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Tallahassee, Florida
This comprehensive museum of Florida history offers visitors a cultural turn.Tallahassee's Musem of Florida History analyzes and interprets the state's history while also following its citizens through the historic national and international events in which they participated. The museum's focus...
Washington, District Of Columbia
This museum, which opened in 1976, maintains the largest collection of historic air and spacecraft in the world and is also a vital center for research into the history, science, and technology of aviation and space flight, as well as planetary science and terrestrial geology and geophysics.The...
Easton, Pennsylvania
Featuring four galleries, this is the only museum dedicated to the history of America's towpath canals.
This extensive museum includes a 90-foot interactive canal to help children learn how boats navigated canals and how crucial they were to opening up the American interior to setlement....
Columbus, Georgia
Located in Columbus, Georgia, the National Civil War Naval Museum at Port Columbus is the only museum in the country that features both the Union and Confederate navies. Inside the museum lay the remnants of two Confederate warships: the hull of the CSS Muscogee, destroyed in in Chattahoochee...
Frederick, Maryland
The museum tells the history of medical innovations during the Civil War.
The National Museum of Civil War Medicine is the premier center for the preservation and research of the legacy of Civil War medical innovation.
The Museum was established in 1990 by a group of scholars and medical...
Washington, District Of Columbia
Opened in 2004, this museum is the first of its kind dedicated to preserving the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere.Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western...
Fredericksburg, Texas
The National Museum of the Pacific War is the only institution in the continental United States dedicated exclusively to telling the story of the Pacific Theater battles of World War II.
At the National Museum of the Pacific War, visitors become quickly engaged in the very personal stories of all...
Washington, District Of Columbia
The U.S. Navy Museum includes exhibits covering the U.S. Navy's history from the Revolutionary War to the present day.A simulated submarine combat center contains a model of the one-man "Turtle" submarine invented in 1775 in Connecticut, a model of the late-1950s ballistic missile-equipped USS...
Pensacola, Florida
Some of the most technologically advanced airplanes to ever fly off an aircraft carrier reside in this naval aviation museum.In the National Naval Aviation Museum's 300,000 square feet sit 150 aircraft of Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard origin. Its collection includes a number of A-4F Skyhawk...
Ridgecrest, California
China Lake, once a testing facility for military defense, now showcases U.S. Naval weapons alongside local and military history.
The museum's exhibits include AIM-54 Phoenix, the first operational radar-guided air-to-air missile that could be launched in multiple numbers against different targets...
Keyport, Washington
The museum is dedicated to the science of the undersea and features an exhibit about submarines in the Pacific during WWII.The museum's 25,000 square feet of exhibit space incorporate a display about submarines in the Pacific during World War II, as well as a recreated submarine control room with a...
Newport, Rhode Island
Located in the former Newport Asylum for the Poor, a National Historic Landmark, the Museum's themes are the history of naval warfare, particularly as studied at the College, and the naval heritage of Narragansett Bay—a tale that begins with the nation's colonial roots. Its collection consists of...
Washington, District Of Columbia
The Navy Art Collection contains over 15,000 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture which bring alive the history, legacy and traditions of the United States Navy. The Navy History and Heritage Command maintains it the historic Navy Yard in Washington, D.C.The Art Collection contains depictions...
West Bethesda, Maryland
The largest of the Navy's five systems commands, the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) engineers build and support America's Fleet of ships and combat systems. Accounting for nearly one-fifth of the Navy's budget, NAVSEA manages more than 150 acquisition programs and has more than 53,000 civilian...
Beaufort, North Carolina
All of the museum's programs and exhibits, both general and specialized, interpret the state's cultural maritime history and offer a larger national perspective on coastal environment.
The North Carolina Maritime Museum documents, collects, preserves, and researches the maritime history...
St Francisville, Louisiana
The natural beauty found within this state park inspired artist John James Audubon during his residence here.
"The rich magnolias covered with fragrant blossoms, the holly, the beech, the tall yellow poplar, the hilly ground and even the red clay, all excited my admiration. Such an entire...
Sturbridge, Massachusetts
Old Sturbridge Village is the largest living history museum in New England, spanning over 200 acres with a working farm, 59 antique buildings, and three water-powered mills. In addition to its interactive exhibits that highlight New England life in the Early Republic era, the village contains...
Petersburg, Virginia
Pamplin Historical Park is where Union troops finally broke through Confederate defenses, captured Petersburg, and marched on to Richmond and the end of the war.
The award-winning National Museum of the Civil War Soldier forms the Park's centerpiece. Here, the story of the 3 million common soldiers...
Lexington Park, Maryland
The museum displays the aircraft and aircraft accessories associated with the operations of the U.S. Navy.The museum has an extensive collection of outdoor display aircraft, including an F-14A Tomcat and an S-3B Viking. Its indoor exhibits include model planes, propulsion systems, helmets, an A-7...
Richmond, Virginia
This site's numerous battlefields include Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines' Mill, Glendale, and Malvern Hill, all of which served as fields of engagement during the 1862 Seven Days Battles and the 1864 battles of Cold Harbor and New Market Heights.
On these battlefields, 14 United States Colored Troops won...
Columbia, South Carolina
One of only five National Historic Landmarks within Columbia, the capital of South Carolina, the Robert Mills House exemplifies the skill of the first architect born and trained within the United States who designed some of the nation's most prominent buildings, including the Washington Monument....
