CINCINNATI, Ohio — It’s a multi-million dollar project that’s bringing history to life. An almost two century old house that holds history and dates back to slavery is now restored. It was made official with a ribbon cutting Friday.

The Cincinnati house on a hill dates back almost 200 years. Now it's been restored so you can find out who lived in the house, an influential anti-slavery author named Harriet Beecher-Stowe.

It took years of research and more than $3 million to bring it to life. 

Each room has a story to tell that goes back to slavery, and Executive Director Christina Hartlieb is one of those telling it.

“This is important because Harriet wrote the most important anti-slavery book, 'Uncle Tom's Cabin,'” Hartlieb said. “This house represents that period in Cincinnati, where she learned all of the things that she needed to know to be able to write 'Uncle Tom's Cabin.'"

Hartlieb says the house turned museum goes even beyond Beecher-Stowe’s era too.

“We're using that part of the house to tell that 20th century history, when it was an African-American boarding house, community gathering space and a tavern called the Edgemont Inn,” Hartlieb said.

Detailed artifacts from those times line the rooms. Some are artifacts that are from a not so distant past. 

“We still need to be able to understand what happened in the past to see why things are the way they are today and make positive changes for our society and make it a better place," Hartlieb said.

For a detailed list of weekend events celebrating the restoration, click here.