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• Adirondack Museum - dedicated to the history, culture, and art of the Adirondacks.
• Albany Institute of History and Art - dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting and promoting interest in the history, art and culture of Albany and the upper Hudson Valley region.
• Allison-Antrim Museum, Inc. - to preserve and display the history of the borough of Greencastle and Antrim Township.
• American Cotton Museum - dedicated to the social history of the American Cotton Industry. Home of the Audie L. Murphy Memorial Hunt County Veterans's Exhibit.
• American Immigrant Wall of Honor - search on-line to see if your family name is already inscribed at Ellis Island.
• American Independence Museum
• American West Heritage Center - living history center re-creating the old west, from 1820 to 1920. Featuring mountain men, military, pioneer, Indian, outdoor pageant and historical farm.
• Amherst County Historical Museum
• Arizona Military Museum - featuring displays and artifacts from Arizona's proud military history.
• Arlington National Cemetery
• Atlantic City Historical Museum
• Autry Museum of Western Heritage - explores the history, traditions, and diverse cultures of the American West through extensive permanent displays, frequent special exhibitions, and innovative educational programming.
• Baltimore City Life Museums - a private, non-profit organization that collects, preserves, and interprets Baltimore's history, culture and traditions.
• Bastrop County Museum - site created by Bastrop Middle School eighth graders.
• Battlefield House Museum - living history museum and site of the historic Battle of Stoney Creek, War of 1812.
• Bennington Museum, The
• Blount Mansion
• Boettcher Mansion - museum plus conference center.
• Boulder Museum of History - features an extensive costume collection, a turn-of-the-century kitchen, and local history rooms, as well as rotating exhibits.
• Buffalo Bill Historical Center - widely regarded as America's finest western museum, featuring four collections under one roof.
• Burgwin-Wright House - restored museum house in Southeastern North Carolina.
• Calhoun Historical Preservation and Museum - dedicated to preserving the history of The Calhoun School and the community in Lowndes County, Alabama.
• Chamberlain Freedom Park - dedicated to Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain.
• Chapel Hill Museum - devoted to telling the story of Chapel Hill.
• Chippewa Valley Museum - telling the stories of the people and events that shaped Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley.
• Chrysler Museum & Historic Houses - collection of 30,000 objects spans almost 4,000 years of art history.
• Cincinnati Museum Center - located in the Art Deco-style Cincinnati Union Terminal. Includes Omnimax Theater, Natural History & Science, Cincinnati History and Cincinnati Historical Society Museums.
• City of Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
• Claude Moore Colonial Farm Park - a parent's view of this re-creation of a typical tenant farm (circa mid-18th Century).
• Clinton County Genealogical, Historical Museum - resources including books, upcoming event and membership details.
• Clown Hall Of Fame - pays tribute to outstanding clown performers, operates a living museum of clowning with resident clown performers, conducts special events and maintains a national archive of clown artifacts and history.
• Cokato Museum & Gust Akerlund Studio - local history museum and restored 1905 photo studio.
• Cold War Submarine Memorial Foundation - honoring the men of the Cold War Submarine Force.
• Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum - learn about history, art, and the culture of Colroado.
• Colorado Territorial Prison Museum - dedicated to the understanding of the prison lifestyle from the viewpoint of those that work there and of the inmates.
• Concord Museum - community renowned as the site of the battle that began the American Revolution and as the home of the most original thinkers and writers of the American literary renaissance.
• Congressional Medal of Honor Society and Museum
• Conner Prairie Museum - full text online articles, exhibits on US history, and visitor information.
• Cordell Hull Birthplace and Museum - includes a biography, photographs, and documents. U.S. secretary of state 1933-1945.
• Corry Historical Museum - Corry, PA - on-line exhibits.
• Crazy Horse Memorial Foundation - sponsors an in-progress Crazy Horse mountain carving memorial, museum, and cultural center.
• Dan Quayle Center & Museum - Huntington, IN - vice presidential museum looks at all the U.S. vice presidents and invites you to take the Quayle quiz.
• Detroit Historical Museums - the Detroit Historical Museum, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Historic Fort Wayne, and Moross House.
• Drake Well Museum - site of the world's first commercially successful well drilled for oil in 1859.
• DuPage County Historical Museum - travel along a journey of time from the start in the unsettled prarie to becoming one of the fastest growing counties outside of the Sunbelt.
• E. Stanley Wright Museum - America at war 1939-1945, the home front.
