Anoka, Minnesota
Rotating exhibitions and constant research allow the Anoka County Historical Society to preserve the history of the society for its residents and tourists.The Anoka County Historical Society is dedicated to honoring the memory of past residents through different exhibits and collections. Currently...
Sharpsburg, Maryland
At this field on Sept. 17, 1862, the Battle of Antietam, dubbed "the bloodiest day in American history," claimed the lives of 23,000 Civil War soldiers.It was at this battlefield that the Civil War saw its bloodiest single day battle. The Visitor Center here includes exhibits, an observation room,...
Apalachicola, Florida
This maritime museum celebrates Apalachicola history through active sailing, boat building and restoration and educational programs.The Apalachicola Maritime Museum features the "Heritage of Apalachicola," a replica of a 1930s ketch named the "Mobjack." Inside the newly...
Apopka, Florida
The Museum of the Apopkans is run by the Apopka Historical Society in an effort to preserve the local history of Northwest Orange County and central Florida.Mr. Edward Miner's exhibit of Early Apopka artifacts at the 1968 Folk Festival in Apopka inspired the formation of an Historical Society. He...
Blountville, Tennessee
Once inhabited by Native Americans and pioneers alike, these caverns feature archeological sites, walking tours, and nearby campgrounds.For many years the cavern lay in silence broken only by the sound of the water, the animals that called it home and the occasional human who made their way into it...
Elizabeth, Illinois
On June 24, 1832, the settlers at this fort turned back an attack by some 200 Sauk and Fox warriors led by Black Hawk during what is known as the Black Hawk War.The war, which lasted only 16 weeks, ended the threat of Indian attacks in the area and opened the region to further settlement. Many...
Appomattox, Virginia
This museum covers the history of Appomattox County, but is not concerned with the Civil War surrender.
A former county jail built in 1895 building now houses exhibits pertaining to regional history, including a one-room school, a doctor's office, and jail cell. While the Civil War connection...
Milton, Florida
An early industrial operation of remarkable size, the mill was lost to history until researchers discovered its archaeological remains.The Arcadia Mill Archaeological Site in Milton bears witness to America's 19th century industrial rise and offers a glimpse into how the nation dealt with its large...
Pensacola, Florida
Located near Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens, the museum focuses on archaeological finds dating mostly from the Spanish colonial period.Besides functioning as an archaeological research facility, the Archaeology Institute at the University of West Florida offers a large exhibit space open to the...
Roswell, Georgia
This home, located in historic Roswell, was built by one of the town's founding fathers, Archibald Smith. For over 150 years, the Smith’s Plantation Home has stood the test of time as The Civil War was brought to its front steps, and all around it, the small mill village of Roswell...
Fremont, California
Today the Historic Farm exhibits agricultural practices from the 1870s to the present, demonstrating the transition from horse-powered to horsepower. Since Ardenwood is a working farm, the daily activities change from season to season so no two visits will be exactly alike. The park also contains a...
Idaho Springs, Colorado
A pillar of mining achievement, this mine stands nearly unchanged since its creation in 1859. Visitors can enjoy a guided tour and the museum with hands-on exhibits.The five-story Argo mill was renovated and opened to the public as a historic and educational tour. Most of the equipment used for...
Phoenix, Arizona
The museum brings history to life every day through exhibitions, special events, and tours.More than 20 exhibits tell Arizona's story from territorial days to the present.
Tucson, Arizona
The Arizona History Museum’s focus is southern Arizona history from Spanish colonial through territorial eras. The Arizona’s Treasures exhibit features Geronimo’s rifle and 18th-century Spanish silver artifacts.One of their earliest actions was to create the means for documenting the past and...
Little Rock, Arkansas
This program provides walking tours to local landmarks and historic sites.The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is devoted to getting the citizens of Arkansas involved in their past. The AHPP also offers workshops and programs for youth education. In addition, a virtual tour is available of...
Gillett, Arkansas
Visitors are invited to explore this complex of five exhibit buildings and learn about life on, and the history of, Arkansas's Grand Prairie and Delta.The Main House contains an audiovisual room and gift shop. The Summer Kitchen showcases domestic tools and kitchen instruments of old. The Peterson...
Gillett, Arkansas
Settled by the French in 1886, this region was the first permanent European colony in the Mississippi River Valley, playing a valuable role in dominating the fur trade.Arkansas Post became part of the United States following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. By 1819, the post was a thriving river...
Catoosa, Oklahoma
The Arkansas River Historical Society seeks to preserve history and insure public awareness of the Arkansas River and the development of its basin.Museum exhibits include information on the history of the Arkansas River and McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, regional benefits of the...
Arlington, Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia is a military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House. Veterans and military casualties from each of the nation’s wars are interred in the cemetery, from the American Civil War through military...
Waco, Texas
The Armstrong Browning Library is a research library devoted to the study of the lives and works of the Victorian poets, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.It houses the world's largest collection of books, letters, manuscripts, and memorabilia pertaining to the Brownings, as well as a...
Blountville, Tennessee
Once inhabited by Native Americans and pioneers alike, these caverns feature archeological sites, walking tours, and nearby campgrounds.For many years the cavern lay in silence broken only by the sound of the water, the animals that called it home and the occasional human who made their way into it. It was home to many wild animals, used by local...
Elizabeth, Illinois
On June 24, 1832, the settlers at this fort turned back an attack by some 200 Sauk and Fox warriors led by Black Hawk during what is known as the Black Hawk War.The war, which lasted only 16 weeks, ended the threat of Indian attacks in the area and opened the region to further settlement. Many notable men participated in the Black Hawk War...
Appomattox, Virginia
This museum covers the history of Appomattox County, but is not concerned with the Civil War surrender.
A former county jail built in 1895 building now houses exhibits pertaining to regional history, including a one-room school, a doctor's office, and jail cell. While the Civil War connection dominates this small town, the museum is proof that...
Milton, Florida
An early industrial operation of remarkable size, the mill was lost to history until researchers discovered its archaeological remains.The Arcadia Mill Archaeological Site in Milton bears witness to America's 19th century industrial rise and offers a glimpse into how the nation dealt with its large-scale energy needs before the advent of oil....
Pensacola, Florida
Located near Fort Barrancas and Fort Pickens, the museum focuses on archaeological finds dating mostly from the Spanish colonial period.Besides functioning as an archaeological research facility, the Archaeology Institute at the University of West Florida offers a large exhibit space open to the public. The collection on display there dates from...
Roswell, Georgia
This home, located in historic Roswell, was built by one of the town's founding fathers, Archibald Smith. For over 150 years, the Smith’s Plantation Home has stood the test of time as The Civil War was brought to its front steps, and all around it, the small mill village of Roswell erupted into a bustling metropolitan suburb. Perfectly...
Fremont, California
Today the Historic Farm exhibits agricultural practices from the 1870s to the present, demonstrating the transition from horse-powered to horsepower. Since Ardenwood is a working farm, the daily activities change from season to season so no two visits will be exactly alike. The park also contains a horse-drawn train and walking trails. (from...
Idaho Springs, Colorado
A pillar of mining achievement, this mine stands nearly unchanged since its creation in 1859. Visitors can enjoy a guided tour and the museum with hands-on exhibits.The five-story Argo mill was renovated and opened to the public as a historic and educational tour. Most of the equipment used for processing the gold ore remains in place. See live...
Phoenix, Arizona
The museum brings history to life every day through exhibitions, special events, and tours.More than 20 exhibits tell Arizona's story from territorial days to the present.
Tucson, Arizona
The Arizona History Museum’s focus is southern Arizona history from Spanish colonial through territorial eras. The Arizona’s Treasures exhibit features Geronimo’s rifle and 18th-century Spanish silver artifacts.One of their earliest actions was to create the means for documenting the past and recording contemporary events as they unfolded. This...
Little Rock, Arkansas
This program provides walking tours to local landmarks and historic sites.The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is devoted to getting the citizens of Arkansas involved in their past. The AHPP also offers workshops and programs for youth education. In addition, a virtual tour is available of the Lakeport Plantation, Arkansas’s only...
Gillett, Arkansas
Visitors are invited to explore this complex of five exhibit buildings and learn about life on, and the history of, Arkansas's Grand Prairie and Delta.The Main House contains an audiovisual room and gift shop. The Summer Kitchen showcases domestic tools and kitchen instruments of old. The Peterson Building interprets life on the southern end of...
Gillett, Arkansas
Settled by the French in 1886, this region was the first permanent European colony in the Mississippi River Valley, playing a valuable role in dominating the fur trade.Arkansas Post became part of the United States following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. By 1819, the post was a thriving river port and the largest city in the region and selected...
Catoosa, Oklahoma
The Arkansas River Historical Society seeks to preserve history and insure public awareness of the Arkansas River and the development of its basin.Museum exhibits include information on the history of the Arkansas River and McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, regional benefits of the waterway, steamboat lore, cargo shipped on the...
Arlington, Virginia
Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia is a military cemetery established during the American Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House. Veterans and military casualties from each of the nation’s wars are interred in the cemetery, from the American Civil War through military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, with pre-Civil War...
Waco, Texas
The Armstrong Browning Library is a research library devoted to the study of the lives and works of the Victorian poets, Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning.It houses the world's largest collection of books, letters, manuscripts, and memorabilia pertaining to the Brownings, as well as a substantial collection of primary and secondary materials...
Lafayette, Indiana
The museum strives to celebrate the power of art to inspire, challenge, and instruct our community through collections, exhibitions, and programs.The art museum was founded by visionary leaders in 1909 as the Lafayette Art Association, with the purpose to stimulate and encourage interest in art and to give annual exhibitions, and to establish and...
Artesia, New Mexico
With a focus on local and area history, the museum hosts various collections on Native Americans, farming and ranching, and "Billy the Kid".The Moore-Ward house was built soon after the town of Artesia was founded, in 1904. The unusual cobblestone façade was placed by hand as part of the original construction, using stones from the nearby...
