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...
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...
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...
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...
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Built in 1861, this Victorian mansion was home to American philanthropist and railroad magnate Asa Packer, who went on to found Lehigh University.Mary Packer Cummings willed the mansion and all its contents to the county in 1912 and the home has been open to the public since 1956. Tours lead...
Charlottesville, Virginia
The 535-acre working farm was once owned by President James Monroe and his wife from 1793 to 1826. It continues to provide a unique representation of 19th-century American life.
At the urging of his good friend Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, the 5th U.S. president, bought the property adjacent to...
Salem, Oregon
Built by Asahel Bush II in 1877, this mansion is now a museum that preserves the history of the Salem community.Bush House typifies a Victorian home in the truest sense of that word. Built by Asahel Bush II in 1877-78 and occupied by members of his family for the next seventy-five years, the house...
Ashland, Wisconsin
This Museum contains rotating exhibits connected to Ashland’s past. Displays include everything from old photographs to souvenirs from local gas stations.Learn more about Ashland’s past with a visit to the Ashland Historical Society Museum. Dedicated to preserving the local past, the...
Lexington, Kentucky
The Kentucky estate of the antebellum statesman Henry Clay, known to contemporaries and historians alike as "The Great Compromiser."Visiting Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate is like taking a step back in time. Allow at least an hour, but on a pretty day you’ll want to take no less...
St. Louis, Missouri
The association, founded in 1927, is a dynamic membership organization that provides resources to museums and cultural institutions and services to museum professionals.AMM provides a forum for dialogue and an exchange of ideas, provides resources to create and sustain strong cultural institutions...
Napoleonville, Louisiana
Built in 1896 and still-functioning, this courthouse is the parish's only specimen of Italianate architecture.The Assumption Parish Courthouse was built in 1896, while the nearby jail is an earlier building that was in place by at least 1885. The late 19th and early 20th centuries were a time of...
Golden, Colorado
Explore how the people of Golden, Colorado settled a bustling town that served the developing West as a government center and mining supply town.The Astor House was built in 1867, and stayed in continuous operation as a boarding and rooming house until 1971. It rented rooms and served hot meals to...
Columbia, Tennessee
Built as a private residence, the Athenaeum Rectory became one of the most prestigious schools for women in the United States.Originally designed in 1835 as a home for Samuel Polk Walker, President James K. Polk's nephew, in 1837 it became the residence of the Reverend Mr. Franklin Gillette Smith....
Athens, New York
Once again artists, perfomers, writers and musicians flock to the Hudson Valley to work and live at the Athens Cultural Center.The center offers a full schedule of arts and cultural programming, community events, classes, exhibitions, and other programs. The art museum is housed in a former...
Lexington, Kentucky
The Athens Historic District contains the remaining buildings of an early 19th century village established in the southernmost part of Fayette County.The village is located in the heart of the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. In 1775 a fort was established by Daniel Boone one-half mile west of present...
Somers Point, New Jersey
The museum features major collections in the household, useful, decorative, and fine arts. Maritime enthusiasts will enjoy an extensive display of shipbuilding tools, models, and marine artifacts representing one of the major 19th century industries in Atlantic County and the region. The...
Auburn, Indiana
Housed in the former headquarters of the Auburn Automobile Company, the museum features the story of the activities of the company through artifacts and literature.The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, a not-for-profit educational corporation, is committed, to interpret to an international public,...
Key West, Florida
There are 28 first edition Audubon works in the house, while the gardens offer a lush one-acre view of tropical foliage.Famed ornithologist John James Audubon spent much productive time during his 1832 visit to the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas in this house. He left the Keys with 18 new drawings...
Augusta, Georgia
The Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, located in east central Georgia, interprets this canal's historical development and its national significance.Visitors can float past 200 years of Georgia history on a replica canal cargo boat, visit the award-winning Canal Interpretive Center in a restored...
Augusta, Georgia
This local museum explores the history of Augusta, Georgia.Founded in 1937, the Augusta Museum of History is Augusta’s oldest historical agency devoted to the preservation and presentation of local and regional history. It functions as the steward of the community’s rich, diverse and...
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Built in 1861, this Victorian mansion was home to American philanthropist and railroad magnate Asa Packer, who went on to found Lehigh University.Mary Packer Cummings willed the mansion and all its contents to the county in 1912 and the home has been open to the public since 1956. Tours lead visitors through the library, drawing room, entrance...
Charlottesville, Virginia
The 535-acre working farm was once owned by President James Monroe and his wife from 1793 to 1826. It continues to provide a unique representation of 19th-century American life.
At the urging of his good friend Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, the 5th U.S. president, bought the property adjacent to Monticello in 1799 and moved his family there. The...
Salem, Oregon
Built by Asahel Bush II in 1877, this mansion is now a museum that preserves the history of the Salem community.Bush House typifies a Victorian home in the truest sense of that word. Built by Asahel Bush II in 1877-78 and occupied by members of his family for the next seventy-five years, the house remains theirs in spirit. In fact, much of what...
Ashland, Wisconsin
This Museum contains rotating exhibits connected to Ashland’s past. Displays include everything from old photographs to souvenirs from local gas stations.Learn more about Ashland’s past with a visit to the Ashland Historical Society Museum. Dedicated to preserving the local past, the society strives to collect not only artifacts, but...
Lexington, Kentucky
The Kentucky estate of the antebellum statesman Henry Clay, known to contemporaries and historians alike as "The Great Compromiser."Visiting Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate is like taking a step back in time. Allow at least an hour, but on a pretty day you’ll want to take no less than two hours to see the house, visit the museum...
St. Louis, Missouri
The association, founded in 1927, is a dynamic membership organization that provides resources to museums and cultural institutions and services to museum professionals.AMM provides a forum for dialogue and an exchange of ideas, provides resources to create and sustain strong cultural institutions, and fosters professional development and...
Napoleonville, Louisiana
Built in 1896 and still-functioning, this courthouse is the parish's only specimen of Italianate architecture.The Assumption Parish Courthouse was built in 1896, while the nearby jail is an earlier building that was in place by at least 1885. The late 19th and early 20th centuries were a time of revival styles in architecture, recalling Greek,...
Golden, Colorado
Explore how the people of Golden, Colorado settled a bustling town that served the developing West as a government center and mining supply town.The Astor House was built in 1867, and stayed in continuous operation as a boarding and rooming house until 1971. It rented rooms and served hot meals to lawmakers, laborers, miners, students and families...
Columbia, Tennessee
Built as a private residence, the Athenaeum Rectory became one of the most prestigious schools for women in the United States.Originally designed in 1835 as a home for Samuel Polk Walker, President James K. Polk's nephew, in 1837 it became the residence of the Reverend Mr. Franklin Gillette Smith. Rev. Mr. Smith had come to Tennessee to serve as...
Athens, New York
Once again artists, perfomers, writers and musicians flock to the Hudson Valley to work and live at the Athens Cultural Center.The center offers a full schedule of arts and cultural programming, community events, classes, exhibitions, and other programs. The art museum is housed in a former storefront decorated with graceful cast iron pillars and...
Lexington, Kentucky
The Athens Historic District contains the remaining buildings of an early 19th century village established in the southernmost part of Fayette County.The village is located in the heart of the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky. In 1775 a fort was established by Daniel Boone one-half mile west of present day Athens. The community of Cross Plains was...
Somers Point, New Jersey
The museum features major collections in the household, useful, decorative, and fine arts. Maritime enthusiasts will enjoy an extensive display of shipbuilding tools, models, and marine artifacts representing one of the major 19th century industries in Atlantic County and the region. The Atlantic Heritage Center has been collecting local...
Auburn, Indiana
Housed in the former headquarters of the Auburn Automobile Company, the museum features the story of the activities of the company through artifacts and literature.The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, a not-for-profit educational corporation, is committed, to interpret to an international public, some of the world’s most significant...