• Eastern State Penitentiary
• Edgewood Heritage Park and Historical Village - authentic town and furnished structures representing rural life circa 1900.
• Edsel and Eleanor Ford House - the historic home of Edsel Ford and his family.
• Eklutna Village Historical Park - learn about the history, culture, and customs of the Dena'ina Athabascan Indians. When traveling in Alaska, be sure to stop by.
• Estes Park Area Historical Museum - collects, preserves, interprets and exhibits local history for visitors and residents.
• Flowerdew Hundred - online museum and information on Flowerdew Hundred, a Virginia Historic Landmark on the James River.
• Fort At No. 4 - living history museum: interprets 1740's - 1760's life in fortified village of No. 4 on the Connecticut River.
• Fort King George - living history and educational programs, devoted to preserving this fort's contribution to the development of Georgia.
• Fort Morgan Museum
• Fort Snelling - restored stone fortress of an 1820s military oupost.
• Fort Tumbleweed Old West Town - historic old west town, online catalog of fossils, minerals, and Indian Crafts; lease the site for special events or bus tours.
• Fredericksburg Area Museum & Cultural Center - the museum hosts a varied display of local historical items and works of art.
• French Legation Museum - relic of the days when Texas was a Republic.
• Frying Pan Park - working farm that recreates rural America in the years from 1920 to 1940.
• Furnace Town - 19th-ccentury historical iron manufacturing town near Assateague and Snow Hill, Maryland.
• Gatekeeper's Cabin Museum - features the history of Lake Tahoe. Exhibits include Native American artifacts, natural history displays, and photographic library.
• George Ranch Historical Park - living history park features Texas ranching and cowboys from 1830 to 1930 with costumed re-enactors, cattle, and horses.
• Gibbs Farm Museum - presenting pioneer and city history from 1833-1998.
• Golden Pioneer Museum
• Gonzalez-Alvarez House - The Oldest House - one of the most-studied historical homes in America. It reflects the lifestyle of the 14 families that inhabited the house.
• Grace Cultural Center - houses an art museum, a historical museum and a children's museum in Abilene, TX.
• Hadley Farm Museum
• Hagley Museum and Library - dedicated to the preservation and understanding of America's economic and technological heritage.
• Hancock Shaker Village - HSV is an original Shaker site with 20 restored historic buildings, working farm, special events & workshops.
• Harrison Memorial Library - the public library and local history museum for the City of Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA.
• Henry Hudson and the Half Moon - schedule and location on the full scale replica of Hudson's ship.
• Henry Morrison Flagler Museum - includes period rooms from the Gilded Age and special costume and memorabilia collections.
• Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum - has research collections containing papers of Herbert Hoover and other 20th century leaders.
• Heritage Farmstead - turn-of-the-century farming on the Blackland Prairies.
• Historic Carnton Plantation - museum and former plantation built in 1826 and used as a field hospital following the Battle of Franklin.
• Historic Cold Spring Village - a living history museum portraying the lifestyles, trades, crafts and architecture of an 1800's rural New Jersey community. Located near Wildwood, NJ.
• Historic Deerfield - a museum of New England history and art within the carefully preserved 329 year old western Massachusetts village of Deerfield.
• Historic Latta Plantation - Carolina backcountry living history site, ca. 1800-1840.
• Historic New Orleans Collection - promoting the study of Louisiana history through the Williams Research Center, museum exhibitions, publications and house museum; located in the historic French Quarter of New Orleans.
• Historic Rancho Dominguez Adobe
• Historic Speedwell - where Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse invented the electro-magnetic telegraph. Exhibits also feature the famous Speedwell Iron Works.
• Historical Museum at Fort Missoula
• Historical Society of Frederick County - features a museum and library for researching the history of Frederick County Maryland.
• History Museum of Springfield-Greene County - regional exhibits, artifacts, and archives depict the heritage of the Ozarks.
• History Museums of San Jose
• Homestead City - annual living history event that represents everyday life in a front-range late 19th Century prairie community.
• Houghton Country Historical Museum
• Howell Living History Farm - A real working farm circa 1905. All tillage is done with horses or by hand. Visiting provides entertainment and education for the whole family.
• Huron Lightship Museum - this former Coast Guard lightship (floating lighthouse) is now a floating museum.
• Ironworld Discovery Center - located on northern Minnesota's famous Iron Range.
• J.M.Davis Arms & Historical Museum - over 20,000 guns & firearms related items, statuary, steins, civil war memoribilia, westen & Indian artifacts.