St. Simons Island, Georgia
Established in 1965 by Georgia's Bishop Arthur J. Moore, the museum brought a new day for preservation of Georgia, St. Simons Island and Methodist history.The Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum, named after the Georgia Bishop of the Methodist Church who also served in World Wide Missions for over 20 years, began as a small library and became a...
Arthurdale, West Virginia
The Arthurdale Historic District was the first of FDR's "New Deal" towns, visited by Eleanor Roosevelt. The New Deal Homestead Museum is located on site.Arthurdale, WV, was first known as The Reedsville Project by the government employees who were sent here to establish the first New Deal community under the first of three Franklin Delano...
Woodstock, Vermont
As one of America's finest dairy farms, Billings features demonstrations of animal care, as well as historic exhibits housed in 19th-century barns that depict the annual cycle of rural life and work.The Billings Farm was established in 1871 by Frederick Billings, a native Vermonter who became known for his work as a lawyer, conservationist,...
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Dr. James Weems built this plantation house in 1740. Today, it is one of the oldest buildings in the area and an invaluable piece of colonial architectural history.Although Major John Billingsley never lived on the property he acquired from Lord Baltimore on the Patuxent River and the Western Branch in 1662, his name has been associated for...
Fort Sumner, New Mexico
The site of Billy the Kid’s grave, the museum has assorted memorabilia from his life, including rifles, chaps and spurs, the original wanted poster, and even locks of hair.Other displays include the military cavalry sword of John Chisum, more than 150 firearms of varying ages, and antique automobiles ranging from 1914 fire trucks, Model Ts,...
Birmingham, Alabama
The many exhibits on display at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute enlighten visitors on the contentious history of civil rights around the world.The many exhibits on display at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute enlighten visitors on the contentious history of civil rights around the world.
The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute educates...
Birmingham, Michigan
The museum preserves and maintains the history of Birmingham.The Allen House is on the site of Birmingham's first brick schoolhouse. In fact, some of the bricks from the school were used in constructing the home, which was formerly the residence of the Harry Allen family. Mr. Allen was the first Mayor when Birmingham became a city in 1933....
Birmingham, Alabama
Tourists and researchers alike will marvel in the Museum's extensive collection of documents and objects from Birmingham's complex past.Jefferson County was founded in 1819. Birmingham, the state's most populous city, founded in 1871, has an abundance of historical sites, societies and museums – but no central museum to tell the varied...
Bisbee, Arizona
The former mining town of Bisbee demonstrates its legacy through interactive exhibits like "Digging In," which displays tools, technologies, and how society's demand for copper transformed the town.Bisbee's storied past is recorded, reflected, and retold in this museum like no other; it is one of only 2,000 sites nationwide honored as a National...
Homestead, Florida
This national park protects combination of aquamarine waters, islands, and coral reefs, along with 10,000 years of human history, from pirates and shipwrecks to pineapple farmers and presidents.Although Biscayne National Park was established for its natural history, signs of people and the many ways they have used these lands and waters is...
Bishop Hill, Illinois
Bishop Hill was the site of a utopian religious community founded in 1846 by Swedish pietist Eric Janson (1808-1850) and his followers.Many consider the Jansonist emigration as the beginning of Swedish America. A number of historically significant buildings have survived and are scattered throughout the village, four of which are owned by the...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Rev. Dr. William White, rector of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church and the first Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania, lived in this house from the time it was built in 1787 until his death in 1836.Tours are limited to 10 people, and tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. The tour takes approximately one hour and includes...
Denver, Colorado
Founded in 1971 by Paul W. Stewart, the museum is dedicated to collecting, preserving and disseminating the contributions of Blacks in the Old West.While famous for telling the story of Black cowboys, we are broader than this with interests in the stories of all those early Blacks who came west and performed as miners, soldiers, homesteaders,...
Antioch, California
The Black Diamond Mines Preserve provides visitors with a scenic location at which they can get a glimpse of what it was like to be a miner in the 19th and 20th centuries.Guided tours of the Hazel-Atlas mine take visitors through an old mine used to produce silica sand for glass items. The Greathouse Visitor Center, which contains displays and...
Richmond, Virginia
Founded by Carrol Anderson, this museum seeks to become a permanent repository for visual, oral and written records and artifacts commemorating the lives and accomplishments of blacks in Virginia.Visitors are invited to experience the history and culture of Virginia's African-Americans from 1619 to the present. Located in the heart of historic...
Miami, Florida
In the era of segregation, these buildings functioned as the center of African-American executive and judicial authority in Miami.In September 1944, Miami's first five black police officers were sworn in and given the responsibility of patrolling the Central Negro District, which included today's Overtown and parts of Liberty City. As the separate...
Bladensburg, Maryland
This park sits on the site of the pivotal Battle of Bladensburg during the War of 1812, the loss of which led to the burning of Washington.This park sits on the site of the pivotal Battle of Bladensburg during the War of 1812, the loss of which led to the burning of Washington.
The revitalized Bladensburg Waterfront Park is located on the...
Petersburg, Virginia
In June 1866, the first Memorial Day was celebrated here in honor of the 30,000 Confederate soldiers buried on Memorial Hill inside the burial ground.This 18th-century church became a memorial to the Southern soldiers who died during the Civil War. In honor of the Confederate dead, each state contributed a stained glass window designed by Louis...
Knoxville, Tennessee
This historic mansion houses period antiques and boasts General James Longstreet as one of its occupants.Bleak House, an antebellum mansion of fifteen spacious rooms and wide halls, stands well back on an eminence among lovely trees and elaborately landscaped grounds. The property fronts 250 feet on Kinston Pike and extends over 900 feet in...
Castalian Springs, Tennessee
This 80-acre historic park features walking tours and archaeological remains.Although the original building is no longer standing, the archaeological remains of Bledsoe's Fort are a major tourist attraction within this 80-acre park, as well as the restored Nathaniel Parker cabin. Walking tours are available, and there is an annual festival...
Tarboro, North Carolina
In addition to the artwork by Hobson Pittman, this home exhibits locally made period furniture and nineteenth century paintings of Edgecombe County citizens.The 1808 Blount-Bridgers House, “the Grove,” is a national historic landmark, is home to a permanent collection that celebrates the 200 year-old material culture of Edgecombe...
Knoxville, Tennessee
Signer of the Constitution and Territorial Governor Colonel Blount lived in this modest frontier mansion.Nestled in the center of Downtown Knoxville's government district, Blount Mansion offers history that is hard to miss. Here, among the towers of glass, steel and brick, sits a house - small by today's standards, but a mansion on the Tennessee...
Glens Falls, New York
The Chapman Historical Museum presents the history of the Glens Falls community and its connection to the Adirondack region. It contains one of the nation's largest Seneca Ray Stoddard collections.Located in the 1865 Victorian Delong House, the museum focuses on the history of Glens Falls and the southern Adirondacks. The Stoddard Gallery, one of...
Detroit, Michigan
The museum provides learning opportunities, exhibitions, programs and events based on collections and research that explore the diverse history and culture of African Americans.The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is the world's largest institution dedicated to the African American experience. The museum provides exhibitions...
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
This remanent of Charles Pinckney's plantation preserves his story and the stories of the lives of enslaved African Americans on South Carolina Lowcountry plantations.Snee Farm, Pinckney’s coastal plantation, offers an opportunity to learn about the cultural environment that influenced Pinckney and his contributions to the framing of the...
Charlotte Amalia, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
This district included notable sites such as Fort Christian, Emancipation Garden, and Skytsborg.Charlotte Amalia, the first permanent European settlement on St. Thomas Island, was established in 1672 after the arrival of the Danish West India and Guinea Company. Platted in 1681, the town was named in honor of Denmark's Queen. An accidental...
Charlotte Court House, Virginia
Designed by Thomas Jefferson, the courthouse was the site of Patrick Henry's famous "Liberty or Death" speech.This is the only Virginia courthouse designed by Thomas Jefferson that still exists. Built in 1823, it stands amidst a group of 19th- and early 20th-century buildings that also have architectural merit. Visitors are invited to explore the...
Port Charlotte, Florida
A museum dedicated to the history of the Charlotte area whose collection ranges from the pre-Columbian to the post-WWII.Charlotte County Historical Center, located at Bayshore Live Oak Park on beautiful Charlotte Harbor. Our mission is to offer a variety of programs and services to educate the community about the rich history of the Charlotte...
Hastings, Michigan
The park is a place to spend the day to enjoy special events, the recreational area, or the outdoors.School groups choosing the “Live-in” program get hands-on experience in rural 19th century life. Students can assist with seasonal chores in a household without electricity or running water or role-play the lives of students in the...
Chaska, Minnesota
The society was officially organized in 1980 by a group of people who recognized the need to record and preserve the history of Chaska.Members have the opportunity to share in many county and local historical programs and events. The Chaska History Center has become a resource center for researching the history of Chaska and its people through...
Medora, North Dakota
Located southwest of Medora, this site memorializes the life and activities in North Dakota of Antoine de Vallombrosa, the Marquis de Mores, who arrived in 1883.Among the Marquis' enterprises were a beef packing plant, a stagecoach line, a freighting company, refrigerated railway cars, cattle and sheep raising, land ownership, and a new town which...
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This museum is a source of curricula, historical references, creative works and media about the African American experience.The Chattanooga African American Museum boasts a unique collection of multi-media presentations, rare artifacts, African Art, original sculptures, paintings, musical recordings and local Black newspapers. Explore the unique...
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This local history museum chronicles life in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and also features resident artists' work on display.With over nine special collections of everything from art to Civil War memorabilia, the museum also holds weekly workshops open to the public. Education and public programs are offered using artifacts, video, recreated settings...
Chattanooga, Tennessee
In addition to its war monuments, this national cemetery is also the final resting place for many Medal of Honor recipients.On Dec. 25, 1863, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas, “The Rock of Chickamauga," issued General Orders No. 296 creating a national cemetery in commemoration of the Battles of Chattanooga, Nov. 23-27, 1863. Gen. Thomas...