Key West, Florida
There are 28 first edition Audubon works in the house, while the gardens offer a lush one-acre view of tropical foliage.Famed ornithologist John James Audubon spent much productive time during his 1832 visit to the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas in this house. He left the Keys with 18 new drawings for his "Birds of America" folio, and he...
Augusta, Georgia
The Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, located in east central Georgia, interprets this canal's historical development and its national significance.Visitors can float past 200 years of Georgia history on a replica canal cargo boat, visit the award-winning Canal Interpretive Center in a restored textile mill, view the Confederate Powderworks...
Augusta, Georgia
This local museum explores the history of Augusta, Georgia.Founded in 1937, the Augusta Museum of History is Augusta’s oldest historical agency devoted to the preservation and presentation of local and regional history. It functions as the steward of the community’s rich, diverse and invaluable material past. The museum curates the...
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
This 18th century National Historic Landmark is still practicing today and adjoins a cemetary with tombstones dating back to 1729.The first church building of Augustus Lutheran Church is still standing and is the oldest unchanged Lutheran Church building in continuous use in the United States. The church building predates the Declaration of...
Aurora, Colorado
The Aurora History Museum is a community-based cultural center featuring changing history and decorative arts exhibits.The museum strives to reach more and more citizens with local history programs and introduce them to the museum as a cultural resource. Educational programs, tours, workshops and family events are offered for all ages throughout...
Weirsdale, Florida
This museum is housed within the Florida Carriage Museum and Resort, which boasts a large collection of historical carriages on its 400 acre resort.The Florida Carriage Museum & Resort is home to one of the worlds finest collections of carriages. Step back into the past and enjoy more than 160 European and American Carriages including the...
Prattville, Alabama
Residents of Autauga County, Ala., can go to the ACHA museum to research family history and other local documents.Residents of Autauga County, Ala., can go to the ACHA museum to research family history and other local documents.
The ACHA was born out of a sense of collective guilt after the Daniel Pratt mansion was leveled. After more than a...
Mankato, Minnesota
Not only a historical society, the Blue Earth County Historical Society offers an exhibit hall and a full research center.The Blue Earth County Historical Society employs many tactics in order to keep the history of the county alive for generations. With the help of volunteers, the exhibit hall is always filled with new displays. Walk in or take a...
Ferrum, Virginia
Museum of Western Virginia history and German-American farm operated by Ferrum College
Operated by Ferrum College, this museum highlights the folk traditions of western Virginia through music, crafts, food, decorative arts, and architecture. The 1800 farmstead with costumed interpreterse and historic breeds of livestock recreates life on a German-...
Asheville, North Carolina
The heritage area at Blue Ridge is known for its thriving traditions of craft, music, agriculture, and Cherokee culture.The Blue Ridge National Heritage Area encompasses the mountains of North Carolina and includes the Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The region’s distinctive landscape contains eastern America...
Winchester, Kentucky
This three-floor museum in the 1894 Guerrant Clinic building focuses on the history of the Bluegrass region, so named after the blue-blossomed grass species that grows here in profusion.
It features displays on the Eskippakithiki Indians, the founding of the Western frontier and Wilderness Road, the Civil War, and the tobacco industry. The Bell...
Taos, New Mexico
The home is filled with a collection of the Blumenschein family's art, a representative sampling of works by other famous Taos artists, fine European and Spanish Colonial style antiques, and the family's lifetime of personal possessions.In the early autumn of 1898, a fortuitous accident resulted in Taos becoming a great American art colony. Having...
Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
Established in September, 1982, the Boalsburg Heritage Museum has been preserving items of historical significance, and promoting awareness of the rich heritage within the Boalsburg and Harris Township community.Historical artifacts unique to the area can be seen on display in the museum. You can also see modern exhibits by artists, craftsmen,...
Austin, Texas
The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in downtown Austin, Texas, tells the “Story of Texas” with three floors of interactive exhibits and entertaining and informative shows.Three floors of exhibits -- three themes as big as Texas history: Land, Identity and Opportunity. The exhibits at The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum...
Boca Raton, Florida
The society explores the history of this southeast Florida city and manages two neraby historic structures.For visitors looking for a comprehensive experience of Boca Raton's history, nothing will benefit them more than a stop at the Boca Raton Historical Society's offices. The Society's docents lead historical tours of the Boca Express Train...
Brentwood, Tennessee
The Boiling Spring Academy is a restored 1830 one room school house located in Primm Historic Park on Moores Lane.The Boiling Spring Academy is a restored 1830 one room school house located in Primm Historic Park on Moores Lane.
On this site, prehistoric Native Americans lived and left their mounds as relics of the Mississippian Period. Many years...
Boise, Idaho
Boise's old Union Pacific Railroad Depot, built in 1925, was recently restored by the Morrison-Knudsen Company.Union Pacific ended service here in 1971, and the building fell into a state of disrepair. Morrison-Knudsen Corporation purchased the depot in 1990, and using old plans and photographs, restored much of the depot to its original state. In...
Lake Wales, Florida
Edward Bok, the late-19th-century periodical pioneer, commissioned the architect Frederick Law Olmstead to construct these gardens.In 1921, Edward W. Bok was spending the winter months in the residential mountain lake community located adjacent to the highest hill of Florida's Lake Wales Ridge, 298 feet above sea level. He enjoyed taking evening...
Sainte Genevieve, Missouri
The properties include the Louis Bolduc House, an outstanding example of French colonial architecture, and the Bolduc-LeMeilleur House, combining French and American styles.Built in 1770 out near the river on the Le Grand Champ field by Louis Bolduc, a Canadian lead miner, merchant and planter, the house is the first instance of an authentic and...
Bonita Springs, Florida
The Bonita Springs Historical Society offers walking tours of the town as well as historical exhibits at the Liles Hotel.The Bonita Springs Historical Society was formed in 1984 by a small and dedicated group of individuals who shared an interest in discovering and preserving the unique heritage of the area. The Society strives to build enthusiasm...
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The delightfully extravagant interior offers a wide array of peculiar objects: visitors will marvel at the ceiling murals, fish sculptures, antique china, and turn-of-the-century carousel animals.The American artist Frederic Clay Bartlett used the Bonnet House as his winter residence. A number of original works are open to public viewing in...
Hardy, Virginia
Author and orator Booker T. Washington was born in this small plantation, where he eventually took his "first breath of freedom."
On April 5, 1856, Booker T. Washington was born a slave on the 207-arce farm of James Burroughs. After the Civil War, Washington became founder and first principal of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial School....
Columbia, Missouri
The Boone County Historical Society maintains several historic museums and homesteads, and conducts a variety of programs and activities such as walking tours and reenactments.The Boone County Historical Society was formally organized in 1963 and opened its first museum facility on July 3, 1976, when it formally dedicated the Maplewood house. This...
Lexington, Kentucky
Visitors to Boone's Station will walk a one-mile trail in the footsteps of Daniel Boone, the famous pioneer who established the settlement in 1779.Daniel Boone (1734-1820), known for his role in the exploring and settling of the Kentucky frontier decided that the settlement of Boonesborough had become far too crowded. In December 1779, Boone and...
Boonsboro, Maryland
The Boonsborough Museum of History houses a varied collection of historical objects spanning thousands of years. Though the emphasis is on Americana, the collection includes such diverse objects as an Egyptian amulet from the 26th dynasty, a bouquet fashioned from human hair, sunken treasure from a Spanish galleon, and a flower plucked from...
Dodge City, Kansas
This museum interprets life in the 19th century through audio-visual programs, exhibits, and a reconstruction of Dodge City in 1876, Old West restorations and history demonstrations.Step back into the 1870's as you walk down the boardwalk of Front Street at Boot Hill Museum, a western history village museum located on the original site of Boot...
