The Dr. Lester L. Williams Fire Museum largely consists of a private collection of fire memorabilia. Highlights include an 1896 hose wagon; 1898 steam pumper; 1884 hose cart; and historic breathing apparatus, clocks, and fire helmets from 1800 to present.
The museum offers exhibits.
Kimberly Crest is an 1897 French chateau style residence. The interior features French Revival settings, and the grounds contain Italian gardens. Residents have included J. Alfred Kimberly, who co-founded the Kimberly-Clark Foundation, a manufacturer of health and hygiene products.
The site offers exhibits, period rooms, guided tours, guided group tours, and guided school tours. The house and gardens are open September through July. Guests are requested to call prior to their visit to ascertain that the site will be open.
The Historical Society of Cecil County seeks to preserve and share the history of Cecil County, MD and its people. To this end, the society operates a research library and museum. The library offers 12,000 newspapers, more than 2,000 books, souvenir booklets, pamphlets, various photographic media, letters, wills, land records, receipts, organization records, and other materials. Museum collections include furnishings, Victorian dollhouses, local artworks, and other artifacts. The museum's permanent exhibits address military history, log home living, country stores, and kitchens in early colonial America.
The society offers exhibits, period rooms, and research library access. The website offers collection indexes.
The 50-acre Beckman Mill Park contains an 1840s cooperage; a fish ladder; dam; vintage saw mill, blacksmith shop, and creamery displays; and an 1868 grist mill with an operating water-powered Leffel turbine. The mill has been restored to its 1920s appearance. The fish ladder is a graded water passageway which allows fish to move between the two bodies of water separated by the dam.
The park offers exhibits, period rooms, guided mill tours, student tours, and bus group tours. Reservations are required for student and bus group tours.
The Windham Textile and History Museum presents the history and influence of the U.S. textile industry. Particular focus is given to 1870 through 1920 cotton thread manufacturers in eastern Connecticut; the ethnicity, duties, and recreation of mill workers; and the role of mill managers and employees in U.S. industrialization. The museum is housed within two 1877 structures, once part of the Willimantic Linen Company complex.
The museum offers exhibits, 90-minute guided student tours, hands-on activities for students, slide presentations for students, outreach programs for students, and research library access. The library offers materials on mills, immigration, Connecticut history, and textiles. The website offers PowerPoint presentations for use in the classroom, short videos, and worksheets.
The Dewitt County Historical Museum presents the local history of Dewitt County, TX via an 1886 house museum. The museum contains period rooms, archives, historical costume, ranching artifacts, and domestic life artifacts. The museum grounds also hold a restored log cabin.
The museum offers exhibits and period rooms.
From the Heritage Trust website, "The Highland Park Heritage Trust is dedicated to the preservation of Los Angeles’ Arroyo Seco communities of Highland Park, Garvanza, Mt. Washington, Hermon and Montecito Heights and Cypress Park."
The trust offers historic home tours and walking tours of the Heritage Trust's neighborhoods. The website offers visitor information and information regarding upcoming events.
Located in Brighton, NY, the Stone-Talon House serves as a historic house museum that showcases rural public and private life.
The museum offers self-guided tours. The website offers basic visitor information.
Willa Cather, Nebraska's Pulitzer Prize-winning author, spent her formative years in Red Cloud. Many of the scenes and characters in her writings are based on the people, streets, and landscapes Cather encountered here in her youth. Visitors to the site encounter eight period structures that influenced her writing, including her childhood home; the Catholic and Episcopal churches; the Garber Bank; the Burlington Depot; and the Pavelka Farmstead, home of Annie Pavelka, the basis for the title character of Cather's most famous novel, My Antonia.
A second website for the site, maintained by the Cather Foundation, can be found here.
The site offers exhibits, tours, research library access, and occasional recreational and educational events.
The National World War II Museum is located in New Orleans, LA, which was the construction site for many of the amphibious landing vehicles used in invasions throughout the world. The museum is the only organization dedicated to preserving the history of all amphibious invasions undertaken by U.S. troops throughout the war.
The museum offers guided tours, special events, field trip programs, outreach programs, and teacher workshops. The website offers visitor information, historical information regarding WWII, information regarding all programs offered by the museum, and a calendar of events.