Washington County Historical Society, LeMoyne House, and LeMoyne Crematory [Pennsylvania]

Description

Located in the LeMoyne House in Washington, Pennsylvania, the WCHS provides many programs, activities, and services to individuals and groups in the tri-state area. The LeMoyne House is Pennsylvania's first National Historic Landmark of the Underground Railroad. Built in 1812 by John Julius LeMoyne, the house became part of the Underground Railroad under his son, Francis Julius LeMoyne. The society also oversees the LeMoyne Crematory, the first crematory in the United States.

The house offers tours, exhibits, and access to a research library; the crematory offers tours; and the society offers lectures, workshops, conferences, and other educational programs.

Chatham County Historical Association and Museum [NC]

Description

The Association's Museum displays artifacts from local history. The current exhibit includes artifacts from the now-closed silk mill in Pittsboro, including a sample book of labels from famous manufacturers that were made at Chatham Mills.

The society offers lectures and occasional recreational and educational events; the museum offers exhibits and research library access.

St Joseph Museum [MO]

Description

The St. Joseph Museums, Inc., is a non-profit organization encompassing local museums dedicated to the research, preservation, interpretation, exhibition, and teaching of St. Joseph and the Midland Empire’s history and cultures. It pursues this mission through collections analysis, ethnographic research, preservation of material culture, interpretive exhibitions, and educational programming. The St. Joseph Museums, Inc., is comprised of the Black Archives Museum, the Glore Psychiatric Museum, the Wyeth-Tootle Mansion, and the St. Joseph Museum.

North Carolina Museum of History

Description

The North Carolina Museum of History is an exciting place to explore the state’s rich heritage and learn about its people. The museum offers exhibits, self-guided and spotlight tours for school groups, summer camps, the Tar Heel Junior Historian Association for students, history-in-a-box kits for loan, virtual field trips, professional development for educators, and other educational events and programs.

Pennsylvania House

Description

Take a trip back in time and discover one of the few original early American taverns left on the old National Road. Built in about 1820, it served as a tavern on one of the main trails of the westward bound pioneers during the transcontinental surge of the early 1800's.

Warrenville Historical Society

Description

The Warrenville Historical Society was organized in 1980. Its purpose is to bring together those interested in Warrenville's History, and to collect, preserve and display objects and documents that illustrate that history. The Society established the Warrenville Historical Museum in 1983. Space was provided for the Museum in the Greek Revival Style Albright Building through the generosity of the City of Warrenville, interest groups, businesses and individuals.

Del Norte County Historical Society, Museum, and Battery Point Lighthouse

Description

The mission of the Society is to discover, collect, preserve and present the documents, artifacts, structures and properties of Del Norte County. The Society currently operates the museums on 5th and H Streets and in the Battery Point Lighthouse in Crescent City.

The Main Museum has a wealth of interesting displays. One room is devoted to artifacts of the local Tolowa and Yurok Native Americans. It includes one of the finest Native American basket collections in Northern California. Musical instruments, old radio, phonographic and photographic equipment, excellent needlework, early logging and mining tools and equipment, and many fashions and furniture from yesteryear are just some of the objects and subjects represented and on display in the Main Museum.

The Bolen Annex houses the magnificent First Order Fresnel Lens from the Saint George Reef Lighthouse. Photo carousels throughout the museum as well as on the walls of various rooms chronicle the historical visual representations of the people and events of Del Norte County.