Garrison, New York
Built by States Dyckman in 1808, this historic home is a fine example of the Federal style of American architecture.Boscobel is situated on a bluff on the east bank of the Hudson River opposite the United States Military Academy at West Point. Visitors are invited to tour the house museum and surrounding 45 acres of grounds and gardens. The rose...
Hagerstown, Maryland
Preserving America’s colorful canal era and transportation history, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park is 184.5 miles of adventure.Originally, the C&O Canal was a lifeline for communities and businesses along the Potomac River as coal, lumber, grain and other agricultural products floated down the canal to market....
Clifton Forge, Virginia
Here visitors can encounter one of the most extensive railroad history museums in the United States.Railroad buffs will be thrilled with this museum that houses one of the largest railroad connections in the country. Visitors can view historic railcars and furnishings from the C&O line--now CSX--and experience railroad history up close. The...
Virginia Beach, Virginia
This Chesapeake environment museum showcases Virginia area settlers.This environmentally focused, interactive visitor information center in First Landing State Park portrays a historical exhibition of the first landing of the settlers in 1607, plus three aquariums, various environmental exhibits, and a wet lab and touch tank.
St. Michaels, Maryland
Resting on an 18-acre waterfront, this expansive museum looks at the history of the Chesapeake Bay.Founded in 1965, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has expanded from a two acre campus to an 18-acre waterfront. On permanent display are collections of Chesapeake Bay artifacts, visual arts, and watercraft. There are also exhibits about a wide...
Chesapeake Beach, Maryland
This museum highlights the story of the Chesapeake Beach Railway. It includes exhibits of the railway's route and equipment.Located in a train station that was in operation from 1900 until the Great Depression, this museum tells the story of the railway in which the station was a part. Exhibits in the museum portray the story of the railway as...
Chester, Connecticut
The society has accumulated a collection of Chester artifacts including industrial products made by the factories that flourished in Chester during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, diaries, ledgers, books, textiles and clothing, and an extensive collection of photographs.The Chester Historical Society was founded in 1970. In keeping with...
Jonesborough, Tennessee
Opened in 1797, the Chester Inn was known as the finest inn on the Tennessee frontier and played host to three United States presidents-Andrew Jackson, James K. Polk, and Andrew Johnson.Dr. William P. Chester, a native of York County Pennsylvania and an excellent Jonesborough physician, opened the Chester Inn in 1797 on the Great Stage Road. As a...
Chesterfield, Virginia
The history of Chesterfield County from the prehistoric era to modern day is exhibited in this local museum.Housed in a reproduction of the colonial courthouse of 1750, this collection tells the county's story from prehistoric times through the 20th century. Visitors can tour through exhibits that include early Indian culture, artifacts from the...
McKinney, Texas
Chestnut Square Historic Village preserves and perpetuates the heritage of the area by showing how people lived during a period in Collin County history with structures, artifacts, and programming.Chestnut Square Historic Village is a collection of six historic homes, a replica of a one-room school house, a chapel and a store on 2.5 acres just...
Chevy Chase, Maryland
The history of Chevy Chase, which was founded in 1725, is collected and preserved by this historical society.The history of Chevy Chase, which was founded in 1725, is collected and preserved by this historical society.
Chevy Chase Historical Society is a nonprofit membership organization whose mission is to collect, record, interpret, and share...
Rodanthe, North Carolina
With its two stations and five outbuildings, this is the most complete site of remaining life-saving stations in North Carolina.This site is located on Hatteras Island in the village of Rodanthe on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Built and manned in 1874, Chicamacomico was the first United States Life-Saving Service station in North Carolina,...
Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia
The nation's oldest and largest military park, Chickamauga and Chattanooga commemorates the site of two Civil War battlefields with monuments and walking tours.In 1863, Union and Confederate forces fought for control of Chattanooga, the gateway to the deep south. The Confederate’s were victorious at nearby Chickamauga in September, but...
Chico, California
Housed in a former Carnegie Library building in downtown Chico, the Chico Museum has hosted more than 90 exhibits celebrating the distinct heritage of Chico.Exhibits change several times a year and include prestigious traveling exhibits as well as those created by the Museum focusing on local Chico and Butte County history. The Museum's two main...
Pryor, Montana
This day-use park preserves the log home, sacred spring, and farmstead of Chief Plenty Coups.Situated within the Crow Reservation in south-central Montana, 40 minutes south of Billings, this park was the home of Plenty Coups, last chief of the Crow. Plan at least an hour to walk the grounds and browse through the small visitor center that traces...
Rome, Georgia
The museum acts to preserve and interpret the story of 19th century Cherokee life through the life and home of the Ridge family.It presents interpretive exhibits, both permanent and temporary, educational programs, and special events that relate to the Ridge family and Cherokee history and culture. The Chieftains Museum operates as a private, non-...
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Children can learn about science, art and history in the interactive exhibit galleries of this museum.As a unique educational resource, the museum provides children with the opportunity to learn while playing-to create, discover, solve, and experience, within non-traditional, interactive exhibit galleries. It brings teachers, parents, caregivers,...
Richmond, Virginia
Once kown as the "hospital on the hill", this museum houses a collection of equipment used by the doctors and nurses who tended to the soldiers of the Confederacy.The city was flooded with casualties after the first battle of Manassas during the Civil War, which quickly overwhelmed existing hospitals. Wounded were treated in any space available -...
Addison, Vermont
For more than 7,500 years, the jutting shoreline known as Chimney Point has been a strategic settlement for peoples occupying the Champlain Valley. Chimney Point on Lake Champlain in Vermont is one of the earliest, mostly intensely settled, and most strategic sites in the Champlain Valley, with human habitation going back as far as 7,500 years....
Chimney Rock, Colorado
Explore the ruins of a Pubeloan Indian village at this archeological site. A guided walking tour takes visitors through the different sites and explains their individual significance.Designated an Archaeological Area and National Historic Site in 1970, Chimney Rock lies on 4,100 acres of San Juan National Forest land surrounded by the Southern Ute...
Los Angeles, California
Located in the Garnier Building, the Chinese American Museum presents exhibits on Chinese Americans illustrating their rich culture and heritage.Through the extensive collection of art, documents, images and artifacts, visitors can gain a better knowledge of the role of Chinese and Chinese Americans in establishing the California community and the...
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Fort Smith, Arkansas
At this site, visitors can walk where soldiers drilled, pause along the Trail of Tears, and stand by the remains of two frontier forts and the Federal Court for the Western District of Arkansas.A visit to the Fort Smith National Historic Site begins at the Visitor Center, located in the former barracks/courthouse/jail buildings. On the...
Niles, Michigan
Located in the former carriage house of the beautiful Victorian period Chapin Mansion, the museum tells the story of Niles from its colonial start in 1691 to the present.Featured exhibits portray the history of Fort St. Joseph, built by the French in 1691, the story of the Underground Railroad in southern Michigan, and the importance of the...
Roswell, New Mexico
In 1855, the U.S. Cavalry established Fort Stanton as a Cavalry fort. The area is currently managed by the BLM for biological and archaeological qualities, as well as recreational activity.Fort Stanton was established on May 4, 1855 to protect Hispanic settlements along the Rio Bonito from Apache raids. Home to Kit Carson, John "Black Jack...
Rome, New York
Fort Stanwix protected the lives of British soldiers during the French and Indian War and American patriots during the Revolutionary War.Known as "the fort that never surrendered," Fort Stanwix, under the command of Col. Peter Gansevoort, successfully repelled a prolonged siege, in August 1777, by British, German, Loyalist, Canadian and...
Ticonderoga, New York
Exhibits at the fort depict the natural and strategic geography of the historic landscape of the Ticonderoga peninsula during both the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars.Fort Ticonderoga is one of the nation's oldest museums and boasts world class collections – including the largest cannon collection in North America. Museum exhibits...
