Experience History

Visit an entire floor dedicated to local history

Experience History

Visit an entire floor dedicated to local history

We love history! On our second floor, you can connect with Licking County’s long and rich past — from pre-historic flint and a 13,000-year-old mastodon, through its industrial heyday, to the first woman to fly solo around the world.

Exhibits
• Paleo-Indians
• Early settlements and transportation
• Land of Legend Village – Shops NOW OPEN!
• Industry giants (Heisey, Owens Corning & more)
• Evolution of communication
• Jerrie Mock – 1st woman to fly solo around the world
• Flight simulator

Step outside to visit our Interurban Railway Car, Canal Lock and murals

Land of Legend

Jerrie Mock Exhibit

Newark's Own Jerrie Mock: First Woman to Fly Solo Around the World

Be Inspired to Soar
In 1964, Geraldine "Jerrie" Mock, a 38-year-old mother of three, fearlessly stepped into her 11-year-old single-engine Cessna 180 and flew into history by becoming the first woman to fly solo around the world.

Climb aboard a period Cessna outfitted to resemble Jerrie's "Spirit of Columbus:

Test your skills at a flight simulator

Plot Jerrie's flight path around the globe

Jerrie Mock Around the World Flight Quick Facts:

Departed Columbus, Ohio, March 19, 1964
Returned Columbus, Ohio, April 17, 1964
Distance Traveled: 22,858 miles
Total Flight Time: 158 hours

Jerrie Mock exhibit

Interurban Railway Car

Visit our restored Interurban Railway Car, housed in its own building in our courtyard. Built in Newark and used for mass transportation in the early 1900s, this car was converted to a private residence in the 1970s before its complete restoration as a permanent exhibit.

Interurban Railway Car

Ohio Erie Canal Lock #9

Step across 1st Street to our restored canal lock, mural, and historical park, an important part of early transportation in Licking County. Adjacent is the original lockmaster's house.

Canal Lock

Steam-Powered Sawmill

Across 1st Street from our School Bus entrance you'll find our restored Scheidler Steam-Powered Sawmill, circa 1896. This sawmill was built on The Works®' premises at the Scheidler Machine Works, which was housed in our main museum building.

Sawmill

Interurban Mural

Walk west toward 2nd Street to view our Interurban mural, which captures the heyday of this earlier method of transportation.

Interurban Mural

Experience History at The Works

Experience History

Visit an entire floor dedicated to local history

Experience History

Visit an entire floor dedicated to local history

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