Montgomery County Historical Society and Museum [TN]

Description

The Society's mission is to promote interest in and enjoyment of the history of Montgomery County, Tennessee; to ascertain, preserve and promote local history; to identify historic sites and structures and promote their preservation; and to hold periodic meetings of a stimulating nature in keeping with the interests of the society. The Society also operates a museum in the L&N Train Station, which houses exhibits.

The museum offers tours and exhibits; the society offers lectures and recreational programs.

Egg Harbor City Historical Society and Roundhouse Museum

Description

The Roundhouse Museum contains memorabilia and items historically significant to Egg Harbor City. Permanent displays include Liberty Glass, C.P. Leek & Sons boats, clothing and wine industries, and Dr. Smith's Health Spa. Rotating displays have included local connections to the Civil War, County Fairs, railroads, fire and police departments, and the U.S. Postal Service. The museum also holds city census records, city tax records dating to 1862, and the beginnings of local genealogies available for study.

The museum offers exhibits and research library access.

Orange County Historical Museum [NC]

Description

The Museum collects and preserve artifacts, photographs, and documents relevant to Orange County and shares the heritage of Hillsborough and Orange County with the public. Permanent exhibits explore the development and history of Hillsborough in a chronological fashion, beginning with early Native American settlements, progressing through the 1950s. Special exhibits explore a variety of topics relevant to Orange County history.

The museum offers exhibits and educational and recreational programs.

Walter Elwood Museum at Guy Park Manor[NY]

Description

The museum is housed in a 100-year-old brick building which formerly served as an elementary school. Its assortment of approximately 25,000 artifacts falls into four categories: multicultural, Victorian, natural history, and items that relate to Mohawk Valley's industrial past (documentary, photographic, and tangible).

The museum offers exhibits, lectures, classes, and other recreational and educational programs.

Dedham Historical Society and Museum [MA]

Description

The Society operates a museum housing a collection of furnishings and artifacts ranging from pre-Columbian stone tools and the 1652 Metcalf great chair (the oldest dated American-made chair) to a collection of Dedham and Chelsea pottery. On exhibit are several rare and important clocks including one of the only two known "astronomical shelf clocks" by Simon Willard. Also in the collection are Civil War artifacts and a number of paintings by artists including John Constable, Gilbert Stuart, Amasa Hewins, Henry Hitchings, and Alvan Fisher. Photographic materials document life in Dedham since the 19th century, while furniture and memorabilia bring the past to life. The Society also owns the largest collection of silver by Katherine Pratt, silversmith.

The museum offers exhibits exhibits, tours, and educational programs; the society offers lectures and research library access.

Charlotte Museum of History and Hezekiah Alexander Homesite [NC]

Description

The Charlotte Museum of History and Hezekiah Alexander Homesite comprise multiple venues on an eight-acre wooded campus in east Charlotte. The oldest structure, and the reason for the museum's location, is the Hezekiah Alexander Homesite, a 5,000-square-foot rock house. The Hezekiah Alexander House is the oldest surviving house in Mecklenburg County. Listed on the National Register for Historic Places, it was built circa 1774 and still stands on its original site. The house is accompanied by a reproduction log kitchen and reconstructed two-story springhouse. The Museum itself occupies a 36,000-square-foot building and displays three galleries' worth of displays taking the Charlotte-Mecklenburg story from the 18th to the 20th century.

The museum and site offer exhibits, guided and self-guided tours for school groups, museum-on-the-go traveling trunks, programs for homeschoolers, and other educational and recreational events (including living history events).

Phelps County Historical Society and Nebraska Prairie Museum

Description

The mission of the Nebraska Prairie Museum is to be a historical, interactive resource for the community, through the collection of artifacts, archival documents, and memorabilia that explain the lifestyles of the area's past residents. The Museum contains over one acre of indoor exhibits, including collections of period clothing, antique toys, farm equipment, tools, and household items, as well as a unique World War II German POW exhibit room.

The museum offers exhibits, tours, and research library access.

Costa Mesa Historical Society and Museum and the Diego Sepulveda Adobe

Description

The Society seeks to promote and preserve the natural, civil, literal, and ecclesiastical history of the Harbor area in general and the City of Costa Mesa in particular. The Society's museum present exhibits tracing the area's history from prehistory to the present day. The Society also maintains the Diego Sepulveda Adobe (the Estancia), the history of which stretches back to the 1700s. Four distinct periods of California history are represented in the rooms of the Estancia—Indian, Mission, Spanish, and Victorian—and the Society has used these periods as guidelines for furnishing the Adobe.

The museum and adobe offers exhibits and tours.