Sacramento, California
From Alta California's time as a Spanish colony and later a Mexican province to the War on Terror, this museum explores the long tradition of the state of California.With exhibits on every war from the Civil War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and everything in between, the California...
Sacramento, California
Located in Old Sacramento, this facility is a complex of historic facilities and unique attractions, widely regarded as North America’s most popular railroad museum.Throughout the year, the Museum offers a wide variety of activities to help the visitor experience the magic of railroading....
Solomons, Maryland
This museum interprets three maritime themes: regional Miocene paleontology, estuarine life in the Chesapeake Bay and Patuxent River, and maritime history of nearby bodies of water.Established in 1970 and moved to its current location in 1975, the Calvert Marine Museum dedicates itself to the...
Fairfield, Utah
This was the site of a rumored rebellion in Utah that brought 3,500 troops to the area.Camp Floyd / Stagecoach Inn State Park Museum is Utah's link with the Civil War. The quiet streets of Fairfield hold the secrets of 3,500 troops, nearly one-third of the entire U.S. Army at that time, which were...
Carrabelle, Florida
Located in Carrabelle, Florida, the museum's role is to preserve the heritage of the men who trained at the this camp during WWII.Carrabelle was the focal point of social life around the camp when it was open during WWII, and today continues its role as the preserver of the amphibious soldier's...
Kentwood, Louisiana
These grounds were the site of a training camp of 25,000 Louisiana soldiers in the Confederacy before entering the Civil War.In May 1861, the site for the camp was selected and the troops began to arrive. The new camp was named for Governor Thomas Overton Moore, and Confederate Brig. General E. L....
Gillette, Wyoming
Located in Wyoming's coal country, the Rockpile Museum traces the area's history, from arrowheads and pioneer wagons to homesteads and the modern energy industry.The museum contains collections of rifles, saddles, Native American artifacts, fossils, quilts, and other memorabilia. Much of the...
St. Louis, Missouri
Built in 1851, the house was the home of renowned fur trader and entrepreneur Robert Campbell and his family from 1854 until 1938.After a monumental five-year, $3 million restoration the museum now stands as one of the most accurately restored 19th Century buildings in America, reflecting the high-...
Paris, Kentucky
This 1791 meeting house offered pioneers on the rough Kentucky frontier religious respite from their troubles, and today still serves as a church.Prayer, singing, and preaching occur in the Meeting House, a place of worship for many congregations and religious groups who come as welcome guests each...
Canterbury, New Hampshire
The village preserves the heritage of the Canterbury Shakers and has 25 restored original Shaker buildings, four reconstructed Shaker buildings, and 694 acres of forests, fields, gardens, nature trails, and mill ponds under permanent conservation easement.Canterbury Shaker Village was established...
Collinsville, Connecticut
The museum’s extensive collection of 19th Century memorabilia is housed on three floors in one of the original Collins Axe Company buildings. Built in 1865, the building was used for finishing agricultural plows.At its peak 100 plows a day were manufactured by the company. In 1924 the...
Cape Charles, Virginia
This museum of a coastal town is filled with character and excitment, striving to preserve and protect the history of Cape Charles and surrounding its areas.Visitors are invited to explore the various artifacts that have been collected throughout the museum. Models of sailing vessels, barges, and...
Wilmington, North Carolina
This museum tells the stories of the Lower Cape Fear region's history, science and cultures through exhibitions and educational programs.Cape Fear Museum of History and Science is the oldest history museum in North Carolina. Since its founding in 1898, the Museum has grown and changed. It began...
Cape May Court House, New Jersey
The Museum contains extensive and varied exhibits including furnishings, costumes, tools and decorative and practical objects from the 17th to 20th centuries. Maritime and Native American history are highlighted.The period rooms include the 18th century kitchen and bedroom with its sampler...
Capitola, California
The Capitola Historical Museum maintains extensive collections of photographs and artifacts related to Capitola's history.The Capitola Museum offers changing exhibits on the history and art of the area, as well as on special seasonal and topical themes. Museum grounds now include a reconstructed...
Capon Bridge, West Virginia
Located just west of the Capon Bridge Library on Route 50 in the old dentist office of Dr. Gardner, the museum features artifacts and exhibits related to the early history of the Cacapon Valley including old photographs and a display of furniture.In the collection is the original surveyor's desk of...
