American History, General
Naugatuck, Connecticut
Founded in 1959, the society is a membership supported organization that brings together people who are interested in history, and especially in the history of Naugatuck, Connecticut, and environs.The organization has about 200 members and has recently opened their new office and museum in the...
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
The Gilded Age saw the construction of some of America's most beautiful homes. The facade and furnishings of this summer cottage, designed in 1885, add to the era's characteristic grandeur. Naumkeag was the summer "cottage" of the Choate family who began summering in Berkshire County in...
Indianapolis, Indiana
The NCAA Hall of Champions captures and celebrates a long history of collegiate sports.The NCAA Hall of Champions is designed to create an appreciation for the trials and triumphs of the student-athlete. To that end, all of our exhibits interactively engage visitors and create a true-to-life...
Lincoln, Nebraska
The Nebraska State Historical Society marks its 125th Anniversary in 2003. Since its founding in 1878, barely a decade after Nebraska's statehood, the Society has preserved and interpreted the history and cultures of the people who have made this place their home for some twelve thousand years.For...
Kansas City, Missouri
The Negro Leagues existed in the era of Jim Crow and segregation as a comfortable and competitive outlet for African-Americans who loved to play baseball and this museum exists to preserve this rich history.Since its founding in 1990, the museum has moved twice and finally settled in its current...
Wilmington, Delaware
Nemours is the 300-acre country estate of the late industrialist and philanthropist Alfred I. duPont.Located on the grounds of the renowned Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware, it derives its name from the town in France represented by Mr. duPont's great-great-grandfather...
Reno, Nevada
This museum chronicles the lives of the earliest inhabitants of the Great Basin up until the rise of the gambling industry.Permanent exhibits at this museum cover the U.S. federal presence in Nevada, "Neon Nights," and Native Americans from the area, among other things. There are also...
Carson City, Nevada
The Nevada State Capitol was designed by San Francisco architect Joseph Gosling for $250, and built by local building contractor Peter Cavanaugh between 1870 and 1871.It is a two-story masonry Classical Revival structure that incorporates Renaissance Revival and Italianate elements into its...
Carson City, Nevada
Beginning in 1870, eight coin denominations bearing the mint mark "CC" were produced until June 1, 1893. More than $49,000,000 of gold and silver was coined here. The mint is now a museum dedicated to preserving Nevada's rich history.With an abundance of silver from the booming Comstock...
Green Bay, Wisconsin
The museum preserves the history and stories of Northeast Wisconsin.The central exhibit of the musum is 'On the Edge of the Inland Sea', a 12,000 year walk through time that leads visitors on a journey from the end of the last Ice Age to the mid-20th century. It uses thousands of artifacts,...
New Castle, Delaware
The New Castle Historical Society offers visits to three sites: the Amstel House, the Dutch House, and the Old Library Museum.The Dutch House is a small 17th century, in which visitors will find a pewter set, an unusual cupboard, a spoon rack, a 1714 Bible, and other Dutch colonial artifacts. The...
Hopkinton, New Hampshire
Housed in the William H.Long Memorial building, the society collects artifacts and records in order to document and illuminate the history of Hopkinton.The New Hampshire Antiquarian Society, founded as The Philomathic Club by three Hopkinton residents in 1859, began as a literary discussion group...
New Haven, Connecticut
Located in New Haven's historic downtown, the museum offers visitors the opportunity to explore the city and region's people, places and events from the Quinnipiac Indians to the present day.The New Haven Colony Historical Society was founded in 1862 by a group of citizens interested in preserving...
Newport, New Jersey
The Trail shows visitors roads with historic villages, migrating eagles, and boardwalks on miles of sandy beaches.This auto-trail stretches nearly 300 miles along New Jersey’s shore and bays. Travel through the Trail’s five regions and the nation’s oldest operating lighthouse; the...
New London, Connecticut
The New London County Historical Society contains collections of photographs, postcards, scrimshaw and whaling tools, antique souvenirs, all pertaining to the history of the county.One of the first goals of the organizers was to begin to collect materials of historical and genealogical value. By...
