Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The 45th Infantry Division Museum is the nation's largest museum depicting the military history of Oklahoma, and features personal items collected from Hitler's apartment.The museum includes a fascinating display of memorabilia collected from Hitler's apartment when it was captured by the 45th.The...
Hiltons, Virginia
The personal collections of Virginia country music pioneer A.P. Carter are exhibited in the family's former home.The old Carter general store and log cabin has been converted into a museum in Hiltons near Bristol and houses the collections of A.P. Carter, his wife, Sara, and her cousin, Maybelle,...
Carrollton, Texas
Visitors can catch a glimpse of life as it was in north central Texas at the turn of the 20th Century at the A.W. Perry Homestead Museum.A.W. and Sarah (Huffman) Perry were pioneer homesteaders of Peters Colony who came to Carrollton in the year 1844 from Carrollton, Illinois. They claimed 640...
Springfield, Illinois
Combining scholarship and showmanship, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum communicates the life and times of Abraham Lincoln through interactive exhibits and galleries.The Illinois State Historical Library was created in 1889 by the Illinois General Assembly, which charged the new...
Bar Harbor, Maine
Acadia has a rich human history that includes Native Americans, European settlers, artists, conservationists, and more.People have been drawn to the rugged coast of Maine throughout history. Awed by its beauty and diversity, early 20th-century visionaries donated the land that became Acadia...
Mardela Springs, Maryland
Eight historic buildings, including a farmhouse, comprise the Adkins Museum Complex
The Adkins historical and museum complex inc was created and developed over a period of 15 years by J. Howard and Louise Adkins. Join us for a tour of eight historic buildings and the gravestones of a revolutionary...
Charlotte, North Carolina
A new center will feature three exhibit areas used for rotating exhibits and the other half of the museum space for displaying artifacts and history of African Americans from the permanent collection.The Afro-American Cultural Center (AACC) of Charlotte is a distinguished, 33-year old institution...
Charlottesville, Virginia
With over 1500 artifacts of historical significance, this museum contains the vast history of Charlottesville, Virginia.The museum and genealogical library strive to promote the history of Charlottesville and Albemarle County through the exhibts, publications, lectures, walking tours, and other...
San Francisco, California
Offering a look at the first U.S. lighthouse and fort on the West Coast, this island explores the history of the Native American occupation and the federal penitentiary.The history of Alcatraz is surprising to those that only know the Hollywood version. Civil War fortress, infamous federal prison,...
Milford, New Jersey
Alexandria Township has an active historical society with programs on antique Christmas ornaments, the Civil War, old breweries, Indians and more, all related to the surrounding area.The Alexandria Historical Society meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at 7:30PM. Meetings are held at the Museum of...
Chazy, New York
Miner purchased the 1824 stone house in the early 1920s as a place to turn her collection into a museum.Visitors can tour three floors of period rooms containing furnishings and artwork of the Colonial Revival Movement, which flourished in the 19th Century. Collections include a display of...
Lima, Ohio
Allen County's historical society maintains the 1893 Victorian MacDonell House, the John H. Keller Railroad Archives, and the Shay Locomotive display.The Allen County Historical Society was founded in 1908. Its mission is to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of Allen County, Ohio, the...
Kodiak, Alaska
The Alutiiq Museum, located on the first floor of the Alutiiq Cultural Center, traces the 7,500 years of the Alutiiq people of southern Alaska. To help preserve the culture and language of the Alutiiq people, the center engages in campaigns to teach the Alutiiq language while museum staff and...
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Housed in the historic Nassau County jail, the Amelia Island Museum of History showcases the island’s 4,000 years of Florida history.Eight flags have flown over the shores of tiny Amelia Island since the French landed here in 1562. The Amelia Island Museum of History's numerous permanent...
Kansas City, Missouri
Scholars, students, musicians, and fans are drawn to the American Jazz Museum to learn about the legends, honor their legacy, or simply enjoy the best music America has to offer.Celebrating the artistic, historical, and cultural contributions of jazz, the American Jazz Museum includes: rare photos...
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The museum collection consists of over 250,000 objects encompassing the history of numismatics from the earliest invention of money to modern day.Through the discovery of money, America’s largest museum dedicated to numismatics brings culture to life. The museum explores art, history, science...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Over the years the American Philosophical Society has gathered and preserved a rich collection that traces American history and science from the Founding Fathers to the computer age.It includes scientific specimens and instruments, patent models, portraits, maps, art works, rare books, and more...
Branson, Missouri
With exhibits including a replica Oval Office, the museum showcases Presidential materials and collections relating to the history of the nation's Presidency and the democratic process.The museum offers a range of exhibits that trace the history of the American presidency. Visit the Oval Office,...
Ames, Iowa
Historian Farwell T. Brown founded the Ames Historical Society, which preserves local records and operates a 19th-century one-room schoolhouse.The mission of the society is to identify, record, collect, preserve, and provide access to evidence of the history of Ames and its surrounding area from...