Nashville, Tennessee
These botanical gardens and art museum depict the cultural and aesthetic life of Tennessee.The Cheekwood gardens are seen and enjoyed by over 175,000 visitors each year. The property was once the elegant home of the Cheek family. The fifty-five acre site includes the original Cheek gardens, designed by Bryant Fleming, with pools, fountains,...
West Point, Virginia
Chelsea Plantation is one of the best examples of early 18th century architecture in America, and once served as headquarters for General LaFayette's army during the Revolutionary War.Furnished with period antiques and a large collection of paintings, this 1709 brick house was built during the reign of Queen Anne. Visitors are invited to tour the...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This museum demonstrates that chemistry is not only they lab coats, Bunsen burners, and the cryptic periodic table, but it has a vast and exciting history.From chemistry’s origins to today, the museum brings to life the unexpected beauty of science outside the lab. Visitors can trace scientific progress from the laboratory, to the factory,...
Elmira, New York
At its museum, the society offers resources on the history of the Chemung River Valley region through collections focusing on the Southern Tier of New York State and neighboring northern Pennsylvania.The Chemung County Historical Society seeks to deepen our audiences understanding of the past and the role of history in our futures. To achieve this...
Perry, Oklahoma
The Cherokee Strip Museum's mission is to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of the Cherokee Outlet.In the 19th Century the United States government resettled Native American tribes from all parts of the country into Indian Territory. During this removal process, part of the northern portion of what is now Oklahoma was given by treaty to...
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
This museum displays Cherokee art and history.Cherokee/David Crockett Museum & Cultural Center serves to educate the public on the history of Lawrence County and the Cherokee nation. Local art exhibits are frequently held here, and the permanent collection even includes a dinosaur egg.
Chesaning, Michigan
The mission of the society and museum is to preserve, discover, and memorialize the history of the Chesaning area. In the year of 1835, by the authority of the territorial legislature, the county of Saginaw was organized. Around 1847 the area of Big Rock was set off as a township and when the township was organized, it was given the...
Washington, District Of Columbia
The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, a source of trade and transportation for 19th- century communities along the Potomac River, spans over 180 miles of scenic nature trails.In the 19th century the C&O Canal provided jobs and opportunities for people throughout the Potomac River Valley. Today the canal's remains provide a place to recreate and...
Durham, North Carolina
The Durham Athletic Park, known to local fans as "The DAP", was constructed in 1926 as the home ballpark for the Durham Bulls, a minor league franchise, who had been playing at Trinity College (now known as Duke University). An homage to the team name, it was first called El Toro Park before changing its name in 1933. The Bulls played in the...
Omaha, Nebraska
Making its home in one of Omaha's most unique structures, Union Station, the Durham Museum offers a look at the history of the region through exhibitions portraying history and industry.The Durham Museum provides countless opportunities to discover Omaha's history. After stepping back in time with the sculptures and restored architecture of the...
Poughkeepsie, New York
The mission of the society is to preserve and share the history of Dutchess County from its earliest peoples to the present.For over 93 years of Dutchess County’s 324 years, Dutchess County Historical Society has been working to discover, acquire, preserve and interpret the County’s extraordinary history. The society was chartered by...
New York, New York
This Dutch colonial farmhouse and park has overlooked Broadway for over 200 years, and offers public programs such as concerts and workshops.The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum is a visual treat for everyone who looks up and sees it perched above Broadway at 204th Street. The Dutch Colonial style farmhouse was built on this site by William Dyckman c....
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Gulf Shores, Alabama
The fort features an active living history program that interprets all the military periods and holds an annual event commemorating the Battle of Mobile Bay.Completed in 1834, Fort Morgan was active during four wars — the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, and World Wars I and II. The fort is most famous for its role in the Civil War...
Fort Morgan, Colorado
The Fort Morgan Museum tells the story of Fort Morgan and Morgan County through permanent and temporary exhibits that showcase the museum's collection.The permanent and temporary exhibits at the museum showcase the variety of history and culture found in the area, including: archaeology, transportation, Native American history, the Old Fort and...
St. Augustine, Florida
Although the fort was demolished, the site is historically significant as a 18th-century Spanish settlement for blacks freed from slavery in the British Carolinas.The power politics of 18th century England and Spain reached across the Atlantic to the Florida frontier. In 1738, the Spanish governor of Florida chartered Fort Mose as a settlement for...
Petersburg, West Virginia
Constructed in 1863 by Federal troops during the Civil War, Fort Mulligan remains one of the best preserved forts in West Virginia.Federal or Confederate troops occupied this hill and its surrounding area beginning at least as early as August 1861, and were on the ground for at least part of every year of the war. Federal forces time and...
Nashville, Tennessee
The establishment of Fort Nashborough in the 1770s represents the first permanent Anglo settlement in what became known as Nashville, Tennessee.John Donelson and James Robertson were both leading settlement parties when they established the fort overlooking the Cumberland River. Originally covering more than two acres, the fort has been renovated...
Nashville, Tennessee
The remains of Fort Negley stand testament to the Union Army's 1862 occupation of Nashville and the subsequent transformation of the city into a major supply depot for Union troops.At the Visitors Center, the film, "The Fall of Nashville" reenacts how the Union Army captured Nashville in 1862. The river, turnpikes, and railroads had...
Norfolk, Virginia
This fort played an important role in the Civil War naval battle of Monitor v. Merrimack and is the last remaining fort established by George Washington.Stepping through the fort's arched entryway transports visitors to another era. The fort's four-acre site overlooks the Elizabeth River and includes earthwork embankments, ramparts, a dungeon,...
Banner, Wyoming
During its brief two-year existence, Fort Phil Kearny was the focal point of a violent war between the U.S. Army and the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians.Visitors are invited to explore the grounds of this famous site. Historic features and locations have been confirmed, various construction techniques identified, and many personal artifacts...
Pensacola, Florida
Out of the four forts built to defend Pensacola Bay during the Civil War, this one is the largest.The fort was begun in 1829, completed in 1834, and used until the 1940s. Geronimo spent some time in captivity there in the last two decades of the 19th century. Built in the age of wooden warships and cannons firing round balls, the fort underwent...
Henning, Tennessee
This state park was the site of two Civil War battles, in 1862 and 1864.This state park was the site of two Civil War battles, in 1862 and 1864.
The 1,642 acre Fort Pillow, located in Lauderdale County on the Chickasaw Bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, is rich in both historic and archaeological significance. In 1861, the Confederate Army...
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
One of the most important sites of the French and Indian War, this museum tells the story of the fight for control of North America.One of the most important sites of the French and Indian War, this museum tells the story of the fight for control of North America.Located in Point State Park, at the convergence of three great rivers, the museum is...
Fort Plain, New York
A significant fort during the Revolutionary War, Fort Plain in the Mohawk Valley exists today to preserve the history of local Native American communities and Revolutionary war heroes.A significant fort during the Revolutionary War, Fort Plain in the Mohawk Valley exists today to preserve the history of local Native American communities and...
Manteo, North Carolina
This site protects and preserves known portions of England's first New World settlements from 1584 to 1590.The stories of Roanoke Island are told by exhibits, artifacts and the 17-minute park video Roanoke: The Lost Colony. In the summer, park rangers offer interpretive programs and activities. Earthen works restored on the site are associated...
Fairfax, Minnesota
Made up of 1,040 acres, this once outpost now state park was the site of the Dakota Conflict of 1862.In the spring of 1853, the steamboat West Newton left Fort Snelling to journey up the Minnesota River, bound for a plateau above the river in Nicollet County. The steamboat carried soldiers and their families, carpenters, and supplies. The people...
Altoona, Pennsylvania
An 18th-century fort that was pivotal in stabilizing the frontier during the American Revolutiuon.This fort, built by General Daniel Roberdeau, set out to produce lead to make ammunition for the Continental Army. More importantly, it serves as a place for locals to flee when British, Tories, and Native Americans threatened. It also served as a...
Fort Sam Houston, Texas
The Fort Sam Houston Museum depicts the history of Fort Sam Houston and the Army in this region.Exhibits at the Fort Sam Houston Museum depict the history of the installation in chronological order from 1845. The history of the post is displayed in ten major periods of development of Fort Sam Houston. Each exhibit highlights important events...
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Covering 27 acres, this is the largest fort built by the Spanish in the New World.This fort stands guard at where once was the eastern gate to the walled city of Old San Juan. Construction on the fort was begun in 1634 and finished in 1790, although modifications were made well into the 18th Century. Its better-known sister fort, El Morro, was...
Radium Springs, New Mexico
Established in 1865 in an effort to bring peace to the south central region of present day New Mexico, Fort Selden offers guided tours and living history demonstrations.Built on the banks of the Rio Grande, this adobe fort housed units of the U.S. Infantry and Cavalry. Their intent was to protect settlers and travelers in the Mesilla Valley from...
Fort Sill, Oklahoma
The museum functions to train and educate visitors and military alike on the usage and importance of the Army's field artillery. The museum at Fort is the largest in the U.S. Army. Its education programs include exhibits, tours, demonstrations, briefings, publications, audio-visual projects, and assorted other public programming. The all-...
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Located in one of Fort Smith's oldest buildings, this museum offers a glimpse into the past with exhibits containing dolls, woodworking tools and even a hands-on history of the telephone.The Fort Smith Museum of History acquires, preserves, exhibits and interprets objects of historical significance relevant to the founding and growth of Fort Smith...
Greenbelt, Maryland
This museum looks at the history of Greenbelt, a planned community developed under the New Deal in 1937.This museum includes 2 sites as well as guided tours of the town. The sites are a historic home open for drop in tours and the Community Center Exhibit Room. Guided tours can be specially arranged and self-guided tours are available via free...
Lewisburg, West Virginia
The Greenbrier Historical Society maintains the North House Museum and extensive records of the area's history and culture. Included in its archives are a letter by Thomas Jefferson and documents dating as far back as the early 1700s.Greenbrier Historical Society is dedicated to community enrichment through the education and preservation of the...
