Ohio History Day

Engaging project-based, student-centered learning.

Ohio History Day, an affiliate and prerequisite to the award-winning National History Day program, asks students to be creative, collaborative, and think critically about history. By engaging students in research, this event provides an opportunity for students to practice cross-curricular learning and practical application, while developing public speaking skills. Students choose to write a paper, create a documentary, build and display an exhibit, write and perform a song or play, or create a website to be shared with an authentic audience of local historians and community partners.

Cincinnati Museum Center is proud to host Ohio History Day's Region 8 competition for Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Highland and Warren counties.

Region 8, Ohio History Day 2027

The theme for National History Day^® (NHD) 2027 is Innovation in History: Impact, Influence, Change. Innovation goes beyond creating new tools or devices to finding new ways of thinking, organizing, and influencing society. To put it simply, innovation, at its core, is about change and the impact of that change.

To fully explore innovation in a historical context, we must look beyond the idea itself and examine its effects. How did people, over time, imagine, develop, and implement new ideas, technologies, or methods? And in what ways did those innovations influence societies?

Important Dates and Locations

• Registration opens: Monday, November 23, 2026 at 8 a.m.
• Registration closes: Friday, February 12, 2027 at 5 p.m.
• Late registration closes: Friday, February 26, 2027 at 5 p.m
• Deadline to submit all contest materials: Friday, February 26, 2027 at 5 p.m.
• Contest date: Saturday, March 13, 2027 at Cincinnati Museum Center

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