The Quincy Museum is housed in the 1891 Richard F. Newcomb House, a remarkable example of Victorian elegance. It displays exhibits showcasing local history.
The museum offers exhibits, classes and educational programs, and occasional recreational and educational events.
The Society is housed in and operates the Macon County Historical Museum in one of the oldest buildings in Macon County—the 100-year-old Pendergrass Store. The museum showcases displays on Cherokee history, medical and drugstore artifacts, period clothing, and other topics.
The museum offers research library access, exhibits, and tours.
At the Museum, visitors will learn the story of the people who have dwelled in the Albemarle region—from the native Americans to the first English-speaking colonists, to adventurers, farmers, and fishermen. Programs include guided tours, "Hands on History" presentations, lectures, audio-visuals, and exhibits.
The museum offers exhibits and tours.
The Association operates several historical sites in the county. The Tippecanoe County Historical Museum is housed in the Gothic Revival home built by Moses Fowler in 18511852; Fort Ouiatenon recreates an early French trading post blockhouse (17171791); and the Tippecanoe Battlefield memorializes the 1812 battle between Indiana Territories and Shawnee forces.
The society offers research library access, occasional living history events, and educational and recreational programs; the museums offers exhibits; the fort offers occasional living history events, exhibits, and tours; the battlefield offers exhibits and tours.
The Society operates a museum housed in a 1939 Coast Guard Lifeboat Station. Exhibits in the main building explore the Coast Guard on the South Beach, cranberry growing, life on the edge of the ocean, whales and whaling, and lighthouses.
The society offers occasional recreational and educational events; the museum offers exhibits and tours.
The Society owns and maintains several historical sites, including the 1742 Square Tavern, the 1860 Bartram Bridge, and the Paper Mill House Museum. This building provided housing, beginning in the 1770s, for industrial workers who worked in the mills along Darby Creek. A large addition was added circa 1820. The older section was converted to a general store, circa 1845, to provide for the needs of the workers. Darby Creek runs through the property to the east of the building. The building, now owned by Newtown Township, has been restored to house permanent historical exhibits.
The society offers tours and recreational and educational events; the museum offers exhibits and tours.
The Society maintains administrative offices, the North Baker Research Library, and exhibition galleries, while working to preserve and educate the public regarding California history.
The society offers tours and research library access; the museum offers exhibits.
Founded in 1966, the Society provides visitors with a doorway to the past from its Regional History Center in historic Bethel Hill Village. The Society's Broad Street properties, the 1821 O’Neil Robinson House and the 1813 Dr. Moses Mason House, are both listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Open year-round, the Bethel Historical Society's Regional History Center offers more than a dozen period rooms and exhibit galleries where visitors can discover and explore the area's varied past. The Society's museum and library collections include a wide range of materials documenting the heritage of northern New England, with a major focus on western Maine and the White Mountain region of Maine and New Hampshire. Throughout the year, the Society provides lectures, courses, special exhibits, craft demonstrations, and educational activities for both members and the general public. The Robinson and Mason Houses also offer exhibits and tours.
The society offers research library access, lectures, and educational and recreational programs; the houses offer exhibits and tours.
The Society maintains the 1861 Brunk House and a museum displaying exhibits on local history. Visitors to the Museum can explore a unique composite of 21 historic maps that locate the nearly 600 claims of the Donation Land Act in Polk County; learn more about the Kalapuya tribe that occupied Polk County; and enjoy exhibits of agriculture, logging, and the 28 townsites that were in Polk County at one time. Visitors to the Brunk House can see what life was like on an 1861 farmstead.
The society offers lectures and research library access; the museum offers exhibits; the Brunk House offers tours.
Displays at the Museum include old furniture, antique toys, an extensive postcard exhibit, write-ups and photos of all of the major storms, old school pictures, old Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts pictures, pictures of past Baby Parades and Christmas Parades, and more.
The museum offers exhibits and tours.