The Pleasant Home, also known as the John Farson House, was designed in 1897 by noted Prairie Style architect George W. Maher for investment banker and philanthropist John W. Farson. This makes the house one of the earliest and most distinguished examples of the Prairie School of architecture and earned it National Historic Landmark status.
The home offers tours.
The mission of Stuhr Museum of the Prairie Pioneer is to preserve and portray the era of the pioneer town builders who created the first communities in Nebraska, offering a hands-on living history experience that tells the story of that early town building in Nebraska. Stuhr Museum preserves over 150,000 historical artifacts in its collections, including 60 historic buildings and various railroad equipment.
The museum offers exhibits, tours, educational programs, and educational and recreational events.
Hearthside is a unique stone mansion built in 1810 on pastoral Great Road, the first road through the wilderness between Providence and Mendon, MA, and one of the oldest thoroughfares in America. Complimenting the historical site is the adjacent Hannaway Blacksmith Shop.
The homestead offers tours, demonstrations, and recreational and educational events.
The Deerfield Area Historical Society is dedicated to preserving and interpreting local history and architecture in Deerfield, Bannockburn, Riverwoods, and Lincolnshire. It also created and maintains the Deerfield Historic Village, made up of five buildings dating from 1837 to 1905 that offer a look at a typical prairie community.
The village offers tours, exhibits, and educational programs.
The Lakewood Historical Society maintains Lakewood's Oldest Stone House, built in 1838. The house continues memorabilia revealing the pioneer past of the city, including spinning wheels, furniture, household items, clothing, tools, books, dolls, and toys.
The museum offers tours, exhibits, demonstrations, and education and recreational programs.
The mission of the Shrewsbury Historical Society is to preserve Shrewsbury history, promote participation from the community at large, highlight Shrewsbury's historical significance, and share the valuable resources of the Society through educational programs. The Society's headquarters also serves as a museum and educational center, displaying artifacts from the area's past.
The museum offers exhibits and education programs.
The New Castle Historical Society's three museums—the late-17th-century Dutch House, the 1730s Amstel House, and the 1892 Old Library Museum—tell unique stories about the town's past and its residents. From Dutch laborers and British colonial governors to prominent American architects, the New Castle Historical Society celebrates New Castle's diverse history from the town's 17th-century founding through the preservation efforts of the 21st century. The Society offer tours, educational programs, and recreational and educational events.
Student museum tours are available that emphasize colonial and revolutionary Delaware and American history. Ideal for fourth and fifth grade students, our tours are aligned with Delaware history education standards. Additional tours are available for other grade levels.
The Society’s website offers an events calendar, visitor information, and an online gift shop.
The Indian River County Historical Society seeks to preserve and share the environment and social history of Indian River County, FL. The society's museum, located in the 1903 Vero Beach Railroad Station, allows visitors to tour the exhibit center and get a glimpse of local history from prehistoric times through World War II. The society also operates the 1909 Hallstrom Farmstead, which contains furnishings and art original to the site. The home was originally the main residence of a pineapple plantation.
The museum offers tours and exhibits. The farmstead offers period rooms and both historical and environmental tours.
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.
NORM was founded in 1965 and incorporated in 1976 as a not-for-profit education and historical organization. Its goals are to collect, preserve, restore, operate, and display streetcars and other railway-related equipment. On two miles of the historic Cleveland Southwestern Railway, the museum is working towards its goals to collect, preserve, restore, display, and operate streetcars and other railway equipment for use by the public.
The museums offers tours, exhibits, and monthly meetings.