Nicer than expected. Lots of information, great displays, and clean. Two story building with plenty of historical items inside. A quick walk through will take 20 minutes, but you could spend hours here reading every sign and watching videos on multiple monitors throughout the museum.

Various photos and exhibits of the steel industry in Youngstown but no mention of Jim Traficant who is part of the Youngstown story. Employees are friendly and place is well maintained

This is a cool place to learn about the steel industry in the Youngstown, Ohio area. There are some great maps, photos, stories, and railroad displays. Some of the stories are heartbreaking for lots of reasons, but this small museum helps explain why people are the way they are here. The backbreaking and dangerous work that most local residents' fathers or grandfathers did during the steel industry zenith explains a lot about Youngstown's culture of hard work, handiwork, and humility. This is a good one-hour history lesson for Youngstown enthusiasts.

Amazing museum. Ample free parking. Admission is reasonable $7/adults. 3 floors are all wheelchair accessible. The museum combines storytelling and visual and even interactive displays of video, art and artifacts to give a sense of the rise and fall of industry in Western PA/Eastern OH, the economic reality for the common man. Brilliantly includes a section on modern industry. We spent a leisurely 90 minutes on a Sunday. We hadn't been to downtown Youngstown for a while and were impressed with the changes that have happened there. Nice restaurants a few blocks away. You could easily make an afternoon out of it.

I have a whole new respect for steel workers . Tough times

A hidden-in-the-open secret passageway into Youngstown's steel history. It was much better than anticipated! While small, it's clean, airy, and information packed with interesting displays and timelines. Great for adults and children, with some hands on displays. Parking during a weekday was easy.

Great history lessons on steel, the factories and the people that worked, operated and built them. Worth the stop.

Learn all about the steel industry and what life was like for those back during the late 30s and 40s.

Attractive venue for events of 40 to 60. Inexpensive hourly room rental includes table/chair setup. Catering permitted. Museum tour led by entertaining and highly knowledgeable docent included at no extra charge. Don't miss the steeworkers' changing room, the hooks and chains used to hold lunch boxes away from the rats, and poignant letters written by workers and their families in the early 1900s!

Learned very interesting facts about the steel industry in Youngstown. Helped me learn what my grandfather did for a living. Highly recommend!

Great museum, ample parking, friendly staff. The museum captures steel's past in and around the Mahoning Valley and tells the story of a lost era.

This is a great museum conveniently located in downtown Youngstown. I went here and was immensely satisfied with my experience. I parked in the museum’s parking lot and walked in, where I payed the admission price. After I payed the admission price, I went past the admission’s desk and into the main part of the museum. I walked around the various exhibits, which explained how steel is made and the history of the steel industry in Youngstown. After I walked through the main exhibits, I walked down to the lower level of the museum. Down there are more exhibits about the history of the steel industry in Youngstown and a model of a machine found in a steel mill. After I walked around the lower level of the museum, I went back up to the main level. I walked into another room which had a model of a steel mill. After looking at that model, I left the museum, satisfied with my experience. I gave this museum five stars because it has nice exhibits.

The center does a good job of documenting the history of the American steel industry in general and Youngstown's steel mills in particular. Very nice exhibits and loads of information. Well worth a visit. Plan on 2 hr minimum if you want to absorb it all.