Dearborn, Michigan
The historic district boasts 83 authentic structures, everything from Noah Webster's home to Thomas Edison's laboratory.Entering Greenfield Village is like stepping into an 80-acre time machine. It takes you back to the sights, sounds and sensations of America’s past. There are 83 authentic, historic structures, from Noah Webster’s...
Greensboro, North Carolina
The museum's 17,000 square feet of exhibition space offers hours of entertaining, educational enjoyment.Visit the museum and view a vintage moving picture in the Crystal Theatre, listen in on a conversation at the local Telephone Exchange, or become a pharmacist at the Richardson-Fariss Drugstore. Here, visitors will discover first hand the rich...
Longview, Texas
The Gregg County Historical Museum explores the culture and history of the local land and citizens.Permanent exhibits illustrate the development of Gregg County include displays centered on timber, farming, oil, railroads, schools, business, and commerce. The museum also presents room scenes including the bank president's office, a dentist's...
Penryn, California
The Griffith Quarry museum provides an entertaining look at the Griffith family, the granite industry, and the history of the Penryn-Loomis Basin area.Complete with some of the original office furniture of the Penryn Granite Works, the Griffith Quarry Museum explains the history of a mine and a town centered not around gold, but around granite....
Grinnell, Iowa
The historic society strives to gather objects of historical interest and importance for the museum, and to preserve them for cultural and educational purposes for present and future generations.Ever since its establishment, the museum has been a collective effort. For women's groups, two chapters of the DAR, the Historical and Literary Club, and...
Kansas City, Kansas
Moses Grinter traded with the Delaware before building this brick farmhouse in 1862. Moses and Annie Grinter, a Delaware, farmed, raised poultry and livestock, in Kansas City.A trip to Grinter Place isn’t just a look inside the oldest home in Wyandotte County, it’s a step back to the days of frontier life along the Kansas and Missouri...
Peru, Indiana
Stroll through aviation history from World War II through the Gulf War at the Grissom Air Museum State Historic Site.The museum has 25 legendary aircraft on outdoor display, spanning from WWII to the Gulf Wars. The indoor exhibits feature: aircraft armaments, uniforms, war prizes, cockpits, trainers, models, art, engines, survival gear, hands-on...
Vincennes, Indiana
Grouseland is the elegant Georgian home built in 1803 by William Henry Harrison when he was Governor of the Indiana Territory. Harrison was elected ninth President of the United States in 1840, so the home is a Presidential site, and exhibits contain colorful campaign memorabilia. A unique feature to this home, other than its prized beauty,...
Grove City, Pennsylvania
For over a decade this society has been dedicated to preserving the local history of the Grove City area.The society is still relatively new, founded in 1998, but plans special events and manages a variety of documents and archives preserving the 200 year-old town's rich history.
Groveland, California
With a wide range of exhibits, the Groveland Yosemite Gateway Museum allows visitors to learn about a number of different areas of California history.With displays about Spanish settlement, local agricultural history, historic newspapers, and local artifacts, the Groveland Museum can provide every visitor with a lesson in history that they will...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Built in 1744 as a country summer home by wine importer John Wister, Grumblethorpe was originally known as "John Wister's Big House" because it had multiple stories. Built from stone quarried on and oak cut from the Wisters' extensive property, the house is a prime example of domestic Pennsylvania German architecture of the period....
Bristol, Pennsylvania
This estate, once home to Senator Joseph R. Grundy, now serves as a museum.Housed in a mansion overlooking the scenic Delaware River, this museum explores the local settlement, development, and history of Bristol, PA.
Greensboro, North Carolina
The largest, most hotly-contested battle of the Revolutionary War's Southern Campaign was fought at this small North Carolina backcounty hamlet of Guilford Courthouse.Rangers or volunteers at the information desk are glad to help visitors with answers and assistance. Primary facilities in the visitor center are a thirty-two minute live-action...
Guilford, Connecticut
The society maintains the 1774 Thomas Griswold House Museum, 1803 Medad Stone Tavern, an early blacksmith shop, a large barn filled with farm implements, two corn cribs, and a Victorian outhouse.Along with the buildings, we maintain an extensive collection of Guilford historic photographs, journals or daybooks and other memorabilia mostly housed...
Washington, Connecticut
The museum presents an ever-changing view of local history in one of the most beautiful locations in Connecticut.Visitors can step into the world that was and see it through the eyes, images, artifacts, and stories of the many people -- great and ordinary -- who have made and make our town and museum a memorable place.
Mason Neck, Virginia
The home of George Mason, father of the Bill of Rights, was constructed in the Georgian architectural style around 1760.George Mason was instrumental in the framing of the United States government, but he shied away from public office and preferred, instead, to manage his plantation estate, Gunston Hall. Today, visitors can explore this 550 acre...
Lawrenceville, Georgia
This museum documents the history of Gwinnett County and displays local historic and folk artifacts.The actual building was once a Female Seminary, but it now houses the county museum. The variety of artifacts held there are meant to interpret life in Gwinnett county through the years. The museum also offers special programs such as lectures,...
Laconia, New Hampshire
Built in 1823, the Belknap Mill is the only building left that represents the first stage of the Industrial Revolution in America. IToday, visitors see operating knitting machines, the 1918 hydroelectric power system, changing art and history exhibits and attend concerts and lectures.Located along the Winnipesaukee River in the Lakes Region of...
McConnells, South Carolina
Here, visitors can learn about the lifestyles and skills of the early area settlers and the workings of a southern plantation.Historic Brattonsville is a 775-acre historic site that includes a Revolutionary War battlefield. Each July a two-day event commemorating the Battle of Huck's Defeat (a revolutionary war skirmish) is recreated near its...
Winnabow, North Carolina
This port was razed by British troops in 1776 and never rebuilt, however colonial foundations dot the present-day tour trail, which crosses over a Confederate fort site.In the late 1950s and early 1960s, archaeologists uncovered foundations from Brunswick's earliest days. The most visible structure is the hulk of St. Philip's Anglican Church with...
Camden, South Carolina
The historic town of Camden, South Carolina played an important role in the Revolutionary War, and today is preserved and celebrated by the museum at the Historic Camden Revolutionary War Site.Visitors may choose a guided or self-guided tour to learn about Camden's early history, with focus on the Colonial and Revolutionary eras. The 107-acre...
Tallahassee, Florida
Florida's former capitol building now houses a museum outlining the state's political history.Residing in its current location since 1845, the Historic Capitol today houses a museum that retells the stories comprising Florida's political and constitutional history. The Senate, House, and Supreme Court chambers, as well as the Governor's Suite, are...
Albany, New York
The Van Rensselaer-Rankin family amassed several lifetimes and several households worth of personal papers and possessions during their 176 years of occupancy at Cherry Hill.In April of 1963 when Emily Rankin, the last surviving family member, passed away, the house and its contents became the Historic Cherry Hill Collection -- a completely intact...
Columbus, Georgia
This organization oversees several historic locations in Columbus, and offers tours to some of them.
This organization oversees several historic locations in Columbus, and offers tours to some of them.
The stated mission of this foundation is to "revitalize historic Columbus neighborhoods, educate the public about local and...
Tazewell, Virginia
The Higginbotham House Museum is a colonial home. The Museum and Park highlights the area's farming and mining industries.This elegant historic house (Higginbotham House Museum) contains colonial furnishings. (276) 988-3800. Across the street from the house, the local history museum takes visitors from prehistoric times through the Civil War....
Worthington, Minnesota
This historic home stands as a visible representation of Worthington’s early days and as a symbol of civic leadership and business success.The home was built in 1890 and first owned by George Draper Dayton, founder of Dayton's department store. The home has an immense wrap-around front porch with original columns supporting the projecting...
Deerfield, Massachusetts
Historic Deerfield comprises eleven historic house museums that preserve the heritage of Deerfield and the Connecticut River Valley. The state-of-the-art Flynt Center features changing exhibits on New England’s decorative arts, textiles, and early American furniture.Step into early America as and tour Historic Deerfield’s eleven house...
Council Bluffs, Iowa
This historic home was built and lived in by General Grenville M. Dodge, an influential American involved in political, financial, and military affairs. In 1869, Dodge built his handsome Victorian home at 605 Third Street at the cost of $35,000, a lavish sum for that day. The fourteen-room, three-story mansion stands on a high terrace...
Franklin, Tennessee
Historic Franklin, Tenn. is maintained by the Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County.
Among the foundation's programs is the award-winning Main Street Program and the Downtown Franklin Association, which promotes and revitalizes the 150 unique places to explore in the 15-block downtown National Register District.Historic Franklin,...
Elkton, Maryland
This historic house/site was an important location during the War of 1812.
Situated at the convergence of the Little Elk and Big Elk Creeks, Historic Elk Landing is one of Maryland's and the Mid-Atlantic's most historic tracts of land. British troops passed through the area in August 1777, on their way to capture the American capitol in...
Fallsington, Pennsylvania
Fallsington is the seat of early Quaker settlement and the site of four meetinghouses as well as home to a wide variety of culturally significant architectural styles representing the 17th through 20th centuries.In 1690, Samuel Burgess donated six acres to the Meeting for construction of the first meetinghouse in town, replacing the earliest on...
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Built in 1904, this estate reflects the residencies of 19 Wyoming First Families from 1905 to 1976 and the enhancements that each family undertook.This Colonial Revival Executive Mansion served as home to Wyoming’s Governors and their families for 71 years, (1905 to 1976). The history embodied in this mansion brings to life the people who...
Halifax, North Carolina
This historic district was the site of significant events during the colonial and revolutionary periods in North Carolina.
Located on the Roanoke River, the town of Halifax developed into a commercial and political center at the time of the American Revolution. North Carolina's Fourth Provincial Congress met in Halifax in the spring of 1776. On...
