Editing Columbus, Ohio (section)

===Museums and public art===
{{main|List of museums in Columbus, Ohio|List of public art in Columbus, Ohio}}
[[File:Columbus Museum of Art 06.jpg|thumb|The [[Columbus Museum of Art]] collects and exhibits American and European [[modern art|modern]] and [[contemporary art]], [[folk art]], [[glass art]], and photography.]]

Columbus has a wide variety of museums and galleries. Its primary art museum is the [[Columbus Museum of Art]], which operates its main location as well as the [[Pizzuti Collection]], featuring [[contemporary art]]. The museum, founded in 1878, focuses on European and [[Visual art of the United States|American art]] up to early [[modernism]] that includes extraordinary examples of [[Impressionism]], German [[Expressionism]] and [[Cubism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://columbusarts.com/orgs/29-columbus-museum-of-art/ |title=Columbus Museum of Art &#124; Columbus OH Arts & Events |publisher=Columbusarts.com |access-date=March 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120134935/http://columbusarts.com/orgs/29-columbus-museum-of-art/ |archive-date=January 20, 2013 }}</ref> Another prominent art museum in the city is the [[Wexner Center for the Arts]], a [[contemporary art]] gallery and research facility operated by the [[Ohio State University]].

The [[Ohio History Connection]] is headquartered in Columbus, with its flagship museum, the {{convert|250000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} [[Ohio History Center]], {{convert|4|mi|abbr=on}} north of downtown. Adjacent to the museum is [[Ohio Village]], a replica of a village around the time of the American Civil War. The [[Columbus Historical Society]] also features historical exhibits, which focus more closely on life in Columbus.

[[File:Central High School 1.jpg|thumb|[[COSI]] (east entrance pictured) features themed, interactive science exhibits.]]
[[COSI]] is a large science and children's museum in downtown Columbus. The present building, the former [[Central High School (Columbus, Ohio)|Central High School]], was completed in November 1999, opposite downtown on the west bank of the Scioto River. In 2009, ''[[Parents (magazine)|Parents]]'' magazine named COSI one of the 10 best science centers for families in the country.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.parents.com/fun/vacation/us-destinations/best-science-centers/|title=The 10 Best Science Centers|first=Karen|last=Cicero|access-date=October 27, 2011|magazine=[[Parents (magazine)|Parents]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123092826/http://www.parents.com/fun/vacation/us-destinations/best-science-centers/|archive-date=November 23, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> Other science museums include the [[Orton Geological Museum]] and the Museum of Biological Diversity, which are both part of Ohio State University.

The [[Franklin Park Conservatory]] is the city's [[botanical garden]], which opened in 1895. It features over 400 species of plants in a large Victorian-style glass greenhouse building that includes rain forest, desert and Himalayan mountain biomes. The conservatory is located just east of Downtown in [[Franklin Park (Columbus park)|Franklin Park]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fpconservatory.org/|title=Franklin Park Conservatory - Welcome to Franklin Park Conservatory and Botanical Gardens |language=en|access-date=June 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614232954/http://www.fpconservatory.org/|archive-date=June 14, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Biographical museums include the [[Thurber House]] (documenting the life of cartoonist [[James Thurber]]), the [[Jack Nicklaus Museum]] (documenting the golfer's career, located on the OSU campus) and the [[Kelton House Museum and Garden]], the latter of which being a [[historic house museum]] memorializing three generations of the Kelton family, the house's use as a documented station on the [[Underground Railroad]], and overall Victorian life.

The [[National Veterans Memorial and Museum]], which opened in 2018, focuses on the personal stories of military veterans throughout U.S. history. The museum replaced the Franklin County Veterans Memorial, which opened in 1955.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalvmm.org/about/|title=About |publisher=National Veterans Memorial and Museum|access-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412065923/https://www.nationalvmm.org/about/|archive-date=April 12, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Other notable museums in the city include the [[Central Ohio Fire Museum]], [[Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum]] and the Ohio Craft Museum.