• Jamestown Settlement & Yorktown Victory Center - through exhibits and outdoor living history you'll discover the adventure of America's first permanent English settlement and the drama of the American Revolution.
• Kansas City Museum - adventures in science and history.
• Kellogg, Iowa Historical Museum - six museums in one.
• Kern County Museum
• Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library - information about the development program and museum activities.
• Lincoln Museum, The - preserving the history and legacy of Abraham Lincoln through research, preservation, exhibitry, and education.
• Louisiana State Museum
• Lower East Side Tenement Museum - the first museum in the US to preserve a tenement and have it designated as a National Historic Site.
• Lucy the Elephant@
• Lynden Pioneer Museum
• Macculloh Hall - educational museum featuring the history of the Macculloch and Miller families, the artist Thomas Nast.
• Madam C.J. Walker Designer Showhouse - first American millionairess: her story, and her home.
• Mamie Doud Eisenhower Birthplace Foundation Inc. - wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States.
• Martin Van Buren National Historic Site
• Martin's Gen'L Store Museum - local and regional history in a 1920's general store theme. Site includes historical archives and old photos.
• Mauch Chunk Museum
• McFaddin-Ward House - virtual tour as well as historical information about this landmark home.
• Medal of Honor Museum - recipients from the Civil War through the Persian Gulf War.
• Micanopy Historical Society Museum
• Michigan Historical Center - Preserves and interprets Michigan's past and helps people discover, enjoy and find inspiration in their heritage.
• Mission Mill Museum - grounds include a woolen mill museum, historical buildings from 1841, shops, a restaurant, a millstream, and picnic areas.
• Molly Brown House Museum - Molly Brown survived the Titanic disaster with style, then selflessly assisted with rescue and relief efforts.
• Montpelier - home of James and Dolley Madison. A National Trust Historic site now operating as a museum.
• Mount Rushmore National Memorial
• Museum of American Financial History - offers online exhibits celebrating entrepreneurship, investment banking, and the capital markets.
• Museum of American Presidents - life and times of United States Presidents with a collection of artifacts dating back to the Constitution.
• Museum of Art and History
• Museum of Chinese American History - information, pictures, newsletter and more.
• Museum of History and Industry - Seattle
• Museum of the Big Bend - holds a collection of regional artifacts from the region that represent Native American, Spanish, Mexican and Anglo-American cultures.
• Museum of the City of San Francisco - preserving the history of the City; on-line exhibits include the 1906 earthquake and a 1965-69 chronology of local rock and roll.
• Naper Settlement - 19th century museum village.
• National Cowgirl Museum & Hall of Fame - honors women who have distinguished themselves while exemplifying the pioneer spirit of the American West.
• National Museum of American History@
• National Museum of Antiquities - unlocking treasures from the past for a better understanding of the future.
• National World War II Memorial - when completed, it will be the first national memorial dedicated to all who served during World War II.
• New York State Museum@
• Newell Museum, The - Native American and local geological artifacts and an extensive doll collection.
• North House Museum, The
• Oak Hill and the Martha Berry Museum - historic plantation of Martha Berry, founder of Berry College.
• Old Fort Western - 1754 fort located on the Kennebec River.
• Old Jefferson Town - collection of historic structures and artifacts from Jefferson County, Kansas area.
• Old Sturbridge Village - large historic museum recreating the daily work activities and community celebrations of a rural 19th-century town via living history fashion.
• Old Town Hall Museum - Andrews, SC - served as rail connection for Georgetown seaport.
• On the Chisholm Trail Statue & Museum - with animatonic Jessie Chisholm.
• Orchard House - site where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women.
• Paul Bunyan Logging Camps Museum - explores the history of the logging industry in the Chippewa Valley.
• Peekskill Museum, The - located in the historic Herrick House.
• Petaluma Historical Museum/Library - dedicated to the history of Petaluma and its environs.
• Piqua Historical Museum - Piqua, OH - home of Piqua's past, with picture and artifacts of all kinds.
• Plimoth Plantation - living history museum of seventeenth century Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts.
• Portuguese Historical Museum - preserves the culture and heritage of Portuguese immigrants to the US from the time of the discoveries to the present day.
• President Benjamin Harrison Home - offical page for the museum, with information on hours, admission fees, exhibits, school programs, and the Harrison family.
• Prickett's Fort State Park@
• Quincy Homestead - historic homestead whose members have included: Dorothy Quincy, wife of John Hancock; and Col. John Quincy, namesake of President John Quincy Adams.