Greensburg, Pennsylvania
This Revolutionary-era town, featuring the first court west of the Allegheny Mountains, offers visitors a glimpse into frontier life at the birth of the American nation.Hanna's Town, founded in 1773 and named for its founder Robert Hanna, acted as the first Seat of Westmoreland County and the first English court west of the Allegheny...
Harrisville, New Hampshire
Cheshire Mills, one of the last New England textile mills in operation, closed its doors in1970. But the buildings remain, and so does the story of what it was like to grow up in the tiny, close-knit world of the factory village."Harrisville's history includes in miniature many developments important to the history of the nation. Here one...
New Paltz, New York
The street is a National Historic Landmark District featuring seven unique stone houses dating to the early 1700s, a burial ground and a reconstructed 1717 stone church, all in their original setting.In 1678, a small but brave group of French-speaking Huguenot refugees from what is today southern Belgium and northern France set out to create a...
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Built on 1,300 acres, this home to George Washington's sister, Betty, served as a Revolutionary-era arms dealer by supplying Washington's troops during the fight for independence.One of Virginia's most elegant colonial mansions, Kenmore was built in the 1770s by Fielding Lewis for his wife Betty, the sister of George Washington. An ardent patriot...
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Bellefontaine, Ohio
In 1945, a group of dedicated citizens formed the society to preserve items relating to these personages and events. Starting in a member’s home, they outgrew several locations until they purchased the old Orr Mansion in 1988.Thousands of hours of volunteer work have made it into an extensive museum with approximately 10,000 square feet of...
Lompoc, California
The Lompoc Museum opens visitors' eyes to the archeology and history of the Lompoc Valley and Santa Barbara County.The Museum was established in Lompoc’s former Carnegie Library to display s collection of Chumash and other Native American artifacts. The adjacent Artesia School Museum was the first country school in the Lompoc Valley. The...
Kamiah, Idaho
This camp site is where Lewis and Clark stayed among the Nez Perce Indians in late spring of 1806.On Highway 12 near Kamiah a sign at milepost 68 notes that the Lewis and Clark expedition spent 3 weeks among the Nez Perce in late spring 1806 waiting for the snow to melt in the Bitterroots so that the expedition could continue east. Also called...
West Sayville, New York
The museum preserves Long Island's maritime history through the purchase and collection of boats, vessels, and related maritime equipment.On December 16, 1966 a group of concerned citizens founded the Suffolk Marine Museum dedicated to the collection and preservation of artifacts of the maritime history of Long Island, New York. Long Island, 120...
Longboat Key, Florida
This local history museum explores the town of Longboat Key, Florida.Exhibits at the Longboat Key Historical Museum Gordon Whitney’s Shell Collection; A Pictoral History of Longboat Key; Bound copies of the Longboat Observer from 1978 to present; Plaque of the old south end bridge; Old post cards; Charts; Tom Mayers' anchor.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Learn about Henry W. Longfellow, his poetry, and his impact on the development of an American identity at his home in Massachusetts.Longfellow National Historic Site preserves the home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the world’s foremost 19th century poets. The house also served as headquarters for General George Washington during...
Longmont, Colorado
The Longmont Museum and Cultural Center features four exhibit galleries, three classrooms for special events and programs, and an outdoor courtyard.Two of the four exhibit galleries, the Longmont gallery and the Longs Peak Room, contain long-term exhibits on the history and culture of Longmont and the St. Vrain River Valley. Two additional...
New Orleans, Louisiana
Built in the early 20th century, this Classical Revival estate was once home to prominent New Orleans natives, Edgar and Edith Stern.The home and gardens was born of the dreams of Edgar and Edith Stern, pillars of the New Orleans community. It is the combination of the Sterns working with landscape architect Ellen Biddle Shipman and architects...
Elyria, Ohio
Formed in 1889, the society’s stated purpose is: to collect, and provide a safe place for papers, documents, biographical sketches and objects pertaining to Lorain County together with any articles of an archaeological character.The Lorain County Historical Society was organized on January 26, 1889, at the home of Mrs. W. E. Miller by...
Cazenovia, New York
Today, the schoolhouse is carefully restored to its 1887 appearance and offers a myriad of programs throughout the year, including several successful Friends-supported events during the summer, fall, and winter.The c.1814 Rippleton Schoolhouse operated as the District No. Seven school in the town of Cazenovia until 1931 when it was closed due to...
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Located at the site of the Manhattan Project laboratory, this museum provides exhibits on this project, as well as on Native Americans and geology.
The Los Alamos Historical Museum is dedicated to preserving, protecting and interpreting the history of Los Alamos. Housed in the guest cottage of the Los Alamos Ranch School, a favorite place of...
Los Altos, California
This museum features a replica of 1932 Los Altos and several other exhibits exploring the history of this California area.The Museum’s permanent interactive exhibit, "The Crown of the Peninsula," depicts the uses of local land and its inhabitants over time. The heart of this exhibit – and a key attraction for children of all...
Overton, Nevada
The Lost City Museum was established in 1935 by the National Park Service to exhibit artifacts that were being excavated from Pueblo Grande de Nevada.In the early 1930s, Anasazi Indian sites were being threatened by the waters of Lake Mead as it backed up behind the newly built Hoover Dam. Eventually, when the lake was filled to capacity, about...
Lost River, West Virginia
Featuring the artifacts and exhibits of early history of the Lost River Valley, the museum also offers demonstrations from local artisans and their artwork may be purchased. Located on Highway 259 in Lost River, WV.Featuring the artifacts and exhibits of early history of the Lost River Valley, the museum also offers demonstrations from local...
Franklin, Tennessee
Amongst a vast collection of antique art, the Lotz House also played a crucial role in the Battle of Franklin during the Civil War.In 1855, German immigrant Johann Albert Lotz purchased five acres of land from Fountain Branch Carter. Three years later in 1858, after doing most of the work himself, Lotz completed his home. By trade, Mr. Lotz was a...
Leesburg, Virginia
Located in historic downtown Leesburg, this museum explores the county's cultural history through changing exhibits, a children's garden and discovery room, tours, and a 1767 log cabin.The Loudoun Museum preserves and interprets the artifacts of Loudoun’s three-century journey to let both Loudouners and visitors gain a sense of what Loudoun...
Corona, New York
The mission of the house is to preserve and promote the cultural legacy of Louis Armstrong. This includes everything from making the materials in the archives available to everyone to operating his home as a historic house museum.Louis Armstrong was certainly wealthy enough to live just about anywhere in the world. Yet in 1943, he and his wife,...
Ruston, Louisiana
A military museum documenting weapons, machinery, and personal artifacts from the major U.S. wars.The Louisiana Military Museum is the newest addition to the Secretary of State's museums division. It contains a military collection unique to the area. The museum chronicles our conflicts from the Spanish American War, Civil War, World War I, World...
St Baton Rouge, Louisiana
The present state capitol building of Louisiana, a 34-story, 450-foot Alabama limestone-clad skyscraper, is the final resting place of politician Huey Long.The present state capitol building of Louisiana, a 34-story, 450-foot Alabama limestone-clad skyscraper, is the final resting place of politician Huey Long.The present state capitol building of...
Providence, Louisiana
The history of cotton cultivation and its influence on the people and culture of Louisiana is documented in this museum.At this museum, there are currently four exhibits on display: The History of Cotton, The Impact of Cotton on Westward Expansion, and The Impact of Cotton on Society and Culture and The Impact of Cotton on the Economy. The last...
Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
Constructed in 1747 by Samuel Lightfoot, the Anselma grist mill is an example of colonial technology that was adapted to serve the needs of the Industrial Revolution and the Great Depression.Nestled along the Pickering Creek in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, the Mill at Anselma is an extraordinary artifact of 250 years of Chester County’s...
Taos, New Mexico
At this museum in Taos, New Mexico, visitors enjoy outstanding historical collections of Native American jewelry, ceramics—including the Maria Martinez Family Collection, paintings, and weavings; Hispanic textiles, metalwork, and sculpture; and a wide range of contemporary Anglo-European Southwestern art.The Millicent Rogers Museum's setting...
Manchester, New Hampshire
The Millyard Museum traces the long history of this textile mill town, as it has gone through many transitions from Native American fisherman 11,000 years ago to the modern day businesses and culture.The Millyard Museum is housed in Mill No. 3 at the corner of Commercial and Pleasant Streets in the historic Amoskeag Millyard. The Museum features...
Hershey, Pennsylvania
Milton Hershey and his wife founded the school in 1909 as a cost-free educational institution for children in social and financial need that lives on today.Milton Hershey School began as a dream and vision shared by chocolate magnate Milton S. Hershey and his wife, Catherine (Kitty). Unable to have children of their own, Milton and Catherine...
Milton, Delaware
Home of the Lydia Black Cannon Museum, the Milton Historical Society focuses on everyday life in Milton over several hundred years.Discover Milton’s history: explore daily life through four centuries of photos, paintings, maps and documents. The permanent exhibit panels feature an overview of Milton’s history, beginning with the...
Milton, Wisconsin
This hexagonal traveler's inn from the 1840's, the first grout building in the United States, was a stop on the Underground Railroad.Pioneer, Joseph Goodrich, came to Prairie du Lac, as Milton was called then, in 1838, looking for a better place for his family to live. He chose prairie land at the intersection of two Indian trails and built...
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This museum collects and preserves art, presenting it to the community as a vital source of inspiration and education.From its roots in Milwaukee’s first art gallery in 1888, the museum has grown today to be an icon for Milwaukee and a resource for the entire state. The Milwaukee Art museum has collected over 20,000 works of art for 120...
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Founded in 1935, the Milwaukee County Historical Society houses over 50,000 artifacts that detail almost 200 years of Milwaukee County history. From its early quarrel between the western (Kilbourntown) and eastern (Juneautown) cities, through its attracting of German and Polish immigrants, Milwaukee County has seen incredible transformations....
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This museum houses the collections of the Milwaukee County Historical Society, tracing the progress and development of the area.Home to the Historical Society, this elaborately detailed neoclassical revival structure was completed in 1913 after two years of construction for the Second Ward Savings Bank on the corner of West Kilbourn Avenue and...
