Johnny Appleseed Foundation

Matching Funds are Now Available! – Provided by a Generous Anonymous Donor.



Thanks to many generous people, The Johnny Appleseed Education Center and Museum is back in its home – 518 College Way, Urbana, OH 43078 – Browne Hall.



Now your help is needed to build displays to show the collection, prepare educational signage and to get ready to welcome visitors. 

Click the "Donate Now" button above, help bring the Museum to life and save history! – Your Gift will be Matched Dollar for Dollar, by the anonymous donor.

Your vital assistance is needed.  Your gift helps preserve and display a collection that has been gathered and curated over the decades.



Your generous and tax-deductible gift is a gift to all who visit The Johnny Appleseed Museum, and learn and grow from the experience.



Thank you for your kindness and generosity. The good work of Johnny Appleseed will continue.


John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, lived by and taught the virtues of



o Generosity

o Humility

o Stewardship

o Thrift

o Entrepreneurship, and

o Caring for one’s fellow man.




The Education Center and Museum houses the world’s most significant and complete collection of information about Johnny Appleseed. This extensive research collection is used by historians and scholars.



The Education Center has trained teachers, provided educational materials for classrooms, and published books for children.


Thanks to many generous people The Johnny Appleseed Education Center and Museum is back in its home.

The Johnny Appleseed Foundation—the 501.c(3) nonprofit organization who runs the Museum collection—is in need of critical funding in order to preserve, display and secure the collection and make it available to researchers and the public.



Thank You!