Curry Historical Society Museum [OR]
The Curry County Historical Society Museum presents the history of Curry County and of other Oregon areas impacting Curry County.
The museum offers exhibits.
The Curry County Historical Society Museum presents the history of Curry County and of other Oregon areas impacting Curry County.
The museum offers exhibits.
McFarland State Historic Park contains an 1878 courthouse, which displays the transition between Sonoran and Anglo-American architecture. Between 1891 and 1938, the structure was used as a county hospital. The site also served as a jail in the late 1800s. The site interprets Arizona Territory history and law enforcement.
The park offers exhibits, period rooms, guided walking tours of the Florence historic district, archival access, courtroom talks for students, guided building tours for students, and picnic areas.
The park is currently closed while exhibits are being changed.
The Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine preserves Fort McHenry, defensive site of the 1814 Battle of Baltimore. It was this battle that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner," now the U.S. national anthem.
The site offers an introductory video, self-guided tours, exhibits, period rooms, a flag change program, educational programs for students, and Junior Ranger activities. During the summer, the site also offers talks; weekend living history interpreters; musket, drill, and artillery demonstrations. Three weeks advance notice is required for school visits. The website offers lesson plans and a teacher's guide.
Blandwood Mansion was the home of John Motley Morehead, one of North Carolina's most influential governors. The home was built by Charles Bland in 1795 and functioned as a residence until 1906. Blandwood is also America's oldest Italianate style mansion.
School tours of the mansion are offered free of charge.
Visitors to two of Leadville's earliest houses can catch a glimpse of western life in a booming silver-mining camp. James V. Dexter's surprisingly plush 1879 log cabin was the Leadville residence of this mining investor and businessman. August R. Meyer's 1878 Greek Revival clapboard house (now called Healy House) was built for his bride, Emma. The home features lavish Victorian furnishings collected in Leadville, including objects belonging to silver tycoon Horace and Augusta Tabor, along with other Leadville pioneers. For many years it was a boarding house and by 1900 twenty-one people called this home. The boarders included Dan Healy, and his cousin, Nellie, who taught school, and several of the men employed by the railroads.
The sites offer tours and educational programs.
Master builder Isaiah Davenport built the Davenport House as his family residence in 1820. The home is designed in the Federal architectural style, and is open now as a historic house museum.
The home offers guided tours, field trip programs, interpretive activities, and special events. The website offers visitor information, a history of the home, a calendar of events, and a photo gallery of the home.
The Peshtigo Fire Museum chronicles the history of the great Peshtigo fire of 1871 that reduced much of the town to smoldering ash. The museum is located adjacent to the cemetery where many victims of the fire were buried.
The museum offers exhibits on the Peshtigo fire. The website offers basic visitor information and a brief history of the museum.
George H. W. Bush was the 41st President from 1988-1992, as well as the former director of the CIA. "Included in the museum's main exhibit are items ranging from a 1925 film of George H. W. Bush's first steps in Kennebunkport, Maine, documents that highlight his service at the CIA and United Nations, and records and correspondence from his tenure as the 41st President of the United States of America."
Tours are free for school groups and the museum offers a variety of educational programs for grades pre-K-12. Teacher resources are also provided online to download.
The Crockett Tavern Museum is located in Morristown, TN, on the site of Davy Crockett's birthplace. The museum is focused on chronicling the life and times of famed explorer and pioneer Davy Crockett, and features a variety of pioneer and Davy Crockett historical artifacts.
The museum offers guided tours and historical exhibits. The website offers visitor information, a history of the museum, and a brief biography of Crockett.
Pierre Menard (17661844), a successful French-Canadian businessman and fur trader, was presiding officer of the Illinois Territorial Legislature and from 1818 to 1822 served as the first lieutenant governor. His restored two-story ca. 1810 home is an example of French-Creole-style architecture, built into gently sloping land at the bottom of a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River. The ground level contains a small museum and an audiovisual room. The second, or principal, floor represents living spaces used by the Menard family. Behind the home, accessed by a covered walkway, is a stone kitchen with a restored brick baking oven.
The site offers exhibits, tours, a short film, and occasional recreational and educational events.