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This natural and human history museum contains many exhibits ranging from turn-of-the-century Milwaukee to flora and fauna from around the world, including a large dinosaur exhibit.The museum features a walkable replica of a Milwaukee street around the turn-of-the-century - roughly the 1880s to just prior to World War I. The 25 buildings are...
Pleasanton, Kansas
The Civil War’s largest cavalry battle comes alive on this historic battlefield.On October 25, 1864, approximately 2,800 Union troops attacked and defeated about 8,000 Confederates along the banks of Mine Creek. This was one of the largest cavalry battles in the Civil War and was the only major battle fought in Kansas. The Union brigades...
Superior, Montana
Featuring local history, the museum includes exhibits concerning the area's historic industries of mining, logging and forest service activities. The Mineral County Museum, free to all, opened in 1977 in response to the nation's bicentennial. It is also a repository of all local newspapers and many historical documents. In 1989 it expanded to...
Jerome County , Idaho
This was but one of the many Japanese-American internment camps established after President Franklin Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066.Today there is a small gravel parking area, paths, and interpretative signs about the internment located at the stone guard house and waiting room beyond the Hunt Bridge. Also commemorated here are the Japanese...
Hagerman, Idaho
The remains of an internment camp used to house Japanese Americans and Japanese resident aliens during World War II, Minidoka is the site of the single largest forced relocation in U.S. history.After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, hostility and suspicion towards people of Japanese descent in the United States intensified...
Muncie, Indiana
Minnetrista's 40-acre campus includes beautiful gardens, a modern museum facility, an historic home, Nature Area, numerous sculptures, and a portion of the White River Greenway.
Minnetrista is a museum and cultural center that serves the people of East Central Indiana. Minnetrista offers exhibits and programs for children, families, adults, scouts...
Mint Hill, North Carolina
The society recreates life in a 19th century village with a restored one-room schoolhouse, a general store, and more.A 'For Sale' sign hammered into the front lawn of the old doctor's building was all the motivation needed to begin the Mint Hill Historical Society. Twenty-one citizens signed the charter in 1985 with the purpose of preserving the...
Philip, South Dakota
The Cold War ushered in a new globally political and military landscape; this national site houses missile silos and control centers from the Cold War. Here you will find remnants of the Cold War, including an underground launch control center and a missile silo. Minuteman missiles held the power to destroy civilization. Yet the same...
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
The house, once a mission for fifty Mohicans, contains a collection of 18th-century American furniture and decorative arts. Following ministerial studies at Yale, Reverend John Sergeant moved to the south Berkshires to establish a mission for fifty Mohicans. He lived in a simple cabin until he married Abigail Williams in 1739 and built the Mission...
Honolulu, Hawaii
Built between 1821 and 1841, these three missions served as homes and workplaces for the first Christian missionaries to travel to the Hawaiian Islands.A visit to Mission Houses Museum will carry you away to the nineteenth century when Protestant Missionaries from New England established the Sandwich Islands Mission in 1820. The Museum is the...
St. Augustine, Florida
This was America's first mission and it traces its origins to the founding of St. Augustine in 1565.The long history of the Mission of Nombre de Dios and Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche stretches back to the 1565 founding of America's oldest city, St. Augustine. After landing on Florida's shores, Spanish explorer Pedro Menendez de Aviles kissed the...
Fremont, California
This resource is for all facets of silent film-making, from their planning and production to their presentation.The Museum offers a way to rediscovery America's movie pioneers, and see their remarkable work in an authentic setting - a theater where Charlie Chaplin and Broncho Billy Anderson saw themselves and their contemporaries on the screen....
Ninety Six, South Carolina
Once the home to Cherokee Indians, the site has also contained several towns, a trading post and was home to two Revolutionary War battles.More Revolutionary War battles & skirmishes took place in South Carolina than any other colony during the American Revolution. At Ninety Six, there were two. Here, visitors can see the original 1781 Star...
Pasadena, California
The building where this historical society's main office is located holds a wealth of archival materials, including an extensive collection of judges' and attorneys' oral histories.
The Ninth Judicial Circuit Historical Society (NJCHS) was founded in 1985 to collect, preserve and present to the public the history of law in the western United...
West Hartford, Connecticut
Noah Webster’s birthplace helps to tell the story of one man’s vision and his impact on American culture.The Noah Webster House, probably built c. 1748, is the restored birthplace and childhood home of the great lexicographer, Noah Webster. The house, once part of a 120-acre farm, was continuously occupied until it was given to the...
Norfolk, Connecticut
Visit the museum for collections of objects from everyday life made in Norfolk, the county store exhibit, or one of many rotating exhibits.The museum is housed in the old Norfolk Academy, built in 1840, later used as the Town Hall and Jail, and located on the Norfolk Village Green. The Little Red School House, located on Bald Mountain, is a...
Norfolk, Virginia
This local museum focuses on the history of military, art, and maritime past in the city of Norfolk.Opened just two years ago in the historic Willoughby-Baylor House, exhibits here reveal the richness of the history of Norfolk and Hampton Roads. The region's role as an international port and maritime center is a central theme, as is the area's...
Coloma, Michigan
The museum preserves the history of the Paw Paw Lakes area including Bainbridge Township, Coloma City, Coloma Township, Hagar Township, Watervliet City, and Watervliet Township.The museum features the history of the resorts of the Paw Paw Lakes, fruit farming, businesses, industries, and people of the area.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This local museum explores the history of the regional post of North Carolina.This local museum explores the history of the regional post of North Carolina.
People have lived in North Carolina for over 10,000 years, and today eight state-recognized American Indian tribes reside here. From its roots as the site of the first English settlement in...
Raleigh, North Carolina
Completed in 1840, the capitol building is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of a major civic building in the Greek Revival style.During much of the Colonial period, North Carolina was without a fixed capital. Governors lived in their own homes and the Assembly moved from place to place, meeting in private homes, and in courthouses...
Spencer, North Carolina
J.P. Morgan built the Southern Railway's largest repair facility at this site in 1846,The N.C. Transportation Museum is located on the site of what was once Southern Railway Company's largest steam locomotive servicing facility. J.P. Morgan, Southern's owner, chose the site because of its location midway between the railroad's major terminal...
Bismarck, North Dakota
This is the state's official history museum, opened in 1967 and operated by the State Historicial Society of North Dakota.The museum explores not only the history of North Dakota's human settlement, but also its prehistoric residents. The museum is home to a rare mummified dinosaur as well as an assortment of other artifacts from the time period....
Fargo, North Dakota
The Institute fosters understanding of regional life through research on, teaching about, and service to those regions with particular importance to North Dakota State University. Through collections of books, manuscripts, and photography, they seek to catalogue the diversity and cultural significance of their state.The Institute for...
Pensacola, Florida
Once the site of a crucial Revolutionary War victory, this historic district now features architecture from a plethora of eras.North Hill is one of the largest residential historic districts in the State of Florida and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It contains more than 400 historic homes built between 1870 and the 1930...
Lewisburg, West Virginia
Built in 1820, the museum contains the collections of the Greenbrier Historical Society, featuring 200 years of history in the U.S., ranging from antique furnishings to historical documents.The North House provides a special view of two hundred years of life in the United States. From the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to World War II, the...
Morristown, New Jersey
The North Jersey History Center has an exceptional collection of New Jersey historical material, historic preservation resources, typography books, and vast genealogical records.The center collects with an emphasis on Morris County and New Jersey, but because many New Jersey families migrated to the Midwest in the 18th and 19th centuries, they...
North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Commission is a group dedicated to preserving the history of North Little Rock through the collection and analysis of historic artifacts, materials, and records.The North Little Rock History Commission maintains an open reference library of source materials for curious citizens. The Commission strives to collect, preserve, record and interpret...
Edgemere, Maryland
This waterfront park on the Chesapeake Bay was once the site of the Bay Shore Amusement Park.
North Point State Park is located in Baltimore County on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and is surrounded by beautiful and fascinating natural and historical resources. It consists of 1,310 acres off Old North Point Road in Edgemere.This waterfront park...
North St. Paul, Minnesota
The museum strives to Collect, preserve, display, and share the artifacts and history of the Boy and Girl Scouts of America.North Star Scouting Memorabilia, Inc was founded in 1976 as a nonprofit corporation to collect scouting equipment and artifacts. For over 30 years, North Star Scouting has acquired over 150,000 items of memorabilia, which...
McKinney, Texas
The History Center uses photographs and artifacts to recount the history of the Civil War, agriculture, and pioneer life in northern Texas.Current exhibits explore various aspects of North Texas history. A Civil War exhibit uses words, photos, and objects to tell the story of the Reluctant Confederates. A Pioneering exhibit showcases why people...
Easton, Pennsylvania
This society is dedicated to preserving the heritage of Northampton County, PA.The society, which specializes in geneological records, manages three buildings: The Mixsell House Museum which 19th century artifacts, the Mary Illick Library containing over 5,000 volumes of local and family history, and the Jacob Nicholas house, home of the town's...
South Portland, Maine
Founded in 1987, this museum is an exciting place to explore and celebrate the rich maritime history of Portland Harbor.Visitors are provided with an opportunity to learn about the role that Portland Harbor has played in shaping Southern Maine's economic, social, and historic character. The Portland Harbor Museum is located on the grounds of Fort...
Fort Collins, Colorado
The Foundation manages the Avery House Historic District, the 1882-83 Fort Collins Water Works and the Museo de las Tres Colonias.Incorporated in 1972, the mission of the Poudre Landmarks Foundation, Inc. is to preserve, restore, protect and interpret the architectural and cultural heritage of the Fort Collins area. PLF also provides educational...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Samuel Powel, the last mayor of Philadelphia under the Crown, was the first mayor of the city after the creation of the United States.Built in 1765 by merchant and businessman Charles Stedman, this elegant Georgian brick mansion was purchased by Samuel Powel in 1769 at the time of his marriage to Elizabeth Willing. Mayor Powel and his wife were...