Fort Totten, North Dakota
This fort, first built as a military post, served American Indian policy from 1867 to 1959 as, variously, an Indian boarding school, Indian health care facility, and a reservation school.Initially, the fort policed the surrounding reservation. The soldiers enforced the peace, guarded overland transportation routes, and aided Dakota (Sioux) who...
Wetumpka, Alabama
Frequent living history events showcase a recreated 1751 French fort, recreated Creek Indian houses, and the partially restored 1814 American Fort Jackson.Nestled at the confluence of the Coosa and Tallapoosa Rivers 15 miles north of Montgomery and just south of Wetumpka, Alabama, Fort Toulouse-Fort Jackson State Historic Site has been a part...
Watrous, New Mexico
Fort Union was used as the first line of defense for the Santa Fe Trail, a link in Native American trade networks.Fort Union was established in 1851 as the guardian of the Santa Fe Trail. During its forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together. The third Fort Union was the largest in the American Southwest, and...
Williston, North Dakota
This reconstructed fort on the North Dakota/Montana border was the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri from 1828 to 1867.At this post, the Assiniboine, Crow, Cree, Ojibway, Blackfeet, Hidatsa, and other tribes traded buffalo robes and other furs for trade goods such as beads, guns, blankets, knives, cookware, and cloth. It...
Vancouver, Washington
Nestled in the Vancouver/Portland metropolitan area, this park illustrates its history through an archaeology collection and interpretive programs.Fort Vancouver NHS and the McLoughlin House unit offer a variety of opportunities for people of all interests and ages. Whether you prefer a solitary walk along a shaded historic pathway, the...
Platteville, Colorado
This site is an 1835 fur trading fort on the South Platte River.This is the site of an 1835 fur-trading fort, following the paths of founders Louis Vasquez and Andrew Sublette. The traders employed many of their mountain-man friends, including Baptiste Charbonneau and Jim Beckwourth, at this adobe outpost on the South Platte River.
Alexandria, Virginia
This well-preserved Union fort, located just outside Washington DC, is complete with a museum detailing life during the Civil War.
This well-preserved Union fort, located just outside Washington DC, is complete with a museum detailing life during the Civil War.
Fort Ward is the best preserved of the system of Union forts and batteries...
Fort Washington, Maryland
The soldiers manning this fort sought unsuccessfully to protect Washington from attack during the War of 1812.At this 180-year-old fort visitors explore the the outer defense for Washington, DC during the War of 1812 and the Civil War. During the War of 1812, British troops stormed the fort in 1814, which was called Fort Warburton at the time. The...
Detroit, Michigan
The fort was used to house and train troops from the Civil War era until Vietnam. Its 82-acre riverside site makes it ideal for tourism and public events.In 1840, at the point on the Detroit River closest to British Canada, the United States Army began surveying local farms for the placement of new artillery post. A five point star fort was slated...
Fort Wayne, Indiana
The museum's collection exceeds 23,000 artifacts that span Fort Wayne and Allen County history from the Ice Age to the present.There are more than 23,000 artifacts in our collection, many of which are on permanent display in a series of exhibits at The History Center. Many of the exhibits include interactive elements, offering families a true...
Lake George, New York
Site of the infamous "Fort William Henry Massacre," the reconstructed fort displays military artifacts from the French and Indian War.Built in 1755 during the French and Indian War as a staging point for sorties against French Fort Carillon, the British stronghold fell to French forces in 1757 and was destroyed. The subject of Cooper’s The...
Portage, Wisconsin
The only building remaning from Fort Winnebago, mid 19th century outpost, the surgeon's quarters contains artifacts and period medical instruments.The building holds surgical equipment of a by-gone day in the Surgeons' Room as well as the fort Surgeon's operating table, furnishings of the Fort Winnebago period in the bedroom, sitting room, and...
Fort Worth, Texas
The museum is devoted to Fort Worth's history as the last outpost along a major cattle trail. 19th-century artifacts and documents are exhibited.Between 1866 and 1890 more than four million head of cattle were trailed through Fort Worth which was soon known as “Cowtown”. For the drovers heading longhorn cattle up the Chisholm Trail to...
Key West, Florida
Named after 12th president Zachary Taylor, the U. S. Army began construction on Fort Zachary Taylor in 1845. The U. S. Navy initially maintained a presence in Key West to deter pirates in the Straits of Florida, but Fort Zachary Taylor's strategic value increased during the Civil War, as it served as the headquarters for the Naval East Coast...
Danbury, Wisconsin
The 80 wooded acres of Forts Folle Avoine Park contain reconstructions of two fur trading posts on their original locations, as well as a Native American village and a 19th century school house.Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park is located on 80 wooded acres along the Yellow River near Danbury, Wisconsin. The park is a living history site where...
Indianapolis, Indiana
This foundation saves and restores historic places by defending Indiana’s architectural heritage, and promoting preservation through education, advice, advocacy, heritage tours, and events at historic sites.HLF, established by volunteers, ranks as the largest private statewide preservation group in the United States, with an Indianapolis...
Bayview, Idaho
This historic lime kilns, which operated from 1904 until 1932, are located on the shore of Lake Pend Oreille at the Scenic Bay Marina.The Scenic Bay Marina Historic Lime Kiln Park is located in Bayview at an RV Resort. A picnic area with tables and charcoal grills is located directly in front of an historic set of five Lime kilns built in the...
Edgewater, Maryland
The site includes a 23-acre park, museum and archaeological site that was the colonial town of London.Within the boundaries of this park was once the late 17th/early 18th-century town of London. On the site are the William Brown House, a National Historic Landmark, and gardens. London Town also features a multi-purpose pavilion, which is rented...
New Harmony, Indiana
This historic site is home to two of America’s earliest utopian communities, focused on living history and historical archaeology.New Harmony, Indiana, located on the banks of the Wabash River, is an experience like no other. A community that began almost two hundred years ahead of its time, New Harmony was first a spiritual sanctuary that...
New Orleans, Louisiana
This museum features local and regional history, with an emphasis on Louisiana culture.The Historic New Orleans Collection is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region. General and Mrs. L. Kemper Williams, collectors of Louisiana materials,...
New Richmond, Ohio
The purpose of this society, formed in 1972, is to preserve, protect, and promote knowledge of the historical heritage of the Village of New Richmond, Ohio, and its surrounding area.Tom Greene, an artist then living in the New Richmond area, had the vision to recognize New Richmond's valuable steamboat era, history, and some of the remaining old...
Raleigh, North Carolina
This 19th-century historic farmstead's goal is to interpret the agricultural heritage and rural history of North Carolina through educational programs, special events and exhibits.The recorded history of Oak View began in 1829 when Benton Southworth Donaldson Williams purchased a tract of land in eastern Wake County from Arthur Pool for $135. The...
Odessa, Delaware
Once a vibrant commercial distric along the Delaware River, the village of Odessa has preserved various homes and businesses in their original 18th and 19th century states.The Historic Houses of Odessa offers guided tours all year long of five historic houses and the adjacent properties, giving visitors a glimpse backward to what life was like in...
West Lafayette, Indiana
This historic discrict is a 300-acre site located within Prophetstown State Park and is dedicated to the preservation of agricultural, environmental, and Native American heritage.Historic Prophetstown interprets a unique Indiana story on the history of the Wabash River Valley region. Visitors are invited to discover a three way mirror to the past...
Staten Island, New York
Historic Richmond Town is New York City’s living history village and museum complex. Visitors can explore the diversity of of Staten Island from the colonial period to present.The village area occupies 25 acres of a 100-acre site with about 15 restored buildings, including homes and commercial and civic buildings, as well as a museum. A visit to...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This historic area highlights the importance of the paper making industry to the development of early America and the essential role of the Rittenhouse family as suppliers of locally produced paper.At the heart of the thriving early industrial community known as RittenhouseTown, the first paper mill in British North America built by William...