• Rachel Carson Homestead - includes information about the birthplace and childhood home of the author of Silent Spring. Also provides access to electronic information about her life and work.
• Red River Valley Museum - virtual galleries, wild animals, and local history.
• River Road African American Museum - offering historical exhibits and artwork celebrating the African American heritage of Southeastern Louisiana.
• S. S. Canadiana Restoration - effort to resail a 214', three decked, passenger steamboat.
• Sacramento Museum Guide - listings and links to all of the museums in downtown Sacramento.
• Salem Museum
• Salem Witch Museum - dedicated to the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
• San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park - celebrating the maritime history of the US Pacific Coast. Historic fleet, museum, maritime library, sea music, boatbuilding classes, and many educational and fun public programs.
• San Jacinto Museum of History
• Scenic Historic Sites - Civil War, Revolutionary War, and other historical sites in South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina.
• Senator John Heinz Pittsburgh Regional History Center - museum and research facility devoted to preserving and presenting the sweeping history and heritage of the Western Pennsylvania region.
• Shaker Museum at South Union, KY - site of the western-most Shaker community.
• Sharlot Hall Museum - museum dedicated to human and natural history of Central Arizona.
• Sharpsteen Museum - dioramas and displays about Calistoga and northern Napa County.
• Sherwood Forest - located between Williamsburg and Richmond, Sherwood Forest Plantation was home to the 10th U.S. President, John Tyler.
• Shiloh Museum of Ozark History
• Shirley Plantation - along the banks of the James River. Open to the public daily.
• Somerville Manor - medieval living history farm, exploring what life was like 700 years ago in Europe.
• South Florida Veterans and Military Museum - proposed project to honor veterans and the military history of the United States.
• St. Lucie County Historical Museum - collections preserve the historical and material heritage of St. Lucie County.
• St. Petersburg Museum of History - promotes St. Petersburg history through dynamic exhibits, programs, and a large permanent collection.
• Steamer Columbia - dedicated to the restortion and return to service of the historic former Bob-Lo steamer Columbia.
• Strong Museum - a hands-on history center for children and families. Learn about the museum and try some activities from our exhibitions.
• Surratt House Museum - country home of Mary Surratt, first woman to be executed by the United States government after being found guilty of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
• Terrebonne Museum and Southdown Plantation House
• Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum
• Thomas Jefferson Memorial
• Thomas Massey House - one of the oldest English Quaker homes in Pennsylvania.
• Townsend Society of America - dedicated to the preservation and research of American history, particularly as it pertains to Townsend family.
• Vacaville Muesum - center for Solano County history. Features hours, exhibit info, guild and membership information.
• Venango Museum of Art, Science, and Industry - variety of ongoing Western-Pennsylvania related exhibits. Join us for our annual river expedition aboard a replica 19th-century packet boat.
• Vilas County Historical Museum
• War Eagles Air Museum - dedicated to collecting, restoring and displaying historic aircraft of the World War II and the Korean Conflict eras.
• Waterloo Village - 18th & 19th century living history canal settlement.
• Westchester Township Historical Museum - featuring Native American, pioneer, Victorian, and 20th c. artifacts and photographs.
• Western Reserve Historical Society - privately supported regional historical society founded to preserve and present the history of all of the people of northeast Ohio.
• Wethersfield Historical Society - home of the Wethersfield Museum.
• Wheeler Plantation - home of the Confederate General and Spanish-American War U.S. General, Joseph Wheeler.
• Whitehead Memorial Museum - consists of a restored frontier village, and collections preserving the local heritage of the Val Verde County community. Home of the Judge Roy Bean Society.
• Will Rogers Memorial and Birthplace
• Woodrow Wilson Birthplace - offering an authentic picture of family life in the pre-Civil War Shenandoah Valley.
• World Museum Of Mining - national historical site, dedicated to preserving the mining, ethnic, and social history of Butte, Montana.
• Wyandotte Museum - restored 1896 Victorian home in Michigan.
• Yakima Valley Museum
• Yakima Valley Rail and Steam Museum - excursion trains are offered seasonally and for certain holidays.
• Yellowstone Western Heritage Center - a regional museum interpreting and reflecting life in the Yellowstone River Valley past and present.
• Youngstown Historical Center of Industry & Labor - features information about the permanent exhibit By the Sweat of Their Brow: Forging the Steel Valley, which examines the impact of the iron and steel industry on Youngstown and other Mahoning Valley communities.