Carthage, Missouri
Opened in 1988, the museum focuses on Carthage’s history with annual exhibits of selected themes from the post Civil War period to the 20th century.The museum has fostered the study of Carthage history through use of its archives and reference library, by providing educational programming on-site and off-site, and by producing cooperative...
Newport, Rhode Island
The society's 11 historic properties and landscapes trace America's architectural and social development from the Colonial era through the Gilded Age.In keeping with its mission, the society strives to offer its members and the public a comprehensive view of each property's architecture, interiors, landscapes and social history. The society is...
Indianapolis, Indiana
This site was the home of former U.S. president, Benjamin Harrison. This museum is dedicated to Benjamin Harrison's achievements and his impact on United States history. As an educational and historical service, the home seeks to promote patriotism and citizenship through appropriate educational activities and by artfully...
Pineville, North Carolina
This historic site preserves artifacts and heritage from North Carolina native, U.S. President James K. Polk.The reconstructed house is typical of those during Polk’s childhood. The kitchen and house are authentically furnished with period pieces from the early 1800s. The visitor center features exhibits on the life and times of President...
Washington, District Of Columbia
During the Civil War, President Lincoln and his family resided here from June to November of 1862, 1863 and 1864.During the Civil War, President Lincoln and his family resided here from June to November of 1862, 1863 and 1864.Designated a National Monument by President Clinton in 2000, President Lincoln’s Cottage served as Lincoln’s family...
Odessa, Texas
The Presidential Museum is unique in that it is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the office of the presidency and all those who served in the office.
The Hall of Presidents gallery offers visitors an opportunity to view objects related to individual presidents -- the collection of artifacts include campaign memorabilia of...
Williamsburg, Virginia
The park, created by David Adickes, is equipped with 18 foot statues of all the presidents of the United States.Only in Virginia’s historic triangle and Presidents Park can visitors receive the entire span of the nation’s history from the first permanent English settlement at Jamestown in 1607 to the present. Presidents Park offers a...
Monterey, California
Because of the important role of the military in Monterey between 1902 and today, the majority of the museum is dedicated to the development of the Presidio as a training base.
San Francisco, California
This site displays the rich layers of the history of the Pacific American region including Native American history, Mexican History, and American History.For 218 years, the Presidio served as an army post for three nations. World and local events, from military campaigns to the rise of aviation, from World Fairs to earthquakes, left their mark....
Pensacola, Florida
The remains of the first permanent settlement in Pensacola reside at this site.This Spanish site, dating from 1698, was the first area made into a permanent settlement in Pensacola. The University of West Florida has turned the site into an outdoor exhibit, complete with a recreated portion of the Fort San Carlos de Austria and two original cannon.
Presque Isle, Michigan
The home adjacent to the lighthouse is open as a museum to reflect living conditions of the local keepers and their families.Presque Isle was named by the French during the fur trade era and means almost an island. The early explorers, traders, missionaries and settlers used this narrow peninsula to make a short portage between two natural bays on...
Clarksville, Virginia
As an 18th-century plantation built by Sir Peyton Skipwith in 1794, this is one of Virginia's most complete gentry homes with many of its original outbuildings.A two-family slave house still stands on the property east of South Boston, and the "peculiar institution" is effectively interpreted. The museum owns one of the largest...
Pismo Beach, California
The 7-acre historical park of Price House, located in close proximity to Price's Canyon, features the history of several original structures from the first settlement of Pismo.
Vaquero Juan Miguel Prais ran cattle on Rancho Pismo as mayordomo before purchasing the land and settling his wife Maria Andrea Carlon and their young family into old...
Fairmont, West Virginia
Prickett's Fort State Park, a historical and recreational park, once provided a place of refuge from Indian attack for early settlers to the area.Both the reconstructed fort and the Job Prickett House are open for public tours from mid-April through October, with a living history style interpretation. Visitors enjoy seeing costumed artisans at...
Baltimore, Maryland
This reproduction of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper privateer represents the great maritime history of Baltimore and Maryland.This reproduction of an 1812-era Baltimore Clipper privateer represents the great maritime history of Baltimore and Maryland.The Pride of Baltimore II is a reproduction of topsail schooners, called the Baltimore Clippers,...
Bowie, Maryland
This library holds records of the Prince George's County Genealogical Society.
The Prince George's County Genealogical Society, founded in 1969, operates a research center housing more than 4,000 volumes, numerous periodicals, surname files, family group sheets and Bible records microforms. Housed in a 1961 Levitt ranch-style house, the library...
Princeton, New Jersey
This historical society collects local Princeton artifacts, records, and personal objects dating from the 17th century. Bainbridge House serves as the Historical Society's headquarters, including spaces for temporary and permanent exhibitions, a small museum shop, a library and staff offices. The exhibition spaces and shop in Bainbridge House...
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Show Low, Arizona
This museum, operated by the Show Low Historical Society, features archaeological, cultural, and historical materials related to the White Mountains of Arizona.Show Low had its beginning as a ranch claimed by Marion Clark and Corydon Cooley. A creek made its way through the little valley and provided water for irrigation and the cattle grazing on...
Nashville, Tennessee
Here on Dec. 16, 1864 during the Battle of Nashville that Federal troops finally broke the Confederate line on the left flank, resulting in a massive Rebel retreat and a decisive Union victory.Today the hill sits in residential suburban Nashville, marked with a state historical marker. Steps lead up the steep incline to the crest of the heavily...
Macon, Georgia
Poet, musician, and soldier Sidney Lanier was born in this cottage on February 3, 1842, and lived in Macon for much of his youth.Sidney Lanier was born here at his grandparents' home on February 3, 1842, and tragically died only 39 years later on September 7, 1881. He died in the mountains of North Carolina, desperately attempting to recover from...
Petersburg, Virginia
This museum tells the story of the ten-month siege of Petersburg through film, exhibits, and photographs in what was once the 1839 Exchange Building.The Siege Museum interprets civilian life in Petersburg before, during, and immediately after the Civil War. Through artifacts, documents and photographs, emphasis is given to the ten-month siege of...
Arnold, California
The exhibits at the Sierra Nevada Logging Museum highlight economic, technological, social, and cultural contributions made throughout the region by loggers and the logging industry.Interior displays include working models of sawmills and logging camps, historic logging photos, dioramas illustrating the evolution of logging from the 1850s to the...
Lubbock, Texas
The Silent Wings Museum commemorates a special World War II weapons system utilizing gliders, glider pilots, glider troops and their equipment and troop carrier units.Visitors can transport themselves into the era of swing music and patriotism and experience World War II as told by the glider pilots who lived it. Guests can view a restored WACO CG...
Siloam Springs, Arkansas
This museum captures the history of its past with exhibits ranging from American Indian culture to pioneer life.Explore the past through permanent and rotating exhibits highlighting Indian culture, pioneer life, medicine and many other facets of the history of Siloam Springs. Among these exhibits are period rooms that recreate the homes of local...
Virginia City, Nevada
Beginning in the 1860s, a wide variety of fraternal, civic and religious groups established burial yards on the hillside including the Masons, Pacific Coast Pioneers, and Knights of Pythias.Beginning in the 1860s, a wide variety of fraternal, civic and religious groups established burial yards on the hillside including the Masons, Pacific Coast...
Faust, Utah
Simpson Springs was one of the most dependable watering points in Utah's west desert.Indians used it and early travelers and explorers counted on finding water here. It bears the name of one explorer. Caption J. H. Simpson, who stopped here in 1858 while searching for an overland mail route between Salt Lake City and California. George Chorpenning...
Sauk Centre, Minnesota
From 1885 to 1902, this was the home of Sinclair Lewis, the first American author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature.The Sauk Center home provided part of the inspiration for Sinclair's novel Main Street.
Yreka, California
The Siskiyou Museum features exhibits detailing Siskiyou County's colorful history from Indian cultures to 20th century themes.The Native American Gallery features one of the most comprehensive portrayals of Native American life in Upper California. The gallery explores the cultural histories and artistry of local tribes including the Karuk,...
Mt. Shasta, California
The Museum features many exhibits that help to educate visitors on the history of the city of Mt. Shasta, which used to be called Sisson.With exhibits like a model railroad depicting the town of Dunsmuir in it's heyday as a bustling railroad town, an old fashioned dining room, artifacts from Mount Shasta's history. A collection of women's wear...
Sitka, Alaska
Alaska's oldest federally designated park was established in 1910 to commemorate the 1804 Battle of Sitka.All that remains of this last major conflict between Europeans and Alaska Natives is the site of the Tlingit Fort and battlefield, located within this scenic 113 acre park in a temperate rain forest. The Tlingit, Russians, and Americans found...
Dallas, Texas
With more than 400 photographs, 45 minutes of documentary films, and artifacts, this exhibition chronicles the assassination of John F. Kennedy and its aftermath.On November 22, 1963, the Texas School Book Depository building was the focus of world shock, grief, and outrage when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza. Twenty-...
Whitehall, New York
The 19th century Victorian-Gothic castle is now open for tours and serves lunch most days in the Tea Room.In 1874 New York Supreme Court Judge Joseph Potter built the three-story Victorian gothic-style manor out of sandstone quarried from Skene Mountain. Converted into a bar and restaurant in 1946, the home and gardens are now open for tours.
Whitehall, New York
Located in a canal terminal built in 1917, the Skenesborough Museum pays tribute to the history of Skenesborough, and its place in history as the birthplace of the U.S. Navy.The Skenesborough Museum concentrates on the history of the area, along with a focus the U.S. Navy and forms of transportation. The site, a previously unused canal terminal,...
North Yarmouth, Maine
This nonprofit organization is working to transform Skyline Farm into a community resource as a living carriage museum with an antique carriage & sleigh collection, while also preserving the farm's open space and historic buildings for recreational and educational use.A group of preservation minded residents are aggressively pursuing a $1.2...