Charlotte, North Carolina
This Federal style mansion is noted for its faux grained woodwork and the original French wallpaper that can be seen in three different rooms.The neighbors called it "Frew's Folly," though the reason remains obscure. Perhaps it was the chrome yellow trim, a shocking contrast to the plank and log style houses common to the backcountry. It...
Saranac Lake, New York
The lake is dedicated to nurturing a sense of place and pride in community by advocating the restoration, preservation, and interpretation of the Saranac Lake area.Founded in 1980, Historic Saranac Lake (HSL) is a nonprofit, historic preservation, membership organization offering professional knowledge and experience to the public in support of...
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
Located in the historic Entler Hotel, the museum features furnished Victorian rooms and displays of local and American Indian artifacts.The historic Shepherdstown Museum was founded in 1983 to make preserve artifacts that may otherwise have been lost forever. The first floor of the museum holds the dining and sitting chambers. An invitation to a...
Baltimore, Maryland
The museum features four historic ships, including the USS Torsk submarine, which fought near the Japanese coast during World War II.In cooperation with the USS Constellation Museum, the Maritime Museum operates four historic ships and the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse. The four ships are the USS Constellation, Submarine USS Torsk, Lightship...
Blacksburg, Virginia
Established by Revolutionary war patriot, William Preston, this plantation later became the social and political center of the county.Established by Revolutionary war patriot, William Preston, this plantation later became the social and political center of the county.
On the eve of the American Revolution, the Virginia backcountry was a place of...
Evansville, Indiana
This region is abundant in historical, natural, and recreational resources,This heritage area contains numerous sites of historical significance, including Vincennes, Corydon, New Harmony, Madison, and Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home. Forests, caves, rivers, and lakes offer scenic beauty and recreational activities. Historic Southern Indiana (HSI...
Osprey, Florida
This museum connects visitors with over 5,000 years of human history from the southwest coast of Florida.Sitting upon 30 acres, this museum features a number of regional history exhibits. Experience prehistory by stepping inside A Window to the Past, an archaeology exhibition about the gulf coast region’s earliest people. Be surrounded by a...
Morristown, New Jersey
Stephen Vail, owner of Speedwell Ironworks, purchased 275 acres here in 1733 to build a home, farm, and factory.Today, seven-and-a-half acres of the mid 19th-century original estate remain and contain a reconstructed factory building, the facility where Vail and Samuel Morse first tested the electric telegraph, a granary featuring exhibits on...
Durham, North Carolina
At the center of this once 30,000 acre Bennehan-Cameron estate was a plantation known as Stagville.The Bennehan and Cameron families left immense collections of personal and business papers in two local repositories: The Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the North Carolina State Archives. These...
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Baton Rouge, Louisiana
With prized paintings and unique artifacts, this museum explores the state history of Louisiana.Louisiana State Museum, a complex of national landmarks housing thousands of artifacts and works of art reflecting Louisiana's legacy of historic events and cultural diversity. The Museum operates five properties in the famous French Quarter: the...
Louisville, Colorado
The Louisville Historical Museum occupies three historic buildings constructed between 1904 and 1908.The main building is historically known as the Jacoe Store and features a variety of artifacts and historic photographs that reflect the settlement and industry of Louisville, including coal mining and equipment. The Jacoe Store was placed on the...
Lovell, Maine
The society exists to collect and preserve historical and genealogical records, property, and artifacts, and to encourage and support interest in and study of the history of Lovell.Its collections are available for consultation by its members and other interested parties. In fulfillment of its educational mission, the society presents public...
Baltimore, Maryland
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church houses a museum to the history of this denomination in America.Lovely Lane United Methodist Church houses a museum to the history of this denomination in America.
The museum is housed on the ground floor of Lovely Lane United Methodist Church. Considered the Mother Church of American Methodism, Lovely Lane is...
Wilmington, North Carolina
The Society's activities include restoration and exhibition of the Victorian Italiante style Latimer House, and the upkeep of the Society archives containing a wealth of local historic documents.The Lower Cape Fear Historical Society is housed in the Latimer House in the downtown historic district of Wilmington, North Carolina. The Society is...
Luray, Virginia
Open daily since 1878, these caverns are the largest in all of the eastern United States. The gold colors come from iron and clay soils seeping from the ground and the calcium carbonate "drips."Open daily since 1878, these caverns are the largest in all of the eastern United States. The gold colors come from iron and clay soils seeping...
Santa Rosa, California
Exhibits at this house museum document the history of events that have been occurring in this home for over a century.Luther Burbank was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, on March 7, 1849. In California, his birthday is celebrated as Arbor Day and trees are planted in his memory. The famed horticulturist made his home in Santa Rosa for more than...
Hilo, Hawaii
Originally built for New England missionaries David and Sarah Lyman in 1839, the museum was established in 1931 by their descendants.Today, the Mission House has been preserved, and is on both the State and National Registers of Historic Places. The Lyman Museum building, next door to the Mission House, houses a collection of artifacts, fine art,...
Tarrytown, New York
Lyndhurst is America's finest Gothic Revival mansion and a remarkable example of the Hudson River's grand and historic estates. Overlooking the Hudson River in Tarrytown NY is Lyndhurst, one of America's finest Gothic Revival mansions. The architectural brilliance of the residence, designed in 1838 by Alexander Jackson Davis, is complemented by a...
Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Everything from Civil War re-enactments to strawberry festivals take place at the "Little Red Schoolhouse," from which the Society maintains exhibits and provides walking tours of Lyndhurst. The Lyndhurst Historical Society is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of local historical sites and the...
Johnson City, Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park tells the story of our 36th President beginning with his ancestors and ending with his final resting place on his beloved LBJ Ranch.This entire "circle of life" gives the visitor a unique perspective into one of America's most noteworthy citizens by providing the most complete picture of an...
Austin, Texas
The library dedicated to the former president comprises the life and public career of Lyndon Baines Johnson.The library dedicated to the former president comprises the life and public career of Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Six decades of American history frame the life of Lyndon Johnson in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum: boyhood in Central...
Virginia Beach, Virginia
In the modern bustling resort city of Virginia Beach, this small but stately brick structure was built near the waters of the Lynnhaven River and the Chesapeake Bay in 1725 by the Thelaball family.The 19th century burial ground of the Boush family stands watch to the south of the house that family also once owned. Typical of early colonial...
Emporia, Kansas
The history of Lyon County, which traces its origins to the years right before the start of the Civil War, is comprehensively documented in this local heritage museum.The Lyon County Museum and Historical Society was founded in 1937. The current Museum holdings include over 150,000 items of Lyon County history spanning from 1865 to the present....
Tallahassee, Florida
This ancient community marks where Apalachee Indians and newcomers from Spain came to live in close proximity together form military and economic purposes.As Florida's only reconstructed mission, Mission San Luis offers an invaluable glimpse into the state's Catholic past under Spanish colonial rule. The mission's history is made accessible by...
Grapeland, Texas
The park was built in 1934 as a commemorative representation of Mission San Francisco de los Tejas, the first Spanish mission in the province of Texas.The Spanish mission was established in 1690. Also in the park is the restored Rice Family Log Home, built in 1828 and restored in 1974. The home, which Joseph Redmund Rice, Sr. constructed between...
Camp Shelby, Mississippi
The museum honors the service and sacrifices of Mississippi's servicemen and women during war times.The Armed Forces Museum Building features over 16,000 square feet in exhibit space, a theater, gift shop, Medal of Honor tower, a central courtyard, a library and archive and a row of monuments dedicated to units that trained at Camp Shelby and...
Jackson, Mississippi
This sports museum features the influence of recreational culture and excitement in Mississippi.Today, with enthusiastic statewide support and some 250,000 visitors later, this once casual concept proudly stands as "Mississippi's First Museum for the 21st Century." Operated by the Mississippi Sports Foundation, Inc., the Mississippi...
