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Ohio Ceramic Center
Clay deposits in the Zanesville, Roseville, and Crooksville area encouraged settlers to manufacture ceramic products here early in the 19th century. The industry grew during the late 19th century as local potteries turned to the production of highly decorative pieces. This "art pottery" remained popular until the 1920's. It is highly collectable today. While visiting the Ohio Ceramic Center you will find these potteries represented: Alpine, Brush, Burley Winter, Cookson, Crooksville China Company, Friendship, Gonder, Hull, LePere, Longaberger, McCoy, Queen, Robinson-Ransbottom, Rockingham, Roseville, Shawnee, Star Stoneware, Ungemach, Watt, Weller, Worthington, works from local artist-Betty Ford, and a collection of bricks from National Brick Collectors Association. LOCATION
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"An incalculable number of pieces of
Ohio pottery have been rescued from attics, cellars, barns, and other hideaways and have
taken their rightful places in museums and private collections." 
The
Ohio Ceramic Center is a museum devoted to the display of ceramic wares produced in east
central Ohio. The museum consists of five clustered buildings housing exhibits and a
demonstration area.