Museums
Astoria, Oregon
The museum preserves the rich heritage of the Columbia River region, and is Oregon's official maritime museum.The Columbia River Maritime Museum was founded in 1962 when Rolf Klep, a native of Astoria, returned to his birthplace after retirement as a successful graphic artist on the east coast....
Columbus, New Mexico
In addition to weapons and military artifacts, the museum exhibits a copy of Mexican Revolutionary general Pancho Villa’s death mask as well as one of his sombreros.The museum has a large collection of photos of scenes taken both in Columbus and throughout the area of the Punitive Expedition....
Columbus, Georgia
The museum displays American art and regional Columbus culture for the education, enrichment, and enjoyment of visitors.The collection of American drawings, paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts represents nearly 300 years of artistic development. Objects are displayed chronologically by style...
Yuba City, California
This community museum explores the history and heritage of Sutter County.The museum has a number of permanent exhibits on the Maidu Indians, early Sutter County settlers, agriculture, the Sutter Buttes, and school life. Smaller displays include transportation, women, Lola Montez, local photographs...
Atoka, Oklahoma
The museum offers a unique look into the varied history of southeastern Oklahoma. The cemetery was first used by emigrants traveling on Butterfield Stage road.From pre-historic bones, the Choctaw Trail of Tears and a stop on the Butterfield Stage Line, to homegrown talents Reba McEntire and the...
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Located on the hangar deck of the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point, the museum details the eight eras of Medal of Honor history.Panels list all of the Medal of Honor recipients to date and include such well-known names as Audie Murphy, Sergeant Alvin York and Jimmie Doolittle. Exhibits include...
Manchester, Connecticut
The society is dedicated to preserving and displaying the history of firefighting in America with special emphasis on Connecticut.Located in the heart of the Cheney National Historic District, The Fire Museum is housed in a retired 1901 fire station with a unique atmosphere that saw the transition...
Fishers, Indiana
This is considered the nation's most innovative outdoor history museum.Visitors can experience 19th-century American culture in new ways at the Conner Prairie Museum. Outdoor historic areas are on display for interactive learning purposes on the museum grounds. Guests of all ages can enjoy the fun...
Louisville, Kentucky
This historic home is one of the most stunning of Old Louisville's houses, defining Richardsonian Romanesque architecture.The house was built for Theophilus Conrad, a Frenchman who made his fortune in the tanning business. After his death in 1905, the Caldwell family purchased the home. This...
Kalispell, Montana
Along with establishing the Kalispell Townsite Company and eventually the Conrad National Bank, Charles E. Conrad had this Victorian home built for his family in 1895.Along with establishing the Kalispell Townsite Company and eventually the Conrad National Bank, Charles E. Conrad had this Victorian...
Port St. Joe, Florida
This museum is dedicated to Florida's first constitutional convention in then-boomtown Port St. Joe.A boomtown founded in 1835, St. Joseph competed with Apalachicola as a trading port on the Gulf Coast of Florida. The original settlement lasted only nine years, but during its short life the city...
Morgantown, West Virginia
A museum dedicated to 19th-century medicinal practices, on the University of West Virginia's Morgantown campus.Displays include tools, medicines and other furnishings of a typical 19th century drugstore.The Museum is located in the West Virginia University School of Pharmacy.A museum dedicated to...
Cookeville, Tennessee
This museum contains a renovated L&N caboose and exhibits on railroad history.Built in 1909, the Cookeville Depot Museum features a Middle Tennessee Railroad HO Scale model train exhibit and a renovated L&N Caboose. Exhibits tell the history of locomotives owned and operated by the...
Upland, California
By preserving the culture of the Upland, Ontario, Montclair, Mt. Baldy, and Rancho Cucamonga communities, this museum explores the history from 1880 to the present day.“From General Store to Department Store” represents an old-time General Store showing you what you might find at a turn...
Calumet, Michigan
This museum traces the history of mining in the Keweenaw Peninsula from prehistory to present.Michigan's Copper Industry began thousands of years ago when ancient miners chipped away at exposed veins of pure copper with huge hammer stones. Tools and techniques of mining advanced considerably in the...
Washington, District Of Columbia
Founded in 1869 for the purpose of "encouraging American genius," the Corcoran displays an extensive collection that chronicles American art from colonial times to present.The Corcoran Gallery of Art stands as a major center of American art, both historic and contemporary. Founded “for the...
