The Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion is the former home of New Hampshire's first royal governor, Benning Wentworth. The rambling, forty-room mansion which overlooks Little Harbor is one of the most outstanding homes remaining from the Colonial era. Its stateliness and impressive interior and furnishings reflect aristocratic life in Portsmouth in the 1700s.
The site offers tours and exhibits.
The 1910 Beaux Arts Classical Herndon Home was once the residence of Alonzo Herndon (1858-1927), one of the most successful African American businessmen of his time. Herndon survived slavery, sharecropping, and Jim Crow laws during his life to become the founder of the Atlanta Life Insurance Company and a prominent barber. Alonzo's first wife, Adrienne McNeil, served as the head of dramatics at Atlanta University. The interior is furnished to period with pieces which belonged to the Herndons and others purchased by their son, Norris.
The home offers period rooms.
The Matheson Museum consists of four entities—the Matheson Museum, Matheson House, Tison Tool Museum, and Sweetwater Park. The Matheson Museum presents the history of Alachua County, FL. Permanent exhibits address the Timucuan; Spanish occupation; and Willam Bartram, 18th-century botanist. The 1867 Matheson House has been restored to period style. It is used to discuss the history of Gainesville, FL and the family which once owned the home. The Tilson Tool Museum presents historic tools, and honors the labor which was exerted to create Alachua County's structures. Sweetwater Park is an outdoor site which provides a brief overview of Gainesville history.
The museum offers period rooms, exhibits, guided tours, interactive tours for students, group tours, and research services. The Matheson House and Tilson Tool Museum are open by appointment only. Reservations are required for group and student tours. A fee is charged for one hour of research conducted upon request. The website offers a curriculum guide.
The Kent Plantation House, completed in 1800, presents a typical Creole working plantation home of the colonial period. More broadly, the site is used to discuss Central Louisianan history between 1795 and 1855. The site includes the main residence, milk house, open hearth kitchen, slave cabin, carriage house, barn, blacksmith shop, gardens, and a sugar mill.
The house offers period rooms, exhibits, guided tours, group tours, customizable student tours, demonstrations, summer camps, and a traveling trunk. Reservations are required for group tours and open hearth cooking. The website offers an educational packet on the Yellow Fever.
The Coffey County Historical Museum presents the history of Coffey County, KS. Collections include antique dolls and a restored 1896 one-room schoolhouse, 1895 church, and Conestoga wagon.
The museum offers exhibits, guided tours, and a research library. Reservations are required for all guided tours. Visitors who do not wish to have a guide do not require reservations.
The Ada Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Ada, MI. To this end, the society operates the Averill Historical Museum of Ada.
The society offers exhibits.
The Baranov Museum, located in southwest Alaska, focuses on Alaska's Russian era (1741-1867) and early American era (1867-1912). It is housed in the historic 1808 Russian American Magazin, also known as the Erskine House.
School groups (including home school groups) are welcome to tour the museum, and tours guides are willing to work with teachers to tailor their tours to any grade level and curriculum. The museum also offers a variety of hands-on educational programs for students. Outreach programs for grades 2-6 are also available. Other offerings include lectures, classes for children and adults, and after-school arts programs.
The New Hampshire Antiquarian Society seeks to preserve and share the history of Hopkinton, NH. To this end, the society operates a museum of local history.
The society offers exhibits, school tours, a historical and genealogical research library, and research services. Appointments are appreciated for library use. A fee is charged for research conducted on request.
The Fort Clatsop National Memorial preserves the 1805 through 1806 winter encampment of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. During their 106 day stay, it rained all but 12 days. The men spent the time hunting, taking care of their gear, and trading with and learning the cultures of the Clatsop and Chinook. The Lewis and Clark National Historical Park's education center is located at the Fort Clatsop National Memorial.
The memorial offers an introductory film, exhibits, guided and self-guided educational programs for students, traveling trunks, videos for loan, Junior Ranger activities, and costumed programs. The costumed programs are available mid-June through Labor Day. The website offers an educator's guide and suggested reading for teachers.
The Society operates out of the 1863 building called the "Franklin House of History," which houses period rooms, collections storage, a research library, and museum offices.
The society offers exhibits, tours, and research library access.