The New Baltimore Historical Society serves to preserve the history of the Anchor Bay area of Michigan. It maintains the Grand Pacific House Museum, formerly one of the town's best hotels, built in 1881.
The Society offers educational programming for children and adults. The Museum is open on Wednesday and Saturday to the public.
The Historic Rogers Street Fishing Village and associated Great Lakes Coast Guard Museum is composed of five historic structures that chronicle the evolution of the fishing community of Two Rivers, WI. The 1886 pierhead lighthouse, 1887 Life Saving Station, and a 1936 wooden fishing tug are highlights of the museum's collection.
The museum offers guided tours and exhibits. The website offers visitor information.
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.
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.
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 and Harriet Fulton began construction in 1874 on their spacious and extravagant home overlooking the Aransas Bay. Completed in 1877, the house featured ornate trim work and furnishings and the latest technological conveniences including modern plumbing, central heating, and a gas lighting system. Restored in the early 1980s, the architectural landmark is open for visitors.
The site offers tours.
Museum Village is a living history site depicting 19th-century life. The site includes a replica 1805 schoolhouse, general store, drug store, 18th-century cabin, weave shop, candle shop, broom shop, blacksmith shop, wagon shop, print shop, pottery shop, costume exhibit building, and natural history building. The natural history building houses a mastodon skeleton.
The village offers interactive and traditional exhibits, costumed interpreters, demonstrations, hands-on activities, a summer day camp, five curriculum-based workshops for students, and picnic tables. Workshops topics include candle making, open hearth cooking, stenciling, printing, and natural dyeing. The site is only partially wheelchair accessible.
The 180-acre Locust Grove is the estate of Samuel F.B. Morse (1791-1872), patent holder on the electromagnetic telegraph and creator of an early version of Morse code. The site contains an Italianate villa, housing a collection of European and American art and decorative arts. The grounds hold gardens. Exhibits include telegraph technology and paintings by Morse himself. Morse lived on the estate between 1847 and his death in 1872.
The site offers an introductory film, exhibits, period rooms, five curriculum-based educational programs, a summer day camp, guided tours of the villa, 100-minute group gardens and grounds tours, 2-hour group villa and gardens tours, and trails. Reservations are required for all group tours.
The Arcadia Historical Museum presents the history of Arcadia, Michigan and the surrounding area. The museum is housed within an 1884 Victorian home.
The museum offers exhibits and is open by appointment.
Located in the Wells Fargo Tower in downtown Minneapolis, a landmark building designed by Cesar Pelli, the Wells Fargo Museum of Minneapolis showcases the history of the Wells Fargo Company and its contributions to Minneapolis. The museum is home to a variety of historic artifacts, including historic stagecoaches and a reconstructed 1900s bank.
The museum offers guided tours, educational programs, exhibits, and special events. The website offers visitor information, a history of the company, and a listing of upcoming events.