Sandy Spring, Maryland
The Sandy Spring Museum's extensive artifact and document collection illuminates the rich 18th, 19th, and 20th century history that took place in this small Maryland town.The collection features a number of items relating to the War of 1812, such as objects and documents from James Madison's 1814...
Stillwater, New York
Here in the autumn of 1777 American forces met, defeated and forced a major British army to surrender—a crucial American victory that renewed patriots' hopes for independence.
Begin your visit at the Visitor Center, where you can pick up a park map & brochure and pay your entrance fee....
Washington, District Of Columbia
The National Museum of American History offers a collection of Americana as rich and diverse as the country that created them.It collects and preserves more than 3 million artifacts, from the original Star-Spangled Banner and Abraham Lincoln’s top hat to Dizzy Gillespie’s angled trumpet and Dorothy...
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
This museum details all aspects of the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.With 315,000 visitors a year, the museum attracts more visitors than any Pennsylvania tourist attraction except Gettysburg. Pennsylvania's history comes alive at the museum, which has both permanent and...
East Providence, Rhode Island
THE STEAMSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA was established in 1935 as a means of bringing together those amateur and professional historians interested in the history and development of steam navigation, past and present.Incorporated in the State of Virginia in 1950 as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3)...
Scranton, Pennsylvania
This historic district offers visitors a chance to experience life in a 19th-century industrial town.Steamtown offers a Technology Museum and History Museum. These modern buildings explore the people, history, technology and lore of steam railroading. The museums include images, artifacts, films,...
Dearborn, Michigan
The Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan is a national historic landmark site and a multi-day, multi-venue destination that celebrates American history and innovation. With an unparalleled collection of authentic artifacts that changed the world and the stories of some of the greatest innovators that...
Charleston, South Carolina
Construction began on The Powder Magazine in 1712 and was completed by 1713, making it the oldest public building in South Carolina. The structure was originally created to house Carolinas’ gunpowder in the early colonial period. Holding about five tons of gunpowder, this building was extremely...
Lawton, Oklahoma
The U.S. Army Artillery Museum tells the story of Artillery from 1775 to the present with over 70 guns and artillery pieces and numerous other artifacts from head gear and ammo to small arms and uniforms.
The collection is housed in three galleries. The Central Gallery features the four principle...
Annapolis, Maryland
The U.S. Naval Academy's campus features this museum, which chronicles American naval history since the Academy was founded.
The U.S. Naval Academy Museum serves as an educational and inspirational resource for the Brigade of Midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy, other students of American naval...
Boston, Massachusetts
This naval museum is dedicated to the USS Constitution, the oldest warship still in commission.
The stories of USS Constitution and the people associated with her come to life in the Museum’s exhibits. Two “core” exhibits, “Old Ironsides in War and Peace” and “...
Baltimore, Maryland
The last all sail ship built by the U.S. Navy, and the last Civil War-era vessel still afloat, the USS Constellation is now open as a museum in Baltimore's Inner Harbor.Launched in 1854 out of the Chesapeake Bay, the vessel served her country for 100 years before finally being decommissioned in...
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
One of the most famous sites of the Revolutionary War, the name Valley Forge is synonymous with hardship.
Washington's troops endured freezing conditions, disease, and scarce food during their winter encampment, only to push through and rout the British in the following years.
Established in 1893,...
Vicksburg, Mississippi
Patriotism during the Civil War was deep-rooted, and over 600,000 enlisted men and officers would die in pursuit of two opposing dreams.
The Vicksburg battlefield includes 1,330 monuments and markers, a 16 mile tour road, a restored Union gunboat, and a National Cemetery.
Vicksburg National...
Richmond, Virginia
Using a multi-media approach, this museum presents the most comprehensive display of Virginia artifacts as they fit into the larger American story.
At the museum's center is "The Story of Virginia, an American Experience," the state's only exhibition covering all of Virginia history from...
Salisbury, Maryland
Through educational programs, exhibits and events the Ward Museum builds upon the legacy of Lem and Steve Ward in order to bring young and old to a greater understanding of the human relationship to the natural world.
The Ward Museum is a premier educational facility for the study of material...
Richmond, Virginia
Built in 1753 for the family of William Randolph III, this plantation was originally the center of a 2,000 acre self-sufficent tobacco plantation on the banks of the James River in Varina.
Visitors can experience 18th century life at Wilton, Richmond's own Georgian plantation manor house. Moved...
Columbia, South Carolina
In this house, Wilson's father, Dr. Joseph Ruggles Wilson, and his mother, Jeannie Woodrow Wilson, raised the young man who would come to hold the United States executive office and guide the nation through World War I as the first modern world statesman.
Standing at the southeast entry to the...
Centreville, Maryland
Dating back to the 1700s, Wright's Chance is a Colonial period plantation house. Records show that the house stood before Queen Anne's County established Centreville as its county seat in 1782. It still has its original paneling and glass windows and is one room deep and two rooms wide with a...
St. Augustine, Florida
Welcome to the Ximenez-Fatio House Museum, one of St. Augustine's most authentic historic properties. The museum complex is located on Aviles Street, America's first platted thoroughfare, in the center of the city's oldest community, the Old Town area South of the Plaza. The property...
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