The Jamestown Area Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Jamestown, Pennsylvania. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Sterne-Hoya Museum and Library is located in the historic Adolphus Sterne home. The home now serves as a historic house museum, but also offers exhibits on local history, with a special interest in the Sterne and von der Hoya families. The home is furnished with period antiques and is located on the National Register of Historic Places.
The museum offers guided tours and exhibits on the history of rural, eastern Texas. The website offers visitor information.
The Society was founded in 1937. Its current museum holdings include over 150,000 items of Lyon County history spanning from 1865 to the present.
The society offers lectures, research library access, and educational programs; the museum offers exhibits.
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation is dedicated to the preservation of Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello. The foundation puts on a variety of events in the mansion, and also holds an extensive collection of materials available for researchers.
The home offers guided tours, field trip plans, traveling exhibits, summer camps, and resource packets for teachers. The website offers a brief history of the home, visitor information, and a calendar of events. In order to contact the website via email, use the "contact us" link located at the top of the webpage.
The Historic Mobile Preservation Society was founded in 1935 in order to help preserve the history of Mobile, Alabama. The society's main attraction is the Oakleigh Historic Complex, which consists of a historic house museum, local history museum, and historic archives. The Oakleigh home is fitted with 19th century antique furniture, and is open to visitors year round. The society also owns the Cox-Deasy House, which is also operated as a historic house museum.
The society offers guided tours, research resources, and special events. The website offers a history of the Oakleigh home, resources for fourth grade teachers, and visitor information.
The Litchfield Historical Society offers three sites to explore: the History Museum, the Tapping Reeve House and Law School, and the Ingraham Library. The Museum displays artifacts from daily life of Litchfield County dating back to its earliest settlers. The Reeve House and Law School shows students what an authentic 19th century school house would have been like.
The site offers school groups education programs that cater to grades 3-12 and addition hands-on learning programs. Travelling trunk are available for rental to enhance a visit.
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The Tombstone Courthouse State Historic Park is located in the Tombstone, the seat of Cochise County. Built in 1882, the structure was designed in the Victorian style and once house the offices of the sheriff, recorder, treasurer, and board of supervisors, as well as the jail and courtrooms of Cochise County. Today, the structure serves as a museum of law enforcement in the wild west.
The courthouse offers guided tours and exhibits on law in the wild west and local history. The website offers visitor information, a calendar of events, and a history of the structure and of Tombstone.
The Greater Houston Preservation Alliance is dedicated to preserving the rich historical and architectural heritage of Houston, Texas. While mainly focused on advocacy and preservation efforts, the alliance also offers walking tours of architecturally significant areas of Houston. The tours are offered every second Sunday or by appointment.
The website offers information regarding the activities of the alliance, as well as information regarding the walking tours program.
The Centre County Historical Society is the one of the oldest and largest of the country's historical organizations. The society is headquartered in the Centre Furnace Mansion, a former ironmaster's home that is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is open as a historic house museum. In addition to the mansion, the society owns the Boogersburg School, a one-room schoolhouse that holds educational programs year round.
The society offers guided tours of the mansion and school, field trip programs, educational programs in the Boogersburg School, and a historical archives and library. The website offers visitor information, histories of the mansion, school, and society, information regarding all programs offered by the society, and an events calendar.