St. Louis, Missouri
The museum has been active in the St. Louis community since 1866. Founding members joined together “for the purpose of saving from oblivion the early history of the city and state.”Today, the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park offers exhibitions and events, including theatrical performances; concerts; family festivals; special...
Detroit, Michigan
The complex was established in April 2000 and remains today dedicated to the mission of preserving the birthplace of the Model T.The Ford Piquette Avenue plant is well preserved and largely unchanged from its original 1904 appearance. The exterior of the building is immediately recognizable as the same building shown in early photographs - still...
Alturas, California
The museum uses various artifacts and displays to trace the history of the local area from the 20th century back to the inhabitance of the land by Native American tribes.Modoc County Historical Museum houses a large collection of artifacts and firearms including handguns and rifles from the 15th century to the post-World War II era. Rotation of...
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
One of America's finest Georgian mansions, the house was built for merchant John Moffatt between 1760 and 1763. Much of the original decor is preserved, and various antique furniture and artwork are on display.The Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden (1763) is a National Historic Landmark open to the public as a historic house museum since 1912....
Denver, Colorado
A symbol of the Victorian era in Denver, The Molly Brown House Museum is a great example of living conditions for the wealthy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.In 1970 local citizens joined forces to preserve the long-time home of Titanic’s most famous survivor. They organized as Historic Denver, Inc. and began a long-legacy of...
Amherst, Virginia
This museum documents the history of the Monacan Indians, a tribe that has inhabited the Amherst region for over 10,000 years.The Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia is a small tribe today, composed of about 1,400 people, located in the Amherst County area near Lynchburg and recognized as a tribe by the State of Virginia. The original territory of...
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Near famed Natural Bridge, this living history village depicts the life of the Monacans 300 years ago.Natural Bridge and the Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia have joined together to construct a living history Native American Village complex. Visitors will be invited to step back in time and see what life would have been in a typical Native...
Sidney, Montana
The MonDak Heritage Center is considered one of the finest facilities of its kind in the state of Montana and is the focal point of cultural activities in Richland County.The Center houses a MonDak Pioneer Town Museum in its lower level with a street scene depicting an early MonDak region pioneer town. Upstairs are two art galleries, two libraries...
Monessen, Pennsylvania
Opening its doors in 2004, this museum, owned and operated by the Greater Monessen Historical Society, chronicles the history of Monessen and the surrounding areas.
Exhibits provide information to visitors about the 29 diverse ethnic groups that have contributed over the years to settling Monessen. Another exhibit currently in development in the...
Freehold, New Jersey
MCHA promotes the study and appreciation of regional and national history through educational programming, publications, special exhibits, and research services.The Monmouth County Historical Association (MCHA) collects, preserves, and interprets its extensive museum, library, and archival collections that relate to Monmouth County's history and...
Lincroft, New Jersey
Created in 1960, the Park System has more than 30 parks, forests, gardens, wetland/marine habitats, golf courses, historic sites, recreation areas, and conservation properties totaling over 14,000 acres.The Monmouth County Park System is Monmouth County's open space, park and recreation agency. Each year, the Park System also offers over 4,000...
Monroeville, Alabama
The Old Courthouse Museum houses the headquarters of the Monroe County Heritage Museum, a conglomerate of many local historic sites.
The beautiful old Courthouse on the town square, which now houses the Monroe County Heritage Museums, served as a model for the famed courtroom scene from "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, a...
Monroe, Michigan
This historic building hosts a museum and an archive, both focusing on America's colonial period and the changes that the nation went through as it developed over the course of the 19th century.Located in the heart of downtown Monroe, this imposing Georgian style public building was built as a post office in 1910, on the site of General and Mrs....
Sparta, Wisconsin
The exhibits illustrate the past experiences of Monroe County, from agricultural growth and the pioneer age to military and industrial developements.The Local History Room is dedicated to documenting Monroe County life in all periods through collecting artifacts, documents, photographs, and genealogical resources. It is locally focused,...
Monroe, Michigan
A glimpse into Michigan's labor history, available at this careful but comprehensive museum, reveals complex social relationships and political intrigue.The museum chronicles the development of the Michigan labor movement beginning in the latter half of the 19th century and following it until the present day. Museum exhibits teach visitors about...
St. Helena , Montana
Montana's Museum collects, preserves, and interprets fine art, historical, archaeological, and ethnological artifacts that pertain to Montana and its adjoining geographic region.Montana's Museum collects, preserves, and interprets fine art, historical, archaeological, and ethnological artifacts that pertain to Montana and its adjoining geographic...
Lake Arbor, Maryland
This archaeological site used to be one of the most prominent tobacco plantations in the country.Of the large tobacco plantations of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, Northampton was one of the most prominent. However, only the ruins of the main plantation house, some outbuildings, and the slave quarters remains, even though the area was in...
Elko, Nevada
The Northeastern Nevada Historical Society maintains the Northeastern Nevada Museum in Elko, Nevada.Exhibits at this museum cover a wide range of topics about the area, from Native American and Chinese life in the area. There is a guns collection exhibited and many other historical aritifacts, as well as a substantial art collection.
Coulterville, California
The history center offers beautiful displays in a building that is over 150 years old, coupled with the charming downtown, teach what it was like to be in the first days of California statehood.The Northern Mariposa County History Center is a great place to begin exploring the area. The town is small but loaded with history. Sun Sun Wo, the main...
Wallace, Idaho
This railroad museum in the historic town of Wallace, ID, is located in a chateau-style former rail depot on the National Register of Historic Places.This railroad museum is located in an historic depot listed on the National Register of Historical Places along with the entire town of Wallace. The museum looks back at the time when railroads were...
Dillsburg, Pennsylvania
The society manages two buildings-- the Maple Shade Barn and Dill's Tavern, an 18th-century living history museum.The Northern York County Historical and Preservation Society was formed in 1984 to promote and encourage the study, collection and preservation of any or all aspects of the historical and cultural heritage of the area included within...
Seattle, Washington
An 1897 Pacific schooner is the centerpiece of the fleet of historic ships docked at the Seaport.The Northwest Seaport's fleet includes the Arthur Foss, a tugboat from 1889, the Swiftsure, a lightship from 1904, the Twilight, a salmon troller from 1933, the Yakutat, a halibut schooner, and the Wawona, a Pacific schooner from 1897 that is one of...
Norwalk, Connecticut
Originally founded in 1899, the Norwalk Historical Society intends to preserve the past of Norwalk for future generations.The Mill Hill complex consists of three historical buildings and a cemetery. Through the efforts of the Norwalk Historical Society they have been preserved and established in one location as a monument to early Norwalk.
Novato, California
The Novato History Museum attempts to explore the history and culture of the Novato area.Visitors can see various exhibits about local history in the home of Novato's first Postmaster, Henry F. Jones. The building, possibly the oldest dwelling in Novato, may have been one of several houses constructed by Ramon Pacheco circa 1850. (from website)
Provo, Utah
The Nunns Provo Station Power Plant was the first 44,000 volt hydroelectric plant in America.Built in 1897 by Luclen L. Nunn at an estimated cost of just $50,000, the plant harnessed the power of the Provo River to generate electricity and transmit power over a distance of 32 miles to mining operations in Mercur, Utah. This was almost three times...
Georgetown, Delaware
Visitors can explore through the collection of victrolas, ephemera, photographs, telephones, furniture, and many more items related to Georgetown history.There are many historic buildings on the museum grounds such as the Ellis School, a one room school house built in 1833. There are two large barns on the grounds which house carriages from Mr....
Canton, Ohio
The Hall of Fame, opened in 1963, stands as a shining tribute to the men who have made professional football America’s most popular sport.The Pro Football Hall of Fame has grown in both size and stature. The building was expanded in 1971, 1978 and 1995; and completed major exhibit gallery renovations in 2003 and 2008. Together, these improvements...