Byrdstown, Tennessee
This state park commemorates the life of Cordell Hull, the longest serving Secretary of State who worked in FDR's cabinet, with a museum, picnic grounds and walking trails.The Cordell Hull Birthplace and Museum is a historic site owned by the State of Tennessee. It was placed under the TN...
Corning, New York
The inn was built in 1796, and Benjamin Patterson and his wife, Sarah Patterson, were the first Innkeepers.The society was founded in 1947 "to collect local historical data, to diffuse the knowledge of local history, and to promote... the (1948) centenary of the incorporation of Corning as a...
Bernalillo, New Mexico
Coronado State Monument includes the partially reconstructed ruins of the ancient Pueblo of Kuaua, a Tiwa word for "evergreen".The pueblo of Kuaua was occupied from 1300 AD and abandoned near the end of the 16th Century. Named for Francisco Vasquez de Coronado who is thought to have camped near...
Gatesville, Texas
The Coryell Museum and Historical Center exhibits cultural materials related to the settlement and development of this gateway for pioneer immigration to the Texas frontier.The Coryell Museum and Historical Center will provide a wide range of cultural, educational, and research opportunities...
Costa Mesa, California
The Costa Mesa Historical Society’s Museum and Headquarters building has served as the repository for the community's collection of local history items.Unique exhibits contain natural and man-made objects, photographs and maps, newspapers, periodicals and news clipping files, oral histories,...
Memphis, Tennessee
This museum exhibits the history of the cotton industry in Memphis.The mission of the Cotton Museum at the Memphis Cotton Exchange is to share the story of the cotton industry and its many influences on daily life, the arts, and the development of this region with students, residents, and visitors...
Greenwood, Mississippi
The museum has a large collection of Mississippi art work, as well as other exhibits on archaeology, agriculture, antiques and animals.The archaeology collection, on loan from the L.B. Jones Trust, is immense, and includes the largest collection of Native American trade beads in the southern United...
Bailey, North Carolina
Exhibits contain artifacts relevant to the practice of medicine between the late 18th century and the first half of the 20th century.The Country Doctor Museum invites people of all ages to visit and learn about the history of rural health care in the United States. Docents lead tours through three...
Nashville, Tennessee
Spotlighting country music performers throughout the years, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum serves as a center to honor past achievements, and inspire those who pass through its doors.Started in 1961 by the Country Music Association, the Country Music Hall of Fame selected its first three...
Medora, North Dakota
Opened in 2005, this museum features, "the history of Native Americans, ranching, rodeo, and the western lifestyle of the plains and Badlands."SDisplay areas interpret and honor Native Americans, trail drivers, homesteaders, ranchers and rodeo stars. The museum features an interpretive...
Fort Worth, Texas
Celebrate the Cowgirl Experience – activities and exhibits that capture the extraordinary courage and pioneer spirit of the American West.Celebrate the Cowgirl Experience – activities and exhibits that capture the extraordinary courage and pioneer spirit of the American West.
The...
Gaffney, South Carolina
A pasturing area at the time of the battle, this Revolutionary War site commemorates the place where Daniel Morgan and his army turned the flanks of Banastre Tarleton's British army.Cowpens National Battlefield is a Revolutionary War battle site that commemorates the victory of Brigadier General...
Renesselaer, New York
Dutch for "crow's wood", this historic home was built in the early 18th century by Hendrick Van Rensselaer, grandson of the First Patroon,This museum depicts colonial New Netherland history in the upper Hudson Valley. Generations of the Rensselaer family have remodeled the home, each adding...
Cranbury, New Jersey
The center houses the Society's collection of all visual, oral, and written records of Cranbury's history, also providing storage for rotating artifacts and memorabilia.In 1736, the land now occupied by the Gristmiller's House and the Cranbury Firehouse was purchased for the site of a gristmill, to...
Cranbury, New Jersey
Originally built as a house in 1834, the museum now documents the history of the Cranbury which includes 18th and 19th century furnishings and Indian artifacts.In 1975, the Arthur E. Perrine Memorial Wing was added, a gift to the Museum from his daughter, Mary E. Perrine. Mr. Perrine, noted...
Cranford, New Jersey
This Victorian cottage was built by Andrew Jackson Downing, the first American architect. It houses a collection of Native American, Revolutionary and Civil War artifacts.The museum offers visitors a rare glimpse of what life was like for a modest family in the Victorian era of opulence. It...
Williamsburg, Missouri
The museum was built with one purpose in mind: To educate its visitors about Missouri's Regional History.The Crane Family moved to the Williamsburg area in 1828 and has only moved about 7 miles in all that time. Joe's family members would take an interest in a certain item and end up with quite a...