Shady Side, Maryland
The heritage of the western shore area of the Chesapeake Bay is collected and preserved by this museum.The heritage of the western shore area of the Chesapeake Bay is collected and preserved by this museum.
The Captain Salem Avery Museum is where the Shady Side Rural Heritage Society preserves,...
Red Lodge, Montana
This four-story, 20,000 sq. ft. brick building was built by the Red Lodge Miners Local No. 1771 to serve over 1,000 union miners in the Carbon County area.In 1909 the Labor Temple was completed in Red Lodge on the corner of 8th and Billings Ave (now Broadway). The first floor was occupied by the...
Rawlins, Wyoming
The museum covers the history of Carbon County and the people who shaped it.The museum contains collections of artifacts from Union Pacific Railroad which runs through the county, and the pioneers and outlaws who travelled the region decades before the tracks were laid. It also has collections from...
Galesburg, Illinois
Poet and author Carl Sandburg was born in this home in Galesburg and its garden now serves as his final resting place.Visitors can tour Sandburg's birthplace, followed by a trip to the visitor center next door. It contains a museum, a small theater where several informative videos about Carl...
Cloquet, Minnesota
Providing its residents with a museum and research facility, the Carlton County Historical Society exists as a bridge from the past to the future.Not only does the Carlton County Historical Society offer a research facility equipped with data from marriage certificates, naturalization records and...
Dodge City, Kansas
Originally an Andrew Carnegie Library, the building's history will fascinate those who enter the "door on the corner".Formerly the library in Dodge City , this building was established sometime prior to 1905, when Dr. C.A. Milton, Judge E.H. Madison, L.J. Pettijohn, and others first discussed the...
New Albany, Indiana
This center is a contemporary art gallery and history museum offering a full schedule of changing exhibits.The museum strives to serve as a cultural resource for the education and the enjoyment of its visitors by collecting, preserving and interpreting the history and heritage of Floyd County. CC...
Johnson City, Tennessee
A tribute to the memory of Tennessee's First District Congressman B. Carroll Reece, this museum houses ETSU's permanent fine arts collection.A campus history project initiated in the late 1920s created a repository that ultimately emerged as the B. Carroll Reece Memorial Museum. The museum...
Carson City, Nevada
Nevada's longest-operating brewery was established in Carson City by John Wagner in 1860 during the rush to Virginia City.Business was prospering by 1864, so a new two-story brewery was built in 1865 in the commercial form of Classical Revival, on the corner of Division and King streets, where it...
Panhandle, Texas
The Carson County Square House Museum exhibits items that illustrate the history, natural history, and art of the Texas Panhandle.The historic Square House, built of lumber hauled from Dodge City in the 1880's, is just one of 21 buildings, galleries, outdoor dioramas, and large outdoor artifacts...
Morehead City, North Carolina
This society explores the history of Carteret County, North Carolina through different artifacts and documents from the region.The Carteret County Historical Society is a non-profit 501 (c) 3 organization run by volunteers and one full-time paid staff member and one part-time staff member. The...
Waconia, Minnesota
Serving as a catch all for the history of Carver County, the Carver County Historical Society offers everything from a research library to exhibits on veterans and the life of the first immigrants.The Carver County Historical Society features five local history galleries and a gallery honoring...
Casa Grande, Arizona
This southern Arizona museum offers tours, lectures, workshops and children's programs.
This southern Arizona museum offers tours, lectures, workshops and children's programs.
Southern Arizona was the site of profound social and ecological changes as settlers poured into the region during the...
Jackson, Tennessee
The home of Casey Jones is now a charming museum dedicated to the railroad legend's life and achievements.Visit the Casey Jones Home and Railroad Museum located in Casey Jones Village and relive the life, legend and song that is Casey Jones. Climb aboard the 130 ton replica of engine #382 and ring...
Cass, West Virginia
The Cass Scenic Railroad is the same line built in 1901 to haul lumber to the mill in Cass. Visitors can ride in the refurbished, original passenger cars, and stop by a museum showcasing logging artifacts and tools.Nestled in the mountains of West Virginia, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park...
Avalon, California
With a history containing everything from Native Americans to Civil War occupation, Catalina Island has a rich history and a history that is explored at length at the Catalina Museum.The best place to experience local history is at the Catalina Island museum, with a number of exhibits and tours...