New London, Wisconsin
A local history of the town of New London is given by this public museum.
The New London Public Museum was established in 1917 with a donation of unique taxidermy items from the collection of Charles F. Carr. Over the decades the museum's collection has grown to include a wide variety...
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The New Mexico History Museum began as the development of a storage facility for collections at the Palace of the Governors decades ago and has evolved into a first-class museum project, spurred by the national rethinking of the role history museums play in communities. They are no longer attics or...
New Milford, Connecticut
The museum, just north of the New Milford Green, is happy to provide student and adult tours, genealogical research, and admission to special exhibits.The museum’s galleries, special exhibits, and museum shop capture a slice of life that was our ancestors’ … and celebrate their...
New Orleans, Louisiana
A story rich with innovation, experimentation, controversy and emotion, the park provides a setting that portrays the development and progression of jazz in New Orleans.Located in the heart of New Orleans French Quarter, the park's visitor center offers diverse opportunities to learn about the...
New York, New York
Founded in 1804, the New York Historical Society's holdings cover four centuries of American history, and include one of the world’s greatest collections of historical artifacts, American art and other materials documenting the history of the United States as seen through the prism of New York City...
Albany, New York
Located in the Cultural Education Center in Albany, the New York State Archives maintains over 130 million historical documents from the 17th century to the present.The New York State Archives was established in 1971 and opened its doors to the public in 1978. It is a program of the State Education...
Cooperstown, New York
Since its founding in 1899, the Society's Research Library’s collections have grown to include more than 88,000 volumes specializing in Colonial American and New York State history and culture, 19th-century American art history, and Native American culture.The New York State Historical...
Albany, New York
This museum houses art, prehistoric artifacts, and ecofacts that reflect New York's cultural, natural, and geological development.The NYS museum offers approximately 12 new exhibitions each year on a wide range of subjects. Exhibitions are often developed with the museum's extensive collections or...
Newbern, Virginia
This town, founded in 1810, encircles the entire community and contains 26 original wooden buildings.These structures include a jail, hanging house, store, churches, private residences and inn, which served as a stagecoach stop. The Wilderness Road Regional Museum includes rooms furnished in period...
Newport, Rhode Island
Exhibits at the society include James Franklin's printing press, the figurehead from the yacht "Aloha", photographs, furniture, colonial silver, and more.The Newport Historical Society was chartered in 1854 to collect and preserve books, manuscripts, and objects pertaining to Newport's history. The...
Coloma, Michigan
The museum preserves the history of the Paw Paw Lakes area including Bainbridge Township, Coloma City, Coloma Township, Hagar Township, Watervliet City, and Watervliet Township.The museum features the history of the resorts of the Paw Paw Lakes, fruit farming, businesses, industries, and people of...
Raleigh, North Carolina
Completed in 1840, the capitol building is one of the finest and best-preserved examples of a major civic building in the Greek Revival style.During much of the Colonial period, North Carolina was without a fixed capital. Governors lived in their own homes and the Assembly moved from place to place...
Bismarck, North Dakota
This is the state's official history museum, opened in 1967 and operated by the State Historicial Society of North Dakota.The museum explores not only the history of North Dakota's human settlement, but also its prehistoric residents. The museum is home to a rare mummified dinosaur as well as an...
Fargo, North Dakota
The Institute fosters understanding of regional life through research on, teaching about, and service to those regions with particular importance to North Dakota State University. Through collections of books, manuscripts, and photography, they seek to catalogue the diversity and cultural...
Morristown, New Jersey
The North Jersey History Center has an exceptional collection of New Jersey historical material, historic preservation resources, typography books, and vast genealogical records.The center collects with an emphasis on Morris County and New Jersey, but because many New Jersey families migrated to...
North Little Rock, Arkansas
The Commission is a group dedicated to preserving the history of North Little Rock through the collection and analysis of historic artifacts, materials, and records.The North Little Rock History Commission maintains an open reference library of source materials for curious citizens. The Commission...
Edgemere, Maryland
This waterfront park on the Chesapeake Bay was once the site of the Bay Shore Amusement Park.