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The ProRodeo Hall of Fame and Museum of the American Cowboy is the only museum in the world devoted exclusively to the sport of rodeo and its star, the rodeo cowboy.Opened in August 1979, with a first-year honoring of 69 two-legged plus 14 four-legged contestants, the museum allows visitors to trace the history of rodeo and relive the glory of its...
Providence, Rhode Island
A late-nineteenth-century architectural marvel, City Hall still plays host to Providence's government.Built in 1878, Providence City Hall remains one of Providence’s most significant and celebrated historical buildings. Following a narrow escape from the wrecking ball in 1975, City Hall underwent extensive restoration, resulting in its...
Latham, New York
The Pruyn House stands an example of the architecturally distinguished homes built by associates of the land-owning elite of the upper Hudson Valley in the early 19th century.The house was built by Casparus F. Pruyn, the business agent of Stephen Van Rensselaer III and his son, William P. Van Rensselaer. Rensselaerswyck was a manor laid out on...
Sharpsburg, Maryland
This home once served as George McClellan's headquarters during the Battle of Antietam and has now been converted to a museum.Part of Antietam National Battlefield, this historic house served as the headquarters for Union Commander George B. McClellan. President Lincoln visited the house two weeks following the battle. Exhibits here include...
Portland, Oregon
As the hostilities of WWII came to a close, this small, fast, heavily armed naval vessel was built and put in service.PT658 was built at the Higgins Industries Boatworks in New Orleans. The keel was laid down 2-24-45, launched on 4-11-45 and completed on July 30, 1945. The boat was originally slated to be part of Squadron (RON) 45, which was never...
Sacramento, California
The last "Fast Patrol Boat" of the Vietnam War is now undergoing restoration and open for guided tours.Liberty, PTF-26, is the last of the Vietnam-Conflict "Fast Patrol Boats". The PTFs were directly derived from the World War II PT Boats. The first two PTFs built were post WW II PT Boats, the next twenty were 80 foot wood...
Honaunau, Hawaii
Through preserving Hawaii's tradition past, this place provided refuge to Hawaiians who came here—and today, visitors seek a peaceful spot.Visitors can see Hawaii as it once was. Walk the Royal Grounds, observe a cultural demonstration, or simply relax and enjoy a sunset at the picnic area. In addition to the indoor visitor’s center, there...
Kawaihae, Hawaii
Built between 1790-91 by Kamehameha I, this site displays the skill of chiefs, men, women, and children under his leadership, who extended his reign over all Hawaiian Islands.Pu‘ukohola Heiau is one of the most famous heiau (temple) in the Hawaiian Islands. This heiau is an integral component of the traditional Hawaiian social, political,...
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The museum is a collections-based educational organization that explores and celebrates the world and our place in it. It seeks to educate and delight the public, contribute to the well-being of its community, and enhance the quality of life in West Michigan.The Public Museum accomplishes its goals by collecting and preserving authentic objects of...
Phoenix, Arizona
This museum explores the history of the nearby 1,500-year-old Native American village ruins.Pueblo Grande Museum is located at a 1,500 year-old Hohokam village ruins in modern day Phoenix. For over 70 years the museum has been dedicated to the study and interpretation of the Hohokam culture. On the 102 acre park grounds, visitors explore the ruin...
Emlenton, Pennsylvania
This museum details the history of Emlenton, a western Pennsylvania oil town.The museum is located in the Crawford Center – one of several activities in the former Crawford Memorial School Building. Current displays include memorabilia from the early oil fields in western Pennsylvania and the Emlenton refinery. In addition, documents, and...
Greencastle, Indiana
The museum strives to collect, preserve, and interpret the natural, historical, and cultural heritage of Putnam county through education, exhibits, and programs.A photo exhibit at the museum displays a variety of local churches, both past and present. The newest edition to the collection is the the South Putnam display which is part of a Putnam...
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Sleepy Hollow, New York
Visitors to "Sleepy Hollow Country," as Washington Irving called the area, can explore a number of historic locations related to The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Irving himself.If you don't mind a little walking, you can easily trace Ichabod Crane's famous ride up the Albany Post Road (now Route 9, Broadway). There are several local sites Irving...
Birmingham, Alabama
Sloss Furnaces produced iron for nearly 90 years, which gave rise to the city of Birmingham.In 1881 and 1882, North Alabama planter and investor James Withers Sloss built the furnaces which became known as the "City Furnaces." Extensively rebuilt and modernized in the late 1920s, the current steel-jacketed furnaces employed an estimated...
Carthage, Tennessee
The Smith County Heritage Museum chronicles the rich history of Smith County’s land, people, and industry. In 2001 an alliance between the Smith County Historical and Genealogical Society and the Smith County Chamber of Commerce was formed for the purpose of creating a heritage museum. And thus the Smith County Heritage Museum was...
Asheville, North Carolina
Built by one of antebellum North Carolina's most influential citizens, this property was once the home of mayors, a Confederate Major, and friends of the Vanderbilts at nearby Biltmore Estate. The 4-story mansion was built on a plantation south of Asheville approximately twenty years before the Civil War. Constructed on a hill’s summit...
North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Smith's Castle provides tours, historic reenactments, and educational programs spanning four centuries of Rhode Island history.During the 18th century, large plantations dotted the Narragansett shoreline from Wickford south to Point Judith and west to Connecticut. Richard Smith, Jr. was one of the first of the so-called Narragansett Planters. In...
Surry, Virginia
This mid-18th century brick house is furnished with a fine collection of English and American antiques.Nestled on the south side of the James River, Smith's Fort Plantation offers a quiet refuge from the bustle of everyday life. Built sometime between 1751 and 1765, the story-and-a-half brick house is laid in Flemish bond and was home to Jacob...
Washington, District Of Columbia
More than 7,000 artists are represented in the nation's first collection of American art, among them Winslow Homer, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Hopper, and Lee Friedlander.The Smithsonian American Art Museum, the nation's first collection of American art, is an unparalleled record of the American experience. The collection captures the aspirations,...
Washington, District Of Columbia
Completed in 1855, the Smithsonian's first building is an orientation center for the other museums, providing an 18-minute video and interactive displays on the Castle's history.Completed in 1855, the original Smithsonian Institution Building was designed by architect James Renwick Jr., whose other works include St. Patrick’s Cathedral in...
Washington DC, District Of Columbia
The Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation was founded in 1995 at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History through a generous gift from the Lemelson Foundation. Its collection documents the history of invention and technology.
The online catalog features a various guitars, from early...
Smithville, Ohio
The society highlights historic buildings including a blacksmith shop, log cabin, a mill, a barn, and others. Its purpose is to do all within its power to discover and collect all the available historical material connected with the history of Smithville.The log cabin gives visitors a glimpse into the world of pioneer forefathers (and mothers) who...
Prescott, Arizona
The museum presents a thematic exhibition of a variety of art based on the theme, From the Earth.For generations, American Indian tribes have sought to live in harmony with the beautiful and harsh environment of the Southwest and discovered ways to thrive with what is able to grow here. Each piece of art was inspired by the natural world, growing...
Salina, Kansas
The extensive collection that the Museum has in its possession makes it a required stop for anyone interested in Kansas history.The Museum’s collection features over 20,000 artifacts from the 1800s to the present day. One of the earliest artifacts owned by the museum, a desk used by town founder William Phillips, is currently on display in...
San Francisco, California
The Society of California Pioneers maintains a rotating schedule of stimulating, cross- disciplinary exhibitions focused on California art, history, and culture.Highlights of recent seasons include "Points of Interest: The Lawrence and Houseworth Albums" featuring over seventy rare stereoviews from The Society’s permanent...
Washington, District Of Columbia
Housed in magnificent Anderson House, this centuries old historical society was first under the leadership of George Washington to commemorate the unity of the American Revolution.The Society of the Cincinnati was founded at the close of the Revolutionary War by the officers of the Continental line and their French counterparts, who had served...
