The Heritage Baseball Museum was founded in 1997 and is located at League Park, former home of the Cleveland Indians.
[2] The Baseball Heritage Museum continued to grow from founder Robert Zimmer's personal family collection.
[3] The first "Baseball Heritage Museum Festival" took place in May 2006 with former players such as Bob Feller and Buck O'Neill attending.
League Park was the former home of the Cleveland Indians and other Cleveland-based teams and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
[2]Former Cleveland Indians infielder Vern Fuller was the original executive director of the Baseball Heritage Museum.