North Point State Park is located in Baltimore County on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and is surrounded by beautiful and fascinating natural and historical resources. It consists of 1,310 acres off Old...
North St. Paul, Minnesota
The museum strives to Collect, preserve, display, and share the artifacts and history of the Boy and Girl Scouts of America.North Star Scouting Memorabilia, Inc was founded in 1976 as a nonprofit corporation to collect scouting equipment and artifacts. For over 30 years, North Star Scouting has...
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...
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...
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...
Troy, New York
More than 60,000 Troy area residents, including "Uncle Sam" Wilson, the man who served as the inspiration for America's national symbol, are interred at this 400-acre rural cemetery.Visitors can also explore the preserved 19th-century Victorian gatehouses and gothic chapels.
Oberlin, Ohio
The center, formerly The Oberlin Historical and Improvement Organization, was formed in 1964 through the merger of the Oberlin Village Improvement Society and the Oberlin Historical Society. Today, the mission of the Oberlin Heritage Center is to preserve and share Oberlin’s unique heritage,...
Ocean City, Maryland
Located in a restored building that was once scheduled for demolition, this museum focuses on both the history of Ocean City and the U.S. Life-Saving Service.Originally named the Ocean City Life-Saving Station, the Life-Saving Service and later the U. S. Coast Guard actively used the building until...
Macon, Georgia
From the Ice Age to modern history, this monument stands to honor and preserve the rich natural and human history of the Southeastern United States.Ocmulgee National Monument is a memorial to the relationship of people and natural resources in this corner of North America. We preserve a continuous...
Ocracoke, North Carolina
This society, focusing on the history of the North Carolina region, is housed in a 1900 colonial home.This committee's mission under the Ocracoke Preservation Society is to preserve the area that has been officially identified as the Ocracoke Historic District by the United States Department of the...
Columbus, Ohio
Today, the society conducts an expanded range of activities related to interpreting, collecting and preserving the state's heritage. In the last century, the society has collected more than 1.5 million items pertaining to Ohio's history, archaeology, and natural history. One of the largest state...
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City National Memorial honors the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were changed forever on April 19, 1995.The Memorial Museum takes visitors on a chronological, self-guided tour through the story of April 19, 1995, and the days, weeks, months and years that followed the bombing of...
Guthrie, Oklahoma
The Museum features an extensive collection of artifacts and memorabilia associated with frontier pharmacies, early drugstores and medical arts.Step back into yesteryear as you walk through the doors of this nostalgic trip through time: a fully restored turn of the century pharmacy. Apothecary...
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
An architectural masterpiece, a decade in the making, the Oklahoma History Center is an 18 acre, 215,000 square-foot learning center exploring Oklahoma's unique history of geology, transportation, comerce, culture, aviation, heritage, and more.Explore Smithsonian quality exhibits that bring to life...
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Currently with more than 600 items from the sports careers of nearly 300 Oklahomans, the displays, one of which is interactive, promise to be comprehensive as well as entertaining.The Oklahoma Sports Museum recognizes professional and Olympic athletes who have Oklahoma ties and use their influence...
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Through artifacts, photographs and paintings, the Oklahoma Territorial Museum tells the story of the determined people who laid the foundation for the future State of Oklahoma.On the museum grounds stands the Carnegie Library, where the first state governor was sworn in. This building, as well as...
Fort Dix, New Jersey
The barracks serves as an educational center for Colonial and American history, and stands as the last remaining structure of its kind.The Old Barracks is a State and National Landmark located in Trenton, New Jersey. Built in 1758 by the Colony of New Jersey during the French and Indian War, the...
Jackson, Mississippi
The restored Old Capitol features exhibits that interpret the history of the building that served as Mississippi's statehouse from 1839 to 1903, with a special focus on government action.The Governor’s Office, Senate and High Court Chambers, and State Library will be restored to their...
Windsor, Vermont
The first constitution in America to prohibit slavery, allow men to vote without requiring property ownership, and authorize a public school system was adopted here in Windsor, Vermont in 1777.Less than a year after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, another new Republic was taking...