Central Point, Oregon
The museum was founded in 1954 by Frieda and Delmar Smith.The Smith's collection and the collections and donations of members and others has created one of the finest displays of rocks, minerals, and gems on the west coast.
Crazy Horse, South Dakota
The Crazy Horse Memorial is a tribute to the great Native American leader as well as a museum that honors Native American traditions.It's been nearly 35 years since the construction of the first wing of the Indian Museum of North America. When Korczak accepted the invitation of some Native...
Wynne, Arkansas
The extensive archival collection held by this local history organization allows visitors to engage with the rich past of Cross County, AK.The extensive archival collection held by this local history organization allows visitors to engage with the rich past of Cross County, AK.
Cross County, which...
Brainerd, Minnesota
Learn about the history of Crow Wing County through their authentic exhibits, including a 19th century jail cell, the original Crow Wing County's sheriff's residence and an accurate scale model of a 19th century logging camp.The Crow Wing County Historical Society has been keeping tabs on Crow Wing...
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
The museum encompasses 16 new galleries including a new folk art gallery housing a nationally significant collection, a new Indian School gallery featuring the nation's largest repository of Carlisle Indian School artifacts and archival material. The Cumberland County Historical Society has...
Greenwich, New Jersey
Native Americans settled in this region after the end of the Ice Age. The museum collects the archaeological remains of these ancient peoples, as well as prehistoric fossils and imprints from four time periods of the earth's geographical development.To visit the museum is to enter the world...
Cumberland Gap, Tennessee
This national Park offers visitors trails, cave tours, camping, and the historic Hensley settlement.At Cumberland Gap, the first great gateway to the west, follow the buffalo, the Native American, the longhunter, and the pioneer-- all traveled this route through the mountains into the wilderness of...
Chama, New Mexico
Built in 1880 and little changed since, the railroad is one of the finest examples of steam era mountain railroading in North America.The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad was originally constructed in 1880 as part of the Rio Grande’s San Juan Extension, which served the silver mining...
Manchester, New Hampshire
The Currier Museum is an internationally known art museum that features European and American paintings, photographs, and sculpture including works by Picasso, Monet, O'Keeffe, Wyeth, and LeWitt.The Currier Museum of Art is committed to providing stimulating, diverse, and enjoyable encounters with...
New London, Connecticut
The mission of the New London Maritime Society is to preserve New London's U.S. Custom House and to promote the maritime history of the port of New London.NLMS was formed in 1983 by a group of concerned citizens looking to save New London's "jewel on the waterfront"—an 1833 Custom House designed by...
Clarksville, Tennessee
This museum of fine art, science, and history features the "Bubble Room" and is a fun and educational adventure for kids.Located in the heart of historic downtown Clarksville, Tennessee, the Customs House Museum and Cultural Center is the State's second largest general museum. With over...
Spearfish, South Dakota
Established in 1896, D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery is one of the oldest operating hatcheries in the country dedicated to fish culture and resource management.The hatchery was constructed to propagate, stock, and establish trout populations in the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming...
Aberdeen, South Dakota
Housed in what was originally the Northwestern National Bank, the 19th century building now serves as the site of the Dacotah Prarie Museum.The idea for a community museum in Aberdeen dates back almost 70 years. In 1938, John Murphy, a Northern State College professor, and Marc Cleworth, a salesman...
Farmington, Minnesota
With over 20 buildings, including a blacksmith shop, postoffice, and even a jail, this living history village emulates life in the early 20th century.With over 20 buildings, including a blacksmith shop, postoffice, and even a jail, this living history village emulates life in the early 20th century...
Dickinson, North Dakota
The 13,400-square-foot museum, which opened in 1994, provides a facility for preservation and display of geological and paleontological specimens for public review and education.The museum contains 11 full-scale dinosaurs displayed in a Triassic-Cretaceous time continuum and 3 full-scale dinosaurs...
Mitchell, South Dakota
Explore the traditions of early American settlers from railroading, farming, and ranching, to fur trade, hunting, and the rugged experiences of stagecoach travel.Dakota Discovery Museum is attracting kids and their parents with exhibits and new ways to make learning fun. At Dakota Discovery we...
Scobey, Montana
35 historic buildings have been restored to depict a town in the early 1900's, including a museum depicting the history of Daniels County.The Daniels County Museum & Pioneer Town is located on 20 acres just west of Scobey, Montana. Held the last weekend in June are Pioneer Days with...