Roseau County Historical Society and Museum [MN]

Description

The Roseau County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Roseau County, MN. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history. Exhibit topics include the military, the Ojibwe, immigration, and natural history.

The society offers exhibits, research library access, and research assistance. A fee is charged for research library access and for research conducted upon request. The website offers historical photographs.

New Jersey State Police Museum & Learning Center

Description

"A visit to the New Jersey State Police Museum & Learning Center provides the opportunity to learn the distinguished history of the nation's most diversified state law enforcement agency. Students learn the history of the State of New Jersey through the historic development of the State Police. Beginning with the State Grange era, through periods of population growth and economic changes, the New Jersey State Police have kept in step, meeting the changing needs of the citizens of the state."

Shasta State Historic Park [CA]

Description

Six miles west of Redding, a row of old, half-ruined, brick buildings remind passing motorists that Shasta City, the lusty "Queen City" of California's northern mining district, once stood on this site. These ruins and some of the nearby roads, cottages, and cemeteries are all silent but eloquent vestiges of the intense activity that was centered here during the California gold rush. Iron shutters still swing on massive, old, iron hinges before the doors and windows of grass-filled, roofless buildings that once were crowded with merchandise, and alive with the human sounds of business, trade, and social endeavor. The County Courthouse is restored to its 1861 appearance, the year when it was converted from commercial uses to become the Shasta County Courthouse. Today the building is filled with historical exhibits, and an unparalleled collection of historic California artwork that make it the central figure of Shasta State Historic Park.

The park offers exhibits, tours, demonstrations, and occasional recreational and educational events.

The Rengstorff House [CA]

Description

The circa 1867 Victorian Italianate Rengstorff House is furnished to period. The Rengstorffs met and married in California after immigrating separately from Germany. Henry Rengstorff began work in shipping, and eventually became a wealthy agricultural landowner.

The house offers tours led by costumed docents and garden access.

Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum [CA]

Description

The Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum is a replica of a typical late 19th-century one-room schoolhouse. The interior is furnished to period, and costumed docents offer information on school life.

The museum offers a period room, costumed docents, an annual student essay contest, and field trip programs. Reservations are required for school groups. The website offers arithmetic problems, historic game instructions, and a reading lesson.

Long Branch Historic House and Farm [VA]

Description

The Long Branch Historic House and Farm has existed on site since the early 18th century. The property was surveyed by George Washington; and residents have included Lord Culpeper, Lord Fairfax, and Robert “King” Carter. Today, the house is furnished with 18th- and 19th-century decorative arts. The grounds hold gardens and an equine retirement facility.

The house offers period rooms, gardens, and guided tours. Advance notice is required for groups of 10 or more.