Huber Machinery Museum

The Edward Huber Machinery Museum displays a collection of early machinery, examples of equipment used to build America in the early 20th
century. The museum houses examples of Huber’s finest steam and gasoline tractors, threshers, and road-building equipment.

Current Hours of Operation:

March-November: Saturdays from 1-4pm or by appointment

Daily Sippet from America 250 Marion Works: Innovation, Business and Industry: Edward Huber moved to Marion in 1865 to manufacture a revolving wooden hay rake he had invented. Marion County’s abundant supply of ash and hickory trees, along with the availability of manufacturing space, allowed Huber to economically produce the rakes. The rake’s design assisted farmers in more efficiently gathering loose hay in the field into piles for loading onto wagons. More than 200,000 of the rakes were produced and sold, opening the door for numerous other products to be developed and manufactured by Huber. Among these were a revolving road scraper, a steam engine, a traction engine, a grain separator, a gasoline-powered tractor, and numerous other machines. Huber was named in more than 100 patents, many of which were the result of his financing the patent work for inventors. Huber also helped develop businesses such as the Marion Steam Shovel Company and the Marion Implement Company. Many of Huber’s creations are on display at the Huber Machinery Museum at the Marion County Fairgrounds.

America 250-OH: Marion is a community-wide commemoration of the nation’s 250th anniversary, co-led by Marion Community Foundation and Marion Area Convention & Visitors Bureau, to showcase the remarkable ways Marion has shaped the American story.