Downtown Window Museum

The downtown window museum was originated by one of the festival founders, Judge Wayne Badger, in 1953 as part of the State of Ohio's sesquicentennial celebration. The Antique Festival was started in 1963 and assumed the window museum as part of it's days events.

Businesses along West Jackson Street in Millersburg have donated the use of their display window space for a one or two week period. Some merchants decorated their own window and others permitted collectors to exhibit their antiques. You can see locals and tourists gazing into the windows the week prior and the week following the festival.

Cash prizes are awarded to the first and second place winners in three categories: Millersburg Glass, Collections (Antique Only), and the current festival theme. Take time this year to view the windows and step back in time to when things were simpler.