Norwich, Connecticut
As a living museum, visitors can experience 18th century civilian life as they walk through the rooms and feel a connection to those who founded this country.The Christopher Leffingwell House is unique in illustrating the development from 17th century beginnings to a mid 18th century town house. Built as a simple two room house in 1675 by Stephen...
El Paso, Texas
The present Socorro Mission was constructed around 1840 to replace an earlier 18th-century mission destroyed in 1829 by flooding of the Rio Grande.The original Franciscan mission, Nuestra Señora de la Concepción del Socorro, was founded in 1682 by the Franciscan order, to serve displaced American Indians (the Piro, Tano and Jemez)...
Aline, Oklahoma
At one time thousands of sod houses dotted the plains region of North America. This "soddy" built by Marshal McCully in 1894 is the only one still standing in Oklahoma that was built by a homesteader.Furnished and preserved by the Oklahoma Historical Society, features include authentic artifacts of early farm life, outbuildings, cellar,...
New York, New York
Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the Guggenheim is one of the 20th century's greatest architectural achievements. Its permanent collection ranges from Impressionist to contemporary art.An internationally renowned art museum and one of the most significant architectural icons of the 20th century, the Guggenheim Museum is at once a vital cultural...
Creswell, North Carolina
This historic site offers an interpretive tour that distinguishes the different plantation owners, enslaved community, employed whites, and free blacks.Somerset Place is a representative state historic site offering a comprehensive and realistic view of 19th-century life on a large North Carolina plantation. Originally, this atypical plantation...
Santa Rosa, California
The museum interprets the region's rich history, art, and culture by exhibiting and collecting relevant objects and artwork.
Some exhibits that are housed in the museum are "California Landscapes from the Sonoma County Museum Collection", "Artistry in Wood", and "Candida Hofer: Interiors".The museum interprets the...
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Seneca Falls, New York
Seneca Falls hosted the First Women's Rights Convention, and today you can learn about the people who organized it, the people who came, and what happened next. In 1848 Elizabeth Cady Stanton and four other women invited the public to the First Women's Rights Convention to discuss expanding the role of women in America. At the end of the two days...
Bowling Green, Ohio
In 1975, the historical center and museum opened its doors to the public, providing just three rooms of exhibit space in the West Wing. Today, the majority of the original infirmary building has been converted into space used for historical exhibits.Almost all of the items held here have been donated by area residents. Contemporary visitors to the...
Rochester, Minnesota
WLBPA was established to preserve a famous Civil War battlefield fought against white settlers and American Indians in 1862.The Wood Lake Battle Site is the location where the final hostile actions of the Lower Sioux occurred. It ended the outbreak of hostilities that began on the early morning of August 18, 1862; following an extended period of...
Dover, Delaware
Woodburn has served as the official residence of the Governor of Delaware since it was purchased by the state in 1965.Historians credit Woodburn's historical importance as much to the home's architecture as to its previous notable residents. Gentlemen farmers, landowners, an abolitionist, two U.S. Senators, two doctors, a dentist, a judge and...
Alexandria, Virginia
This expansive 19th century estate once belonging to Martha Washington's daughter.The main Federal-style house was designed by the architect of the U.S. Capitol, Dr. William Thornton, and constructed between 1800 and 1805 for Washington’s nephew Major Lawrence Lewis and his bride, Eleanor “Nelly” Custis Lewis. During the Lewis...
Sandy Spring, Maryland
The Woodlawn Manor sits on several acres of land that include a unique stone barn and four original outbuildings and connects to the Underground Railroad Experience Trail.The Woodlawn Manor sits on several acres of land that include a unique stone barn and four original outbuildings and connects to the Underground Railroad Experience Trail....
Washington, District Of Columbia
D.C.'s only presidential museum, the Woodrow Wilson House offers exhibits on the administration and life of the 28th President.The Woodrow Wilson House is a national historic landmark and house museum that focuses on President Woodrow Wilson's "Washington Years (1912-1924)". The museum promotes a greater awareness of Wilson's public life...
Staunton, Virginia
Museum galleries guide visitors through Wilson's public life, from his Princeton study to his historic Great War peace efforts, and also encompass his service during 1913 - 1921 as the 28th President.The Manse house museum comes to life through period furnishings, the Wilsons' household belongings, and guided interpretation. A charming 1933...
Woodstock, Connecticut
The purpose of the society is to acquire and preserve historical knowledge and materials of Woodstock, Connecticut.
Saugerties, New York
As a tribute to the famous music festival, the Woodstock Museum embodies the spirit that changed a generation.In an effort to help younger generations grasp the cultural revolution associated with the Woodstock Music Festival, the Woodstock Museum has several movies on Woodstock and the Woodstock Festivals. In addition, the museum focuses on the...
Atlanta, Georgia
This museum explores the present, past, and future of the Coca-Cola brand.With 60,000 square feet for you to explore, the World of Coca-Cola features more than 1,200 artifacts from around the world that have never been displayed to the public before. Around every corner visitors can experience new and exciting attraction including interactive...
Washington, District Of Columbia
The National World War II Memorial commemorates the sacrifices and celebrates the victory of the of the WWII generation.The National World War II Memorial commemorates the sacrifices and celebrates the victory of the of the WWII generation.The memorial was completed and dedicated in 2004 and is located on The National Mall between The Washington...
Knoxville, Tennessee
This site of the 1982 World's Fair is landscaped with waterfalls and other natural scenes.
Once the site of the 1982 World's Fair, this incredible park includes miles of lawn, acres of flowers, cascading waterfalls, placid streams, and many more gifts of natural beauty create an inviting environment for festivals, performances, meetings,...
Worthington, Ohio
The society was founded in 1955 by Worthington citizens in order to preserve the history and heritage of the community.Properties such as the Orange Johnson House, the Old Rectory, and other acquisitions, were made through donations from the community, and are being maintained by the society for the benefit of the community and all those who come...
St. Albans, West Virginia
On the front porch of this Queen Anne Victorian home, Joel Chandler Harris penned many of the Brer Rabbit tales.
Atlanta's oldest house museum, Wren's Nest was the home of author Joel Chandler Harris from 1881 to 1908. The house was named after the wrens that made a nest in the mailbox. Today the home features most of the Harris family’s...
Manteo, North Carolina
Wind, sand, and a dream of flight brought Wilbur and Orville Wright to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina where, after 4 years of experimentation, they achieved the first successful airplane flight.On display in the visitor center are a full-scale reproduction of the 1902 glider, a full-scale reproduction of the 1903 flying machine, an engine block from...
Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
The Wright Museum works to research and preserve the history of the Second World War--as it had impacts both domestically and abroad--for generations to come.The Wright Museum's mission is to preserve and share the stories of America's Greatest Generation for the benefit of generations to come. As a one-of-a-kind non-profit institution, the Wright...
Wrightsville Bch, North Carolina
Housed in the turn of the century Myers Cottage, the museum chronicles the past century of Wrightsville Beach and features a 12-foot model of the area as it was in 1910. The town of Wrightsville Beach occupies one of the chain of barrier islands along North Carolina's southeastern coast. These islands, geologically relatively young, presented...
Chicago, Illinois
Opened in 1914, Wrigley Field is the second oldest Major League Baseball stadium in use, behind Fenway Park. Originally named Weeghman Park, its first tenants were the Chicago Whales of the Federal League before the Chicago Cubs became the primary tenants in 1916. While the stadium was constructed for baseball, the Chicago Bears played at Wrigley...
Flagstaff, Arizona
One of the nation's largest and oldest pueblos stands today as a testament to the ingenuity and successes of early Native Americans who lived in the American Southwest.Less than 800 years ago, Wupatki Pueblo was the largest pueblo around. It flourished for a time as a meeting place of different cultures. Yet this was one of the warmest and driest...
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