Canal Winchester, Ohio
The park isn't resting on slate rock -- settlers mistook the dark soil for 350-million year old slate. It's actually shale, a soft rock made from clay deposited by water about 350 million years ago. The park features a historical farm where visitors can learn about and help with chores on a working 1880s farm.Slate Run features a variety of...
Norwich, Connecticut
For more than one hundred years, the Museum has displayed examples of fine and decorative art, representing a broad range of world cultures of the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Africa.Dedicated in 1888 and housed in a stunning Romanesque Revival building, the Slater's local collection represents 300 years of Norwich history. Included are 18th - 20th...
Tarrytown, New York
Founded in 1849, the 90-acre cemetery is the final resting place for many famous personnages, among them Andrew Carnegie, Walter Chrysler, William Rockefeller, Elizabeth Arden, Leona Helmsley, and Washington Irving himself.Founded in 1849 as the Tarrytown Cemetery, the town posthumously honored Washington Irving's request to change the name to...
Tunica, Mississippi
Take a trip from Tunica's past to present inside this county museum.In the Tunica Museum visitors can see how the Mississippi River has changed courses many times through the years. Learn about the Native Americans and how the delta was settled. Or much, much more. Topics include the natural setting, Native American prehistory, early European...
Tuolumne, California
The Tuolumne City Memorial Museum provides a glimpse into the history and culture of the city of Tuolumne.The heritage of Tuolomne is rich as indicated in the museums numerous exhibits, including a history of Summersville Pioneer Families, the history of the Central Sierra Miwok Culture, Spirit of the Pioneer Gallery, Spirit of the Family Gallery...
Sonora, California
The Old Jail building that houses the Tuolomne County Museum and History Center contains displays documenting the county history.The front gallery is full of photographs and artifacts depicting the county's geographical regions. The six regions are represented as follows: Sonora, Crossroads of Tuolumne County; North to Columbia; Jamestown and the...
Tupelo, Mississippi
On the morning of July 14, 1864, the Battle of Tupelo began here at 7:30 a.m. when the Confederates began a series of uncoordinated charges against the Federal position.For many visitors, standing at the one-acre memorial site it is difficult to imagine more than 20,000 soldiers, Americans, clashing in battle here in Tupelo, Mississippi. Today,...
Tuskegee, Alabama
This site incorporates a number of scenic sites and activities for visitors to enjoy and take park in, including scavenger hunts.In the 1940's Tuskegee, Alabama became home to a "military experiment" to train America's first African-American military pilots. In time the "experiment" became known as the Tuskegee Experience and...
Tuskegee, Alabama
The Multicultural Center recounts the history of the different people and cultures that have been a part of this region's struggle for civil rights.The Multicultural Center recounts the history of the different people and cultures that have been a part of this region's struggle for civil rights.
The Tuskegee Human and Civil Rights...
Tuskegee, Alabama
Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site is nestled on the campus of historic Tuskegee University; the site includes the George W. Carver Museum and The Oaks, home of Booker T. WashingtonSince the beginning of America’s existence, education has always been considered as one of the keys to social, political and economical acceptance for...
Tustin, California
The Tustin Area Museum has a number of interesting exhibits and artifacts displaying local history.Some things that visitors while see on a journey through Tustin's history at the museum are Tustin's first fire engine, an old business calculator called a "comptometer", models of an old general store and house, and antique sewing machines...
Highlands, New Jersey
Situated 200 feet above sea level atop the Navesink Highlands, Twin Lights has stood as a sentinel over the treacherous coastal waters of northern New Jersey since 1828.Twin Lights is situated 200 feet above sea level in Highlands, New Jersey. It overlooks the Shrewsbury River, Sandy Hook, Raritan Bay, New York skyline and the Atlantic Ocean. Twin...
Tybee Island, Georgia
The Lighthouse and Head Keepers house have recently complete a major renovation. The newly refurbished lighthouse is very much the same as the original.Ordered by General James Oglethorpe, Governor of the 13th colony, in 1732, the Tybee Island Light Station has been guiding mariners safe entrance into the Savannah River for over 270 years. The...
Middlebourne, West Virginia
Housed in the 1908 Tyler County High School building (first county high school in West Virginia), the museum offers 16 rooms of historic artifacts and items related to the history of Tyler County, WV. Researchers will find a Genealogy Department and an Alumni Room full of historical items from the history of the school. Located on Dodd Street in...
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Wilton, Connecticut
Through its historic house museums and extensive collections, educational programs, and historic preservation activities, the society strives to bring Wilton’s past to life for both children and adults and to preserve the town’s heritage for future generations.The Wilton Heritage Museum consists of two 18th century houses featuring 14...
Dumas, Texas
The Window on the Plains Museum houses extensive displays centered around farming and ranching, industry, business, family and wildlife on the plains of Texas.The Museum contains a number of replicas of old buildings including a 1900's street scene, a general store, a physician, druggist, and dentist office, an early Moore County ranch house, a...
Windsor, Connecticut
The society, founded in 1921, examines over 370 years of Windsor's history through exhibitions, education programs, publications, active collecting, and research.The Windsor Historical Society aims to inspire public awareness and appreciation of the diverse peoples, places and events that contribute to Windsor’s evolving history. We preserve...
Winona, Minnesota
The society was founded in 1935 as a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of materials that document the human history of Winona County.WCHS sponsors a number of programs including tours to regional historic sites, lectures, presentations and films, Publications concentrating on...
Franklin, Tennessee
The Monument at Winstead Hill stands as a memorial to the Confederate Veterans of Tennessee who fought during the Battle of Franklin on November 30, 1864
Winstead Hill Park is located south of downtown Franklin on Columbia Highway and consists of 61 acres with a walking trail, parking area, Civil War monument, and restroom facilities. Winstead...
Winter Garden, Florida
The 1918 Atlantic Coast Line Depot plays host to the Winter Garden Heritage Museum, which investigates central Florida's myriad past.Native American artifacts attest to the extensive civilization that existed here before the arrival of Europeans, while railroad memorabilia fast-forwards to the development of a comprehensive United States...
Winter Garden, Florida
This research and educational facility is dedicated to the preservation of the history of Orange County.The History Center houses our family research center and administrative offices, truly the core of the operation! Here, the focus is on education and research. We offer educational field trips specifically designed for grades 4 and 5. Created by...
Winter Garden, Florida
This museum, opened in 1983, documents the expansion of the railroad through central Florida.Key to conquering the frontier character of Florida through much of the 19th century was the development of an efficient and extensive railroad system. The Winter Garden Railroad Museum chronicles the development of train transportation in the state. The...
Winter Park, Florida
Photographs and historical artifacts showcase the cultural legacy of Orange County in the Winter Park Historical Museum, located in the historic Winter Park Farmer's Market.The museum opened to the public on March 11, 1995 in the north end of the historic Winter Park Farmer's Market. at 200 West New England Avenue and is dedicated to exhibiting...
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
This museum explores the local history of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.Within the living history museum is the Seibert Library and Resource Center, which collects and preserves oral histories, artifacts, documents, writings, photographs, and videos of the people and the history of the greater Elizabethtown area. There are also two restored log...
Winterthur, Delaware
Winterthur, an American country estate, is the former home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), an antiques collector and horticulturist.In the early 20th century, H. F. du Pont and his father, Henry Algernon du Pont, designed Winterthur in the spirit of 18th- and19th-century European country houses. Winterthur offers a variety of tours,...
Madison, Wisconsin
Wisconsin veterans are honored through this museum's exhibits on military history.Wisconsin veterans are honored through this museum's exhibits on military history.
The Veterans Museum offers instructive exhibits that highlight important events in Wisconsin military history from the Civil War to the present. It
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Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Located on the shores of Lake Michigan, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum offers visitors a unique place to spend hours learning about the sailors, shipbuilders and submariners who made that history, and to have some great family fun.Founded in 1970 as the Manitowoc Submarine Memorial Association, the Wisconsin Maritime Museum has grown into one of...
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio's museum of South Texas history, culture, and natural science allows visitors to experience a spectrum of local heritage.Located in Brackenridge Park , on the banks of the San Antonio River , the Witte offers permanent exhibits that include dinosaur skeletons, cave drawings, wildlife dioramas, and even some live animals. Several...
Ray, Michigan
Visitors can escape the daily grind at the mill where they can visit farm animals, step back in time at a historic grist mill, or even play 18 holes of golf.This 2,625 acre park, which also includes Camp Rotary, is located along the banks of the North Branch of the Clinton River in Ray Township, in north central Macomb County. Historic Grist Mill...
Stuart, Virginia
This museum documents the history of the Cherokee tribe in Stuart and the surrounding area.
Visitors here enjoy displays about Indian artifacts and learn about the culture from members of the Cherokee tribe. From deer skin regalia to arrow heads and historical pictures, visitors can enjoy learning about the Native American tribe of the area.This...
Lipscomb, Texas
In addition to exhibiting local artists, the Wolf Creek Heritage Museum displays artifacts and photographs from the history of Lipscomb County.The Wolf Creek Heritage museum tells the story of its people and the evolution of the immigration of these people to the Panhandle. The museum's exhibits explore the social and historical significance of...
Bastian, Virginia
This authentically recreated Cherokee village was built on the site of a prehistoric Indian village dating back to the 1200s.
The site was carefully excavated, mapped, and documented and has since been recreated so visitors can experience the actual layout of the wigwams and palisade. Interpretive guides lead visitors in a hands-on exploration of...
Knoxville , Tennessee
Open in 1999, this Hall of Fame honors both men and women who have contributed to women's basketball.
Located in Knoxville, home of the popular Lady Vols basketball team, the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame honors both men and women who have contributed to the sport. The exhibits feature educational as well as athletic activities.Open in 1999,...
Dallas, Texas
The Women's Museum challenges visitors to explore the lives of women throughout the history of America. The Time Capsule exhibit juxtaposes the costumes and tools of women from 1900 to the present.A Smithsonian affiliate, The Women's Museum™: An Institute for the Future makes visible the unique, textured, and diverse stories of American...
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