Newton, North Carolina
This museum offers testimony to the hardy settlers of the Catawba River Valley and their resourceful descendants who carved a world-renowned furniture and textile empire out of the backwoods.It is the story of the American Dream as perceived by the self-sufficient Scotch-Irish, German, English, and...
Atlanta, Georgia
The Center, now in the planning stages of development, will promote the ongoing Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta.
The Center, now in the planning stages of development, will promote the ongoing Civil Rights Movement in Atlanta.
The Center for Civil and Human Rights Partnership will be located in...
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
This terminal was a major rail junction in the anthracite region, but closed in 1963 due to the discontinuance of passenger service. Listed in the National Register in 1976 the station now houses the Tourist Welcoming Center.Constructed in 1868, the Central Railroad of New Jersey Station was...
El Paso, Texas
Chamizal National Memorial was established to commemorate the treaty which resulted in the peaceful settlement of a century-long boundary dispute.The Chamizal Convention of 1963 was a milestone in diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States. The Memorial provides visitors with an...
Plattsburgh, New York
The Champlain Valley Transportation Museum traces the history of transportation in the valley region from the earliest canoes to what was once the most expensive car in America.Located on the grounds of the former Plattsburgh Air Force Base, the museum contains examples of vehicles, boats, and...
St. Paul, Oregon
The site of was once an important pioneer town that was swept away in the great Willamette Flood of 1861.Visitors can camp overnight, picnic, play disc golf, ride a bicycle on a four-mile paved trail, watch the bluebirds, listen to the hawks and owls, stargaze, and much more. Stop at the Visitor...
Chandler, Arizona
Currently collecting, preserving and interpreting over 11,000 artifacts associated with the history of Chandler, the museum illustrates the story of the Chandler area from prehistoric times.The Chandler Historical Society was founded in 1969 as a non-profit corporation in order to collect artifacts...
Glens Falls, New York
The Chapman Historical Museum presents the history of the Glens Falls community and its connection to the Adirondack region. It contains one of the nation's largest Seneca Ray Stoddard collections.Located in the 1865 Victorian Delong House, the museum focuses on the history of Glens Falls and the...
Detroit, Michigan
The museum provides learning opportunities, exhibitions, programs and events based on collections and research that explore the diverse history and culture of African Americans.The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History is the world's largest institution dedicated to the African...
Port Charlotte, Florida
A museum dedicated to the history of the Charlotte area whose collection ranges from the pre-Columbian to the post-WWII.Charlotte County Historical Center, located at Bayshore Live Oak Park on beautiful Charlotte Harbor. Our mission is to offer a variety of programs and services to educate the...
Hastings, Michigan
The park is a place to spend the day to enjoy special events, the recreational area, or the outdoors.School groups choosing the “Live-in” program get hands-on experience in rural 19th century life. Students can assist with seasonal chores in a household without electricity or running...
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This museum is a source of curricula, historical references, creative works and media about the African American experience.The Chattanooga African American Museum boasts a unique collection of multi-media presentations, rare artifacts, African Art, original sculptures, paintings, musical...
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This local history museum chronicles life in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and also features resident artists' work on display.With over nine special collections of everything from art to Civil War memorabilia, the museum also holds weekly workshops open to the public. Education and public programs are...
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This museum demonstrates that chemistry is not only they lab coats, Bunsen burners, and the cryptic periodic table, but it has a vast and exciting history.From chemistry’s origins to today, the museum brings to life the unexpected beauty of science outside the lab. Visitors can trace...
Elmira, New York
At its museum, the society offers resources on the history of the Chemung River Valley region through collections focusing on the Southern Tier of New York State and neighboring northern Pennsylvania.The Chemung County Historical Society seeks to deepen our audiences understanding of the past and...
Perry, Oklahoma
The Cherokee Strip Museum's mission is to collect, preserve, and interpret the history of the Cherokee Outlet.In the 19th Century the United States government resettled Native American tribes from all parts of the country into Indian Territory. During this removal process, part of the northern...
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
This museum displays Cherokee art and history.Cherokee/David Crockett Museum & Cultural Center serves to educate the public on the history of Lawrence County and the Cherokee nation. Local art exhibits are frequently held here, and the permanent collection even includes a dinosaur egg.
Chesaning, Michigan
The mission of the society and museum is to preserve, discover, and memorialize the history of the Chesaning area. In the year of 1835, by the authority of the territorial legislature, the county of Saginaw was organized. Around 1847 the area of Big Rock was set off as a township and...