, located fifteen miles from Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright designed house available for lodging
www.polymathpark.com
On the way....Coming from the North:
Erie, Pennsylvania
Erie Art Museum
Extensive art pottery holdings
www.erieartmuseum.org
Rocky River, Ohio
Cowan Pottery Museum
www.rrpl.org/cowan_pottery/cowan_index.html
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo Museum of Art
The new Glass Pavilion houses 5,000 works of glass, plus glassmaking studios
www.toledomuseum.org
Akron, Ohio
Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens
Grand 1915 Tudor Revival style mansion contains large Pewabic wall fountain and AET Co. tilework
www.stanhywet.org
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland Museum of Art
Permanent galleries start to reopen June 2008
www.cma.org