The New York State Museum, according to its website, "is dedicated to promoting inquiry and advancing knowledge in the fields of geology, biology, anthropology, and history, through the investigation of material evidence germane to New York State's past, present and future."

The museum offers exhibits, programs and guided tours for school groups, professional development for educators, after-school programs, camps, and other recreational and educational events.

The Hubbard Museum of the American West presents and interprets the history of the West, from pre-contact to the present day, in its four rotating galleries and children's area.

The museum offers exhibits, lectures, programs and self-guided and guided tours for school groups, and other recreational and educational events.

The Museum of Nuclear Science and History, according to its website, is "the nation's only congressionally chartered museum in its field," tracing the history of nuclear research, development, and application.

The museum offers exhibits, programs and guided and self-guided tours for school groups, outreach presentations, and professional development for educators.

The Atomic Testing Museum traces and interprets the history of nuclear testing in the U.S. and of the Nevada Test Site.

The museum offers exhibits.

Housed in Omaha's Union Station, the Durham Museum preserve and interprets local and Nebraska history.

The museum offers exhibits, a working soda fountain, tours and programs for school groups, summer camps, programs for homeschoolers, lectures, research library access, and other recreational and educational events.

The Strategic Air and Space Museum displays aircraft and introduces visitors to aviation history.

The museum offers exhibits, programs and guided and self-guided tours for school groups, flight simulators, camps, and other recreational and educational events.

The Museum of the Rockies, according to its website, "houses one of the world’s largest collections of dinosaurs, permanent exhibits on Western history and American Indians, several changing exhibits each year, and a planetarium." During the summer months, it also operates the Living History Farm, which recreates life in the 1890s.

The museum offers exhibits, planetarium shows, classes, tours for school groups, traveling trunks for rent, professional development opportunities for educators, and other recreational and educational events.

The Kansas City Museum allows visitors to explore the history of Kansas City, Missouri, form the mid-19th century to the present day.

The museum offers exhibits, outreach presentations, workshops, lectures, film screenings, and other recreational and educational events.

Union Station, built in 1814, today has been restored to house, among other attractions, traveling exhibits, presentations and shows, and a permanent rail exhibit.

The Station offers exhibits, planetarium shows, performances, science demonstrations, big-screen presentations, tours for school groups, and home school days.

The Air Zoo invites visitors to explore the history of aviation through interactive presentations and exhibits.

The museum offers exhibits, programs for homeschoolers, 3-D film presentations, rides and flight simulators, programs and self-guided and guided tours for school groups, outreach presentations, professional development for educators, history boxes for loan, and camps.