Amherst, Massachusetts
The Museum is filled with decorative arts, paintings, household implements, agricultural tools and other pieces of history from the nearly three hundred years since Amherst was settled. The Amherst History Museum opened in 1916 and is governed by the Amherst Historical Society, which was...
Anchorage, Alaska
For an engaging look into the history, ethnography, and art of Alaska, plan a trip to the Anchorage Museum--a great place for a casual visit or for more extensive research.The largest museum in Alaska, the Anchorage Museum is a community-based institution with exhibits and programs on the art,...
Savannah, Missouri
Established in 1972, the society opened its first museum in 1976. Today, the museum is housed in a modern 14,000 sq. ft. facility donated by Harry F. Duncan.Over the past decade, the museum has adopted a strategic plan, guiding the museum in a transformation from an institution with displays of...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Kokomo, Indiana
Showing around 100 antique and classic cars, the Automotive Heritage Museum displays the history and evolution of the automotive industry.The Pioneer Auto Club began showing cars in the early 1950's. Their early vision of an auto museum became reality in 1998. Visitors to the museum can wander...
Ellicott City, Maryland
The oldest standing railroad station in the United States houses this museum in historic Ellicott City, Md.Housed in a 180-year-old railroad station that served as the terminus of the B&O Railroad, this museum explores the history of transportation and travel in early America. It does so...
Badin, North Carolina
Visitors can follow the history of Badin through a collection of permanent and temporary displays at this local museum.The story of Badin township begancirca 10,000 B.C. when Native Americans camped on the hill above the falls of our river and fashioned spearheads from outcroppings of rhyolite rock...
Wailuku, Hawaii
Built in 1833 as the home of Edward and Caroline Bailey, Bailey House is now a museum showcasing Hawaiian culture, artifacts, paintings and furnishings from nineteenth-century Maui.The mission home, built on the site of the Royal compound of Kahekili, last ruling chief of Maui, served as the...
Meadville, Pennsylvania
Owned by the Crawford County Historical Society, this historic home has seen a variety of owners and renovations its 200-year history.First purchased in 1840 from by Justice Henry Baldwin from Squire Lord, the house has seen a number of owners and is an excellent resource for one looking to better...
Baltimore, Maryland
This museum devotes itself to preserving the industrial heritage of Baltimore, which developed into a "working man's town" during the Industrial Revolution, becoming part of the Rust Belt.Founded in 1977 and located now in the historic Platt Oyster Cannery building, this museum works to preserve...
Annapolis, Maryland
This museum of African American culture and history in Maryland sits in the former Mount Moriah African Methodist Episcopal Church in Annapolis' historic district.The Banneker-Douglass Museum is named for Benjamin Banneker and Frederick Douglass, and serves as the state's official repository of...
Fishkill, New York
The Scottish-style castle on the Hudson River was built in the early 1900s when purchased by David Bannerman.David Bannerman purchased the island from the Taft family in 1900 as a safe storage site for the weapons he collected on behalf of his business. Mr. Bannerman began construction on a...
Cartersville, Georgia
The center offers many different resources to explore the discoveries of Bartow county's history throughout the years.The museum documents the history of northwest Georgia's Bartow County, spanning more than 200 years since the Cherokee were the area's primary residents. Artifacts, photographs,...
Gassville, Arkansas
The museum's extensive collection of documents, objects, and genealogical records will satisfy the appetite of any visitor interested in the history of this Arkansas county.The collection of the Baxter County Heritage Museum includes the following: Historic school records from all 68 school...
Bayfield, Wisconsin
The association's collection focuses on the general themes of settlement, agriculture, logging, lumbering, brownstone quarrying, fishing, transportation and tourism.Archived materials include maps, early city records, photographs, newspapers, brochures, business records and personal papers which...
Rockville, Maryland
Built in 1815, this Federal-style home features period rooms and rotating exhibits that illuminate the domestic life of a prominent early nineteenth-century jurist.Though today Rockville, MD, is a bustling suburb of the nation's capital, it was but a small rural town when Upton Beall built this...
Freedom, Pennsylvania
Housed in the stately old Vicary mansion is the history center displaying archives, artifacts, and documents detailing the history of the Beaver County area.The Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation was incorporated as a nonprofit organization on December 14, 1971. It was...
Detroit Lakes, Minnesota
With a wide range of research materials, the Becker County Historical Society is an excellent resource for detailed information concerning the history of Becker County.The Becker County Historical Society continues to preserve the history of its people for the next generations. With a multitude of...
Bedford, New York
The society is committed to preserving the historic town and original Village Green, to educating students of all ages in Bedford's unique history, and to interpreting our collections for the benefit of residents and visitors alike.The society is committed to preserving the historic town and...