Events like the Dayton Peace Accords 5k run help us connect to new people in the city. Thank you to all of our participants and sponsors. We'll see you at next year's run, April 17th, 2010.

Our volunteers are the heart and soul of the Museum. We come together from all faiths and backgrounds around our shared vision of a peaceful world and a peaceful community.

Governor Strickland greets Ralph at the Future Energy and Conservation Center, the Peace Museum's environmental branch. Located on the homestead farm of Museum founders Chris and Ralph Dull, many of Ohio's top elected officials have paid a visit.

The Dayton Peace Museum is committed to helping young people create a better future for their community. Youth lead forums on tolerance, diversity, and violence in Dayton.

The Dayton International Peace Museum celebrates the 1994 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia, and represents Dayton as a city of peace all around the world.

Welcome to the Dayton International Peace Museum!

Help with Haiti Earthquake Relief

Our hearts go out to all those devastated by loss, as well as the brave and strong souls called to help. If you are looking for a way to help, please consider clicking here to make a donation to Dr. Chris Buresh, via the World Wide Village website. Please specify that your donation should go to "Chris Buresh - Medical Supplies". Click here to read more about Dr. Buresh's mission in Haiti.

Our mission is to tell Dayton and the whole world that peace is possible, peace is worth the effort, but peace requires us to learn and work together.

Since its founding in 2003, the Dayton International Peace Museum has created a variety of exhibits, cultural events, educational programs, and partnership initiatives to bring the ways of peace into the public consciousness.

Our exhibits

The Museum has mounted over two dozen exhibits on nonviolence and social justice issues. Read more about our exhibits.

Our educational activities

The Museum has brought conflict management training into area schools with our PeaceAbilities curriculum and Peer Mediation Continuum. We are proposing to expand our service to the Dayton Community with our new Project Peacemaker, in cooperation with Montgomery County juvenile courts, to teach these crucial skills to first-time violent youth offenders. Read more about our activities.

Our events

The Museum has established annual local events to celebrate and publicize peace, including the ScreenPeace Film Festival, the Dayton Peace Accords 5K Run, the Dayton Peace Festival, and the Summer Peace Camp, all now in their third year. Read more about our events.

Our volunteers

Until October 2009, the Museum was an all-volunteer organization, and our extended family of volunteers remains our greatest asset. Together we have found a cause worth contributing to. We're excited that the Museum has recently hired our first paid Executive Director to help us transition to the next stage of our growth. Read more about volunteer opportunities at the Museum.

Museum news

The Dayton International Peace Museum now has a blog, where you can find the latest updates about the work being done at the Museum. Read our latest news.

Please excuse our dust!

Our website is under heavy construction right now, and a lot of things are still being set up or moved